JWeinCom said:
Gotta be honest, I can see the difference in the full sized images, but when it shrinks to see the post, I can's see the difference. If I had to sacrifice that much quality in return for 400 smackers I would do it. Especially since I'm mostly playing on a 720p TV anyways. More importantly though, we're still in the pretty early stage of this. In five years or so, we'll have a better idea if consoles still provide a better experience. |
Yes theres still improvements to be had, everything it does, will never match haveing locally run hardware however.
The question becomes are you okay with a worse experiance (Image quality, input delays, consistances, data cap uage ect)?
Some people might be okay with haveing worse for it means cheaper.
However as long as data caps are a thing, I suspect in the long run, its a more expensive way to game.
Not to mention, how many games does it currenltly have 22?
And their all full price vs other devices haveing basically all those games at much lower rates.
"In five years or so, we'll have a better idea if consoles still provide a better experience."
Stuff like bandwidth speeds of the internet can improve which will allow for better imagine quality if used for that.
However there is no fix for longer input delays (time it takes for a button push -> action on screen), thats a matter of the laws of physics.
If you gotta travel twice the distance, it ll take longer, simple as, nothing will change that even in the future. This is where local hardware will always be best. Where does this matter? competitive multiplayer type games / difficult platformers. If your not playing that sort of game, its not as big a issue though.
Data caps could be removed if suddenly internet providers, decide to change their ways.
(both for mobile phones and houses)
However even if used for like streaming to a phone, you wont get around the issue of tunnels or area's with worse/no connection.
Sitting on a train playing, and suddenly game just goes out.
A Switch run game, always runs, even if your on a train and go through a tunnel.
Game streaming isnt the be all, end of all, of gameing. Now or in the future imo.
