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Soundwave on 17 April 2017
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SegataSanshiro said:
Soundwave said:

Right now there are two kinds of PS4/XB1 style games

1.) Games that are basically like PS3/360 games on steroids. Things like sports games, Snake Pass, DQXI, Overwatch, Mortal Kombat, etc.

2.) Games that specifically tap the power of the next-gen with a large budget. Things like Star Wars Battlefront, Red Dead 2, Final Fantasy XV.

Games in category 1 can be ported to Switch, but category 2 likely isn't going to happen. Technically there's only so much a Tegra X1 can do and you're also then getting into the territory of compromising a game so much that is it fair to ask $60 for it next to the other versions. 

How is DQXI a 360 or PS3 game. It's not on either of those systems. No main DQ was on either system. It's using UE4. It's as current gen as it gets. DQXI does have a sizable budget. It's one of their flagship series. UE4 is just easy to scale. Also UE4 on PS4 and X1 are comparable. X1 holds up pretty well.

I'm not saying DQXI is like PS3/360 exactly, but "on steroids" sure. No one would use DQXI as a game to demo even the XB1's hardware prowess. It looks a bit better than Zelda I guess (though the animation is janky). 

Games like Star Wars Battelfront and FFXV are games you can tell really make the PS4/XB1 break a sweat when running and lowering the resolution still wouldn't make them playable on the Switch.