Pemalite said:
nuckles87 said:
The IPad Pro is also much larger than the Switch, which accommodates a larger battery, and is WAY more expensive than any console at $600. and even that thing is still way less powerful than an Xbox One.
So unless you can point me to an upcoming Switch-sized portable device tha is at least 70% the power of an Xbox One, my point still stands. As far as I know, the closest thing to the Switch is the upcoming Smach Z, which is totally capable of running current gen games on lower settings, but still doesn't even come close to that power benchmark. And it's STILL pretty damn expensive.
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The iPad Pro is also much thinner than the Switch.
Manufacturers can take advantage of Z volume just as much as Height and Width of a device... As for costs. You know Apple loves it's profit margins right? Nintendo gets the majority of it's profit back from the games. It's not an Apples to Apples comparison. (Pun intended.)
Price is mostly eaten up by things like the screen and battery, SoC's are relatively cheap.
As for ARM chips better than the Xbox One? None exist just yet, but one should land Next year from nVidia which is Volta powered.
ARM's BiFrost, PowerVR 7XT Plus, Adreno 540 can all soundly beat the Switch without much issue and get "Close enough" to the Xbox One.
Adreno 530 and 4th Gen Midgard can give the underclocked Switch a sound beating as well, the important point is "Good enough" in terms of performance, right now the Switch doesn't fall into that category, Nintendo is using a seriously decent mobile GPU and then castrated it, likely just to lower costs.
People would have been happy if the Switch got current gen games at 720P and slightly lowered settings verses the Current generation consoles, but that chance has been soundly thrown out the window and people aren't pleased. And they shouldn't be pleased.
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Alright, I don't know much about obscure tablets or GPUs, so I'm gonna need your help here: is there currently a device, the size of the Switch, that hits the 70% of Xbox One power benchmark you mentioned, that is out right now? Cuz I've never heard of one, but if it exists I'd at least find that interesting.
