Consoles and Their Wannabe Resolution.

[DonFerrari]

Pemalite said:

monocle_layton said:

Never said don't criticize the Switch. However, a more premium screen on it wouldn't make sense. Making it glass would leave it prone to cracks, and a 1080p-4k screen would simply destroy the battery, something people complained about as well.

Either we get a good screen with acceptable battery life or a spectacular screen with horrendous battery life. have both and you get a higher price tag, something no one would want

If battery was such a huge concern they would have used a more efficient SoC such as the Pascal based Tegra.

Also. The display technology itself is more important than the displays resolutions in regards to power consumption. You *can* have higher resolution panels consume less power than lower resolution panels. Samsung did it.

Nintendo could have also opted for a different battery chemistry which was also denser in terms of capacity.

Battery life is just a terrible excuse, Nintendo could have chosen better components. They exist. They are available. It's what *I* would have wanted, which may not align to what someone else wants. And that is okay.

That is where enter the 3 point, cost.

But sure since it isn't performance itself nothing is holding Nintendo to change to a better display and battery when the price is lower and they do a revision.