Slownenberg said:
I always find this sentiment funny, when people claim Switch is underpowered. It's a handheld system from 2017! lol. It was powerful for a handheld system in 2017. You can't compare it to 2020 consoles or a 2022 enormous sort-of-but-not-really-portable device like the Steam Deck. Yes the Wii was underpowered cuz they focused on motion controls, and WiiU was underpowered cuz they did the whole bizarre giant gamepad asynchronous multiplayer terrible design decision. Switch is a handheld though, so its going to have much lower specs than a console, which has nothing to do with being underpowered. Why do so many people not understand the difference between a handheld system and a console, nor the power differences between systems that launch years apart. People are funny when they just want to make an argument and don't care about the reasoning haha. |
That's true, but my answer was moreso in response to the people who keep unrealistically comparing Switch specs to home consoles, which on the internet seems to be a large majority of people unfortunately even though it's clear that the Switch isn't aiming to compete with home consoles in graphics and is supposed to be appealing as a hybrid device that can play games on the TV and on the go. Those people need to accept the fact that it's pretty much guaranteed Nintendo will ever be close to home consoles in performance with the Switch formula and with Nintendo wanting to keep the price down.
Also, even though the Switch was a powerful portable device in 2017, Nintendo still had the option to make the Switch even more powerful during development, possibly using the Tegra X2 instead of the X1, but opted out on using it cause they wanted to achieve a better balance when it came to the Switch's capabilities when it came to battery life, features, and price. So even as powerful as the Switch was as a handheld Nintendo still has shown they'd reject more powerful hardware in favor of other stuff.
