| FunFan said: Skype came out in 2003 and it had freaking Video chat, while still being compatible with much older computers. It also had high quality audio if your mic was up to snuff. Not to mention you could create rooms pretty much in the same way you can create a chat party today. I'm not comparing apple to oranges, and yes Skype being able to do things such as video conference is as demanding as todays voice chat apps which are not demanding at all. Dont try to put all the online service together, we are obviously talking about its biggest problem which is voice chat. |
No, the thread is talking about Switch's online functionality which is an entire suite of functionality. We're hypothesising reasons why Nintendo didn't make it part of the core system.
You are arguing hardware capabilty, which I am not. I'm stating there are a finite amount of processing power/battery/etc and it makes sense that Nintendo thought about the big picture and decided they could solve potential issues during portable mode by off-loading the app and features to your phone. Especially, considering the user would likely need their phones when portable to get online in the first place.
I never said Switch isn't fully capable. Just that they can remain as fully pressed on gaming as they want to by not having to process the background app at the same time.
