Is Switch's processing power important to you?

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Miyamotoo said:

curl-6 said:

Switch isn't launching alongide PS4 and Xbone though, it is launching alongside Scorpio and Pro. Wii U was part of the 2012-2013 hardware cycle, Switch is part of the 2016-2017 hardware cycle, and both look to have about the same power gap compared to the other systems in their cycle.

However, that doesn't mean the visual gap will be the same; Pro and Scorpio look to be wasting most of their extra power on resolution boosts that deliver diminishing returns, so if Switch doesn't make the same mistake and focusses on delivering optimum detail/shaders/effects/etc at 720p or even 900p, then the perceptual gap could indeed shrink even if the actual power gap remains consistent. If Switch shoots for 1080p though, much of its power will be wasted just in achieving that.

Thats true, but again XB1/PS4 are still this gen consoles that are staying on market they are not last gen console that will be replaced with Pro/Scorpio, and Switch power of course will be compare to them also, with all current gen consoles on market.

IMO Nintendo will target 1080p, 3rd party with true next gens will most likly target 720p (900p or even 1080p for less demanding games like Just Dance, Legos, Indies..) on Switch.

Whether we call them "current gen" or not doesn't really matter though. Any system will naturally be compared against other consoles with which is coexists, like Wii U was with PS3/360. But since Switch is launching more than three years after PS4/Xbone and at the same time as Pro/Scorpio, it's inevitably going to be compared with the latter.

If Switch is indeed x3 more powerful than Wii U, I don't think 1080p would offer the best results; even Xbox One's sweet spot is below that. With that much horsepower you could draw some really nice graphics at 720p, but at 1080p detail/effects would not be that far beyond Wii U. Remember, 1080p is twice as many pixels as 720p, so just going from 720p to 1080p will cut your power in half.