| CrazyGPU said: People please come back to earth. Switch is a handheld device. Its a big tablet. And with 0,75 Teraflops of FP 32 is near half as powerfull than a XBOX ONE. Is faster than any smartphone, and awesome for a handheld device, but nowhere near a 1.84 Teraflops 3 year old ps4. It will be better than Wii U of course, and it will have awesome games. But there are power and size limitations that are obvious. I mean, Battlefield 1 runs at 720p at times on XBOX ONE. This Hanheld wont be able to run a game like that at 720p without serious downgrading. And there is also the issue of the compatibility. PS4, XBOX and PC are X86, how many companies are going to port every game for an ARM incompatible CPU?. Maybe some games, but I don´t think that we ´ll see a massive 3rd party migration towards Nintendo. I think is an awesome portable device, but in two years the decision will be, do I want a portable device that can be used as a 720p downgraded console? or I would play on 2160p Scorpio or 1440p or 2160 checkered PS4 pro with better visuals, lighting and texture?. Me, Im sorry for Nintendo , but I go with the big guys. I dont care playing on the bus, I like to play at home in my living room or in the bed. But the switch would be a good present for my kids christmas tree if he doesnt brake it in pieces in a couple of weeks. |
1) Nintendo is only trying to be the main console for their core group, of which they have millions of Wii U/3ds owners that are used to technology that looks like a joke compared to Switch. The Switch alone doubles the ram of the Wii U, has DDR4 (I think?) so the ram type is even better, and has roughly 3-4x more flops of power than the Wii U. And the Wii U makes the 3ds look like a joke in power. So, if we are comparing power here, the only thing that matters to the core Nintendo fan, you know those of us who don't own a ps4/xbox one, is how it compares to Nintendo's own devices. I could care less what a ps4 looks like in comparison because I'm already pretty stinking happy with my pc that has a gtx 980 ti that makes the ps4 look like a joke.
2) Other than their core group, Nintendo knows that they seel a lot, if not MOST , if not the vast majority of their devices as secondary gaming devices. The key to a good selling secondary device is to make it novel (playable on the go for at least 2-3 hours at a time) and to make it cheap enough that people will be good with buying it to play the Nintendo exclusives. IF you released a 2160p Switch, and it costs $500, is this group of people going to buy a device for Nintendo stuff alone? No, because $500 isn't worth just Nintendo games to these people (remember, this group already has the multiplatforms on their primary gaming device).
