| The_Liquid_Laser said: 1) That article suggests that the 4GB of RAM is for a Resident Evil game. Where is the Switch's Resident Evil game Capcom? 2) With less than 4GB of RAM, Switch sales would have either been about the same or higher (depending). If less RAM lead to a lower launch price, then they would have actually sold more systems by now. However, if the launch price stayed the same, then Switch sales would have been about the same, maybe like 1 million lower at most. That is because most of Switch's big selling games so far have been their first party games, and the article implies Nintendo was ok on their end with lower RAM. The really big third party games on the Switch so far have been 1) Minecraft, 2) MH Rise, and 3) Momotaro (Japan only). It should be obvious that Minecraft and Momotaro would be fine with less RAM. MH Rise is designed specifically for the Switch, so I think they could have made that work too, even if it didn't look quite as good. The main games that Switch might have missed are a few cutting edge ports like Witcher 3 or the Doom games. Most third party games would be able to run just fine on the Switch even with lower RAM. The main thing Nintendo needs on its systems is lots of games, which Switch has. It definitely does not need AAA third party games. Switch has not gotten many AAA third party games so far and it is on track to be the best selling system of all time. So, what this article is basically saying is that Nintendo does go out of it's way to build relationships with third party developers. All internet rumors to the contrary are false. It definitely doesn't need the big budget third party games, but they upped Switch's RAM anyway so that the few AAA developers that put their games on the Switch could take advantage of it. |
1) Maybe they meant a "RE Engine" game, which would be Monster Hunter Rise, lol
2) The Switch would have still been $300 at launch with less than 4GB of system RAM, and if it still sold like it has up until this point, it would still be $300. This is Nintendo we're talking about. I highly doubt even halving the Switch's memory to 2GB would've knocked off fifty bucks at launch.
