Giving up hope on Metroid Prime 4 coming to the Switch

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Dulfite said:

Kakadu18 said:

Bold 1: The Switch is like 5 times as powerful as the PS3. Plenty of games look fantastic on the Switch. There's no reason for hyperbole like that. Pokémon Legends Arceus is not a benchmark title. Metriod Prime 4 will look way better in every way even if it releases next year on the Switch alone.

I don't care about graphics. Artstyle is more important.

Bold 2: You can not guarantee anything.

You show me screenshots between AAA games on both devices that show 5 times more power. And don't cherry pick some pathetic studio vs. some amazing studio. Until then, I'm sticking with my stance. I remember what PS3 games looked like, what Wii U games looked like, and what Switch games look like. There is virtually no graphical difference to the normal consumer.

I don't know how screenshots show anything about power. On the other hand I never would say something like five times the power, as things are way more difficult than this. Benchmarks would, but it is very difficult. We have some hard data though. PS3 had 512 MB RAM, Switch has 4 GB RAM. So 8 times the memory. On the other hand Switch uses cartridges with limited memory, while PS3 used BluRay, which in most cases offered more storage. So you can expect compression of assets like textures or audio on Switch. Power of CPU and GPU is much harder to gauge. We may have to use games, but I think screenshots can be misleading, they may show though the compression I already mentioned. PS3 and Switch shared a few games. Dark Souls has a much higher resolution on Switch, on PS3 it had less than 720p, on Switch dynamic resolution up to 1080p. Frame rate is also better on Switch. That's multiple time the performance.

So overall it is clear that Switch is in most area more powerful than PS3. The area most lacking on Switch is the storage.