Why I think Nintendo Switch is set for another Wii U disaster.

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Pemalite said:

Soundwave said:

I don't know about *much* more capable. The games will still have to be able to run well in the portable mode and in portable mode it likely isn't that far beyond a PS3/360. 

Still pretty powerful for a portable. 

I think most games on the Switch will look basically like Wii U/PS3/360 games. 

If it receives lazy ports, your assumption could be pretty accurate.
Allot of last gen remasters should run on it pretty well, if developers don't go crazy with resolution and framerates.

Things like lighting and texturing should see a big jump, geometry will be better than last gen.

People forget the Xbox 360 released over a decade ago, mobile eclipsed it's capabilities a long time ago in almost every way.

Yet there are very few mobile games that even attempt to look as good as Crysis 3, Uncharted 3, Mario Kart 8, Xenoblade X, Zelda: BoTW, Halo 4, etc. etc. etc. 

Doesn't really matter how powerful those mobile chips are when the average game they power looks like this: