| superchunk said: Putting out a game console without bloat. An efficient, fast OS that does its core purpose perfectly. Reduce need for overhead in CPU and RAM. Most people won't care as they have many other devices already too do this. Same reasons to not include DVD or Blu-ray functionality when the discs we actually the same technology. Reasons. |
That's a terrible excuse. The Switch is likely built from a fork of Android which itself has roots dating back to *nix.
Plus, you can load apps into memory on demand, so it doesn't take away resources whilst you are gaming. - The Xbox 360 did it. And did it with only 32Mb of Ram for the OS and still ended up with Netflix.
The Switch likely has more memory reserved for the OS than the Xbox 360.
On top of that you need to use a second device like a phone just for voice chat on the Switch, was it really that difficult for Nintendo to include a microphone built-in for a few cents and use a voice-chat app on the Switch?
Certainly better than having to juggle two devices at once.
As for Blu-Ray. I'm hoping for a revision of the Switch dock that includes a Blu-Ray drive one day.
The Tegra has the decode blocks to handle it, but I guess that is a misplaced hope, Nintendo hasn't really cared about what consumers want in regards to multimedia capabilities.
| Hynad said: My TV is from 2016 (XBR-43X800D), comes with integrated Netflix and Chromecast, among other apps. While some aspects of its menus can be laggy at times (it's an Android TV), those apps work pretty much flawlessly on it. |
Not all TV's are equal sadly. Or are as modern as yours. Majority of TV's sold are cheaper models, which have corners cut. *Looks at Kogan.*
Sony is using a Mediatek chip in your TV derived from ARM A53 running under Android 6.
Certainly allot better than older Smart TV's. Still pretty garbage.
Eventually, you will no longer get updates or support and you might even loose some apps completely, give your TV another year and see how you go.
Plus, I would rather a dedicated box handle all the processing, less input lag that way.
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