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Will you buy multiplats on Switch or PS4/XBO/PC if you own both systems?

Switch 270 37.04%
 
PS4/XBO/PC 331 45.40%
 
Won't own a Switch 109 14.95%
 
Won't own a PS4/XBO/PC 19 2.61%
 
Total:729
spemanig said:
oniyide said:

are there examples of multiplat games that did better on their portable counterparts than PC/console?

There's never been a portable to get multiplats to the degree that Switch possibly will.

oniyide said:
OT nope. I doubt they will run as well as the other consoles and then if its a heavily multiplayer game, I dont want to play in a ghost town.

No reason to believe that multiplayer games will be empty.

I think the difference in performance between the Switch and XBO will be similar to the difference between the XBO and PS4, so yeah, I agree.

sure there is, if nobody buys the games and if we are being real, they havent really been buying them on Ninty home consoles. COD did ok on Wii but its online numbers never reached close to those of the other versions



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oniyide said:
spemanig said:

There's never been a portable to get multiplats to the degree that Switch possibly will.

No reason to believe that multiplayer games will be empty.

I think the difference in performance between the Switch and XBO will be similar to the difference between the XBO and PS4, so yeah, I agree.

sure there is, if nobody buys the games and if we are being real, they havent really been buying them on Ninty home consoles. COD did ok on Wii but its online numbers never reached close to those of the other versions

They've never had a compelling reason to. Now they might. Like I get what you're saying, but people didn't Wii get COD because of motion controls and Gen 6 graphics.

The Switch has a standard controller lay out, and is supposed to be powerful enough to have graphics that aren't exclipsed by the PS4/XBO. There aren't things actively going against it like there were with Wii and Wii U. It seems like much more of a PS2<<GCN<XB situation this time around power-wise, only the PS2 in this example doubles as a portable.




spemanig said:
oniyide said:

sure there is, if nobody buys the games and if we are being real, they havent really been buying them on Ninty home consoles. COD did ok on Wii but its online numbers never reached close to those of the other versions

They've never had a compelling reason to. Now they might. Like I get what you're saying, but people didn't Wii get COD because of motion controls and Gen 6 graphics.

The Switch has a standard controller lay out, and is supposed to be powerful enough to have graphics that aren't exclipsed by the PS4/XBO. There aren't things actively going against it like there were with Wii and Wii U. It seems like much more of a PS2< 


THey also didnt get it because there friends were playing the 360 version, PS3 or PC version. Thats also a big factor that cant be ignored and I def dont see that changing now especially since the Switch is way late to the party.

Wii U versions of games ran at least on par with the PS360 counterparts, didnt matter. 



I feel like you should have a 5th option that says will buy on switch but also on ps4/xb1/pc because that's whatd id do



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cycycychris said:
Switch, since I don't directly own a Xbone or a PS4.

This, but I'll only buy the ones I'm interested in. Please get some JRPGs on the console, Nintendo....



 

              

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Bell_Cranel said:
I feel like you should have a 5th option that says will buy on switch but also on ps4/xb1/pc because that's whatd id do

I'd probably do so if the poll wasn't so far along.



is there an option for "depends on the game"? i m defly not gon buy fighting and racing games on switch, and defly not gon buy sims and VN games on ps4 or xbo



spemanig said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

No. Most people who have the switch will look elsewhere to play multiplatform games. Nintendo even admitted that the Wii U  was a secondary console. I was talking about the overall outcome not the individual decision. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

This thread is specifically about VGC user preferences. Mainstream consumers have historically chosen convenience over power. All the Switch needs is to be powerful enough to run Gen 8 games at a mainstream-accepted clip. Don't underestimate the amount of people who will chose portability over graphical bells and whistles.

Gotcha, well.. Since i'll be getting the Switch, I'll obviously mainly be  using it for exclusives 90% of the time, but if a multiplat comes a long and im traveling with no access to a console, i'll definitely get that. Nothing multiplayer heavy, since I have the PS4 or Xbox One for that. I could definitely use it for multiplatform indie titles. I dont even think I will be using it as a normal console. The problem with the multiplat titles is people will overlook the switch if they have other platforms for more graphically intense games (yes, even in favor of the Xbox One). I will be as well. All of my friends have established their platforms of choice already and that makes my ability to go multiplat harder on the NS. It literally has to come down to a single player experience that does not rely on its graphics to get by.



A big pro for me are the cartridges. On PS4 and PC my hard drive space gets eaten up so damn fast! 2 TB in PS4? Completely full and I haven't even installed all my games. 8 TB in my PC, about 1 TB free. 1 TB in my Notebook, 100 GB free, it's insane! I always have to decide which games I want to keep and which I delete. Ugh. With the switch, I have these nice little cartridges and all my games available for playing at any time, even with no internet at all. Just like in the old days. I like that very much.



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OdinHades said:
A big pro for me are the cartridges. On PS4 and PC my hard drive space gets eaten up so damn fast! 2 TB in PS4? Completely full and I haven't even installed all my games. 8 TB in my PC, about 1 TB free. 1 TB in my Notebook, 100 GB free, it's insane! I always have to decide which games I want to keep and which I delete. Ugh. With the switch, I have these nice little cartridges and all my games available for playing at any time, even with no internet at all. Just like in the old days. I like that very much.

The cartridges don't prevent having to install the game into the inner memory of the console, like the PS Vita (even more when you must update your game).

About the poll, I already have the portability when I play to my PS4 with my PS Vita (by 4G or Wifi) from work during my lunch time. So if I take a Switch it would be for its exclusivities only.