The reason the switch is barely starting and sales will explode next few years +250m LTD

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JRPGfan said:

Bofferbrauer2 said:

Yes it can.

Just look at how games in 4K still struggle with Ultra settings on PC, and yet also run at least on an XBO. Next gen won't be quite as powerful as a high-end PCs of today (I expect something with similar performance to a Vega 56 + Ryzen 5 2600 combo, more than that will probably heat up too much even in 7nm) and still the current gen will continue to get fed the same games as the next gen for a couple years at the very least, and by extension so can the Switch - especially if it gets an upgrade down the road which would bring it close to XBO performance.

Vega 56, is better than a stock Geforce 1070, at 4k.
if your okay with just stable 30+ fps, theres alot of current games you can run at 4k with Very-high / Ultra settings with that on a pc.

With a console, where overhead is lowered and things can be better optimised...
something like that would be better than most people's gameing PC (except for those very high end builds).

 

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2017-amd-radeon-rx-vega-56-review_9

 

3840x2160 (4K)	RX Vega 56	R9 Fury X	GTX 1070	GTX 1080	GTX 1080 Ti
Assassin's Creed Unity, Ultra High, FXAA	25.8	23.3	25.9	33.0	45.4
Ashes of the Singularity, Extreme, 0x MSAA, DX12	54.4	48.8	48.7	60.2	76.8
Call of Duty Infinite Warfare, Max, Post-AA	70.4	60.0	58.5	75.3	96.6
Crysis 3, Very High, SMAA T2x	31.4	32.1	31.9	40.3	53.3
The Division, Ultra, SMAA	36.8	33.3	32.1	40.3	52.3
Far Cry Primal, Ultra, SMAA	38.6	35.1	33.8	42.3	55.2
Ghost Recon Wildlands, Ultra, TAA	26.3	18.6	23.3	29.6	37.3
Hitman, Ultra, SMAA, DX12	53.1	48.4	48.4	60.9	75.9
Rise of the Tomb Raider, Very High, High Textures, SMAA, DX12	39.6	34.0	36.1	46.2	60.5
The Witcher 3, Ultra, Post AA, No HairWorks	41.1	37.6	37.4	47.6	64.1

^ this is with early drivers for the Vega (launch review, vs kinda matured nvidia drivers)
Real world performance today is probably much better for the vega.

That was true then - but will it still hold up nearly as well when the next gen gets released next, or worse, 2 years from now? By then something of the power of a Vega 56 is probably only good enough for 1440p gaming anymore unless turning down the visual quality by some degree.

Oh, and while the drivers have matured, the games that released since then also got more demanding, making it a bit of a status quo for now, but, like I said, certainly not for the future.