That's why we need to be so much louder when we tell Nintendo to give the Switch stronger hardware.

Nintendo's a game maker,  not a magician. XD There was only so much this thing was gonna be capable of due to its portable nature. Anyway, something to keep in mind here: this guy is a pro, and has a way better idea of what he is talking about than then the rest of us, but is not speaking with any first hand knowledge of what the Switch can do. He is speculating based on the Eurogamer report. So this isn't exactly new information, but a guy speculating based on a spec sheet. 

Let's not forget, the system was reportedly running a direct port of Dark Souls 3, which is no slouch in the visuals department, and Ubisoft is supposedly set on bringing the next Assassins Creed to it. If we are gonna believe rumors from reliable places like Eurogamer and Laura Daley, we can't exactly pick and choose what we believe. So at the very least, there appear to be caveats this guy probably isn't aware of when it comes to porting next gen games to the Switch. I am sure there are limitations to what can be ported, but we won't know what they are until at least the 12th. 

That wouldn't be difficult since I can see the Switch being somewhat future-proofed with the dock, which I predict will have boosted power down the line.

That's why I've been saying we need to loudly tell Nintendo to make it stronger!!

Failed with Wii?

Anyway, why care? You game on PS platforms right? Why do you need ANOTHER platform that plays all the third party games you'll play on PS4 or PC? What harm is an underpowered Nintendo console doing to you?

I remember reading numerous quotes and articles from respected game industry figures about how cloud computing was going to help the X1 blow the PS4 out of the water performance wise, and allow the X1 to have games with features that would not be possible on the PS4.

... I'm still waiting for that to happen. Partnerships and agreements made when consoles are annouced have many respected people saying complete bullshit to help build hype and sell consoles.

I think many of you are focusing on specific words of various statements without considering the larger context. We've heard others say it is easy to port and dev, we've seen settings in unreal engine 4 that builds in each system automatically, now we've seen this dev who states direct ports not capable. Though this dev has also been in GAF saying that he hasn't done anything on NS and explaining what will need to be done to get a port to NS.

It's not that it is impossible. They won't have to build a new engine (like wth Wii and WiiU). But it is more work than using the engine to build for NS.

What I've been saying in my comparison thread is that the yearly core games will be there and some of the one off AAA titles. It will depend on the engine being used and the expected profit loss risk.

No. It would be the WiiU situation if Nintendo moved away from its strengths and catered to third parties. Ideally Switch will be a DS/3DS situation.

Someone with the name Dr. Vita should be more understanding of what consumers want (and don't want) from a portable device.

That's a lot of words, but none of them answer my question. Why do YOU care?

Yet somehow Wii had most CoD games even when it was like 15 times weaker than the competition.

There is so much wrong with this article though, he says no direct ports are possible... what about downgraded ones? What about all those japanese games that don't need a powerhouse to run? And also when talking about the memory bandwidth he is forgetting about the modern architecture of the hardware that makes it difficult to compare going just by numbers.

Is obvious that Switch won't be able to run many third party western games but he makes it sound worse than it is, also if the console manages to be successful third parties will try either way, maybe with exclusive games (like happens with 3ds), with reworked versions of Ps4/XBO games (happened with the wii) or modify their plans for the games (like square making their new games on Unreal 4 to be easier to port on Switch).