The Witcher 3 on Switch vs PS4 - The Complete Tech Breakdown DIgital Foundry Videos

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Chazore said:

Random_Matt said:
Why does this thread exist? If people accept and enjoy the game, then that's cool. I certainly wouldn't play it, but I do not make threads claiming so.

Yeah, that's what gets me each time I see this sort of threat. Like I get that it's ported and all, but it's not as big of a technical marvel, to completely downgrade a game, to fit on a semi mobile device, which in turn has to rely on it's docked mode to output a slightly better image. Like, why are these same people not showing more marvel towards games pushing limits to higher end fidelity and hw?.

Like, I get that DOOM has been ported to an insane amount of devices over the past few decades, but I'm way, way more interested in future tech, better performance, better power, more graphical fidelity, than what we can downgrade to hell and slap on a watch or phone. I'll marvel at those devices, when the day comes that they can do exactly the same thing a higher end device can do, without having to massively cut back on practically everything. 

At no point ever will you have a portable low spec machine capable of the same graphical fidelity as a high end device, by definition those things are on the wrong side of a scale to have what you're asking here, it would be like looking at the Special Olympics and saying... well.. that's all well and good, but I want to see them doing as well as Usain Bolt, then I'll be impressed.

As I mentioned in another thread as well, without even getting into the category of PC's, but Switch is currently the cheapest machine which you can play Witcher 3 on, while it is newer than the ps4 and X1 you can get a Switch now for less than either of those systems RRP, and bring it for a 5 hour shit and still be enjoying Witcher 3. So the reduction in power is even reflected in the price point regardless of the addition of Screen/batteries/portability