Intrinsic said:
I don't get this, and this is probably not levied against you but I am just responding to this now having seen something like this again from yet another member. When people say that the switch is the strongest handheld ever built... what do they mean? Or rather, why is that news? Like what was expected? Nintendo making a new handheld 5 years after their last one and it be less powerful? Is the fact they are making something new going to by default mean its going to be the most powerful they have made? And that they are the only ones making a handheld console now wouldnt that mean that they "win" by defaullt? And as for the second part, I have been saying it for months before we even had anything near official specs, the NS is at its heart a handheld. So of course it will make for a mediocre home console. But this is also what I believe to be the only option left to nintendo. |
You might notice that I didn't say 'best handheld ever made' but 'best handheld possible'. And yes, that kind of is a big deal.
Nintendo does have a history of basing their Handheld-consoles on old, proven tech. They've done it with the Gameboy+Gameboy color, as well as with the 3DS. (Honestly not sure about the Advance and DS, but I think they followed that pholisophy at least partially as well.) The point being that Nintendo never went top-of-the line with new tech in a handheld before. In fact the specs in the Switch are impressive enough that it's doubtful if even Sony, who are known for powerful top-of-the-line Handhelds, could produce a noticably stronger one, if they relased one at the same time.
According to Nvidia the Tegra X1 is the strongest mobile chip currently on the market. There's nothing better out there. And that is unexpected for Nintendo.
