Pemalite said:
curl-6 said:
What I meant was, it just became the 3rd highest selling system of all time without a Pro model; the general audience still seems to find it acceptable as it is.
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Indeed they do, yet... Many games are held back because of the hardware.
I think it's been established over the years, most notably with the Wii, that performance and graphics aren't important for a device to sell well.
But by that same extension... Just because a device sells well, doesn't mean it's perfect by an means.
Case in point... Pokemon Scarlet/Violet is certainly held back by the hardware, an overclocked Switch resolves most of the performance issues.
And because of such, a higher performing Switch would offer a far better experience to a Switch owner than the current hardware models... It may/may not increase sales of hardware, but that is irrelevant... It's about maintaining a degree of quality and playability in games.
Chrkeller said:
This exactly. The switch clearly doesn't "need" much of anything. It was a wild success and has a superb software library.
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It needs better hardware, there are those who don't care if a game looks crap or runs at 15fps...
For someone like myself, I do care... And I want Nintendo to do better and offer us more to keep driving innovation and competition.
The game Library is definitely a strong point of the Switch, even if a chunk of it's best selling titles are ports from an older console, many newer games I am passing over or returning (Pokemon) because they are unplayable. - But there are millions who still rushed out and played the title to death despite it's technical shortcomings and issues.
There are always going to be a subset of consumers who expect a degree of quality out of their games, I'm one of them.
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Pokemon feels to me like more an example of horrible optimization given that other open world titles on Switch like Xenoblade 3, Dying Light, and Breath of the Wild look and run vastly better, even despite the last being made for weaker hardware.
It should never have been allowed to release in the state that it's in, but I think even if the Switch was much more powerful it would still be a technical mess as it just seems like an incredibly rushed product. Gamefreak have been churning out so many Pokemon games they just seem to thrust them out the door before they're finished in order to stick to their unworkable release schedule.
Last edited by curl-6 - on 03 January 2023
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