Digital Foundry Looks At the Future Of the Nintendo-Nvidia Relationship

[Goodnightmoon]

chakkra said:

Goodnightmoon said:

This constant need for more power is pathetic, people doesn't want that, Switch sales will prove it. Things like flexibility and great games will be more important for a large number of players, internet nerds are full of tech enthusiast that care way more about the tech than about the art of gaming, giving the false impression that power is the most important aspect for a console to suceed but normal people doesn't give 2 shits about the tech as long as it looks good and is fun to play.

Sorry but I think you're being shortsighted and not completely honest with yourself.  You would not have Breath of The Wild (as it is) on the Wii or 3DS hardware, you needed POWER for that. Plain and simple.

As long as they look well and they are engaging to play most people doesn't care about how advanced the tech behind is, BoTW is running on a WiiU which is supposed to be close to Ps3/X360, I didn't need a powerhouse to play one of the best videogames ever done. Better tech is great, but at what cost? should Switch be way more powerful and cost 500$ just so the tech enthusiasts are happy but nobody else buy it? No it shouldn't, the console is impressive enough as it is, every single person I have seen experiencing the Switch for the first time have a similar reaction, a very good one, games look beyond awesome for a handheld, and at this level they look good enough on a TV (games like MK8D or Arms are good prove of that) so that's everything that matters in that regard, people doesn't care if you are using subsurface scattering on Link's skin.