Almost Feel Like Nintendo Won't Need Anything More Than PS4 Range Hardware

[Qwark]

Soundwave said:

Qwark said:
Ask yourself that question again after playing Ratchet and Clank on PS5.

We'll see, but a Mario gaming using PS4-tier or better hardware (more modern chip/feature set most likely) to me probably looks almost like a CG cartoon. 

Pre-Rendered Mario CG Off A Work Station: We've been getting these since the days of Mario 64, where obviously the rendered Mario looked miles better than the in game stuff. 

Real Time Mario Model Running Off current Switch:

Nintendo's art team is going to totally kill it when they get their hands on anything north of 1 Teraflop. Aside from the hair, the Mario model they use now is almost already on par with their CG renders. 

Except for the shoes, eyes and fabric textures. CGI renders still can improve a lot. Compare the Ratchet and Clank movie to the game for instance. The visual prowess in that pretty low budget movie still far exceeds gameplay. Skip to the 3 minute mark in this (compressed) youtube video and the difference between cutscene and game play are pretty obvious.

https://youtu.be/TYMCGIwVUEg (insert movie didn't work)

Although Nintendo should be able to recreate these kinds of graphics on a Switch with 1.5TF.

Last edited by Qwark - on 28 October 2017