Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition Trailer

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curl-6 said:

SKMBlake said:

I don't understand the "GTA V wouldn't run on the Switch without a massive downgrade" discussion, aren't we past that point ?

I mean the main limitation of the Switch is its bandwidth, and it's at 25Gb/s, which is on par with the Xbox 360 and PS3. And in comparison of the other elements, its architecture is more "modern" and habe way more RAM.

Yeah I don't get why in 2021 the notion that the Switch is on par or even less capable than PS3/360 still persists, when we have had so many examples by now of Switch either running 7th gen games with big upgrades, or stuff last gen just couldn't handle. It's bizarre.

There's a bunch of reasons, but a big one being if porting games like GTAV and newer AAA titles to Switch is so easy, why haven't SNY or MS come out with a handheld (hybrid) as well? MS said they've been toying with the idea and tinkering for some time. It can certainly be done with hardware, and could've in the recent past, even before Steam Deck, assuming weaker performance, so why wouldn't anyone else enter?

Other than assuming Nin has that market all wrapped up to themselves, period, you can't help but wonder why SNY at least, wouldn't launch their own. If SNY can just have all their own games, plus third party ported to it quite easily, what reason would they have not to launch another handheld (hybrid)? It would be a much different situation than past (SNY) handhelds, so that's not something that should weigh very heavily in a decision here.

It tends to make it seem easy to conclude that porting games to a Switch like device must not be that simple, otherwise why wouldn't the competition enter the market? Especially now that Switch has proved the concept for the most part. SNY has done handhelds before, MS wants to expand gaming everywhere, all the time, so what's the hold up?

Just because someone can or could, doesn't mean they will or should.