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Miyamotoo on 26 February 2017
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thismeintiel said:
Miyamotoo said:

And that why we can comparing it with only availible consoles at time, we cant know if we will compare Switch with PS5 or how much strong PS5 will be, so we cant say that "Switch is the weakest major home console ever compared to its competitors" when clear fact is that is Wii (at least for now).

The Switch's main competition is going to be the PS5 and, possibly, XB2.  Sure, we probably have 2 more years til the PS5 launches, but that doesn't change who its competition is going to be.  Just like the Wii U launching 1 year ahead of the PS4/XBO didn't change who its main competition was.  So, if the PS5 uses a slightly weaker version of a Vega 10, which I think is what they will do, we are looking at 11-12 Tflops vs .4 Tflops.  That's much larger than the gap between the Wii and the PS3 and the Wii U and the PS4.

The only way the Switch is not going to mainly be competing with the PS5 is if sales are so bad that Nintendo pulls the plug and tries the HW biz out one more time.  I don't think you want to hope for that, though.  Cause if that happens and then their next console flops, as well, Nintendo is going 3rd party.  At least sticking with mobile gaming, which would be a freaking sad place for them to end up.

Its not that simple and you cant say now whats Switch main competition will be, Switch is launching in middle of PS4/XB1 lifespan and where PS4/XB1 have mid life span upgrades, thats totally different situation compared to previous generations. PS5/XB2 can be launched in 3 years, but also we could have Switch Pro at same time. Fact is that main competition for Switch now are XB1/PS4.

I dont see Switch failing in any case, but I see Switch hardware revisions in any case (just handheld Switch, more powerful Switch, Switch VR/AR addon...).

 

 

Goodnightmoon said:
DM235 said:
The most powerful portable device appears to be the iPad Pro, as it beat the Tegra X1 (which should be comparable to the Switch):

https://gfxbench.com/compare.jsp?benchmark=gfxgen&did1=26084812&os1=Android&api1=gl&hwtype1=GPU&hwname1=NVIDIA(R)+Tegra(R)+X1&D2=Apple+iPad+Pro

Although it is not a "console", it still plays Pokemon Go, Super Mario Run, Fire Emblem Heroes, Madden, FIFA, Skylanders, Just Dance, Minecraft, Rayman, NBA 2K17 and a whole bunch more, at much higher than 720p resolution. No Zelda though...

– Digital Foundry says Switch is “by far and away the most powerful handheld console ever made, backed by a dedicated API designed to extract maximum performance from the hardware”

What you made is basically like if I go into a "Ps4 pro is the most powerful console" and start to name PC models

Well said.