Soundwave said:
If they were to do a "Switch Pro" with better specs, the way they could get around the issue of splintered userbase is to do this
Pro Switch Specs:
393 GFLOPS undocked (which is the current Switch's docked performance)
800 GFLOPS docked (new higher performance mode for TV)
So old Switch models can't run these games, right? Well not neccessarily.
You can run these games on the older Switch models, but only the 393 GFLOP profile version of the game would run. This isn't impossible, it would just necessitate a battery pak when you are playing portably.
But this is really not a big deal, one can buy a 4500 MaH battery bank for $15, Nintendo could even offer an official one.
This way, games would run across all models, but the Pro model would be getting the better docked home performance is all.
Homebrewers on Switch are able to to get the undocked Switch to run at docked speed ... the system is fine, it doesn't overheat or anything. They're doing stuff like getting The Witcher 3 running at 60 fps undocked. It's just you lose battery life and that could be fairly easily augmented because batteries are dirt cheap and widely available.
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The Lite would melt though.
Switch is underclocked. Most of Nintendo's big games already run @1080p60 so wouldn't need a boost however it would give 3rd parties an option to patch or make exclusives for stock/overclocked speeds on a Switch-TV that isn't constrained by heat anymore.
edit-they wouldn't necessarily be exclusive, they'd just run and look like crap in portable mode.
