Youtuber Arlo Nails It On Switch's Appeal And Oppurtunities

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Soundwave said:

zorg1000 said:

Idk, PSP in 2005 & Vita in 2011 are probably close to the equivalent of Switch in 2017 in terms of hardware grunt. PSP was like right in between PS1 & PS2, Vita between PS2 & PS3 and Switch between PS3 & PS4.

The main difference is the split in software support. Switch will be the sole Nintendo platform going forward (once 3DS sales & support dries up in the next year or so) and will see the support of 3DS & Wii U (and likely Vita) consolidated into a single unified ecosystem.

The thing is when you get to that PS3/360 territory of processing power, you get into an area of shaders/geometry/textures/resolution clairty etc. that while maybe not exactly bleeding edge are to a point where people can plausibly deem them even home experiences. You can have a scope/scale/look of games that are still reasonably modern looking. 

The COD and Assassin's Creed on the Vita plainly looked like PS2 games on steroids, and then two years later PS4 comes out so it's basically two full generations behind. This is the thing with mobile, you want to pick one side of the road to stand on (either extremely low end and cheap, or high end and premium ... walk in the middle of the road and you are going to get run over). 

The leap from the PS2 to PS3 gen is really huge, and Vita did not quite make it there. Other factors too, like IMO I think the teeny tiny portable concept has had it's day and that day is past. Nintendo was smart to embrace a more tablet-like form factor with a larger display, larger buttons, more robust analog sticks, etc. This lends itself better to the concept of a portable console. 

Eh.  Dunno if I agree the 'teeny tiny portable concept' is done.  The reason I don't play games on tablets (and phones for that matter) is largely due to size and lack of physical controls.  So while the Switch maintains the dedicated handheld ability of physical controls, it is too big for my uses.  The PSVita was the sweet spot imo on size, anything larger wont even fit my pockets.

But the Vita is largely dead and the Switch is new.  Nintendo is prone to doing multiple SKUs per handheld, so maybe they will do a smaller version that could potentially work for me.  Some people say that a full portable version doesn't make sense, since then it wouldn't be a 'Switch', but people forget that the original concept of the NX Project was the idea of a unified ecosystem for both console and handheld.  The next dedicated handheld that replaces the fairly old 3DS could very well play Switch games.

But to the larger idea of the Switch, im still actually more interested in the home console part of it.  No way do I want to play games like BOTW or Xenoblade on a portable.