How far away are we from seeing games like Horizon: Zero Dawn and Spiderman 2018 on Switch/Switch 2?

[Chrkeller]

Soundwave said:

This generation is already baked in, was pretty much the moment Microsoft announced XBox Series S.

There isn't going to be a large jump forward in anything until Playstation 6 in 2028 and even then there is going to be a long, long, looooooooooooooooong cross gen period, it's not like most developers even are going to jump in and start making PS6 only games in 2028.

There's no one in this business right that's sitting there saying "you know what I need right now? My gaming budgets to double again over what they already are today", let alone triple, quadruple again. There's no appetite in this business for that whatsoever. If there even was looking at the sales figures of things like Senua's Saga, Alan Wake 2, Immortals Aveum and even things like the recent Final Fantasy games are a sobering wake up call that going upwards in presentation/visual spend does not bring more sales with it. 

Switch 2 will be great for all types of games, 1st and yes 3rd party games too, so will the growing segment of portable consoles, and probably even Switch 2 Pro which is probably going to happen this generation unless Nintendo can manufacture a COVID boost (unlikely).

I'm curious how the portable market does over the coming years.  The competition is already at 16 gb standard ram, with the Ally X going to 24 gb with the "fast" ram.  I suspect the Deck 2 will also see a minimum of 24 gb, maybe even with the Stix chipset.  Likely the S2 will be the weakest portable by 2026 on the market.  Seems like the rest of the industry doesn't see 12 gb at 112 gb/s as enough to handle 3rd party at good settings.  But Nintendo still has the major advantage of having actual exclusives.

As for the series S, it has twice the ram speed, so the comparison to the S2 isn't 10 gb to 12 gb.  It is more like 20 gb to 12 gb, huge difference.  Not sure why you continue to view ram exclusively in amount.  Speed is every bit as important.

Edit

S2 will likely be 2.5 ghz, while the series S is 3.6 ghz, another huge gap.

It feels like some like to discuss tech but do not have the slightest clue on how any of this works.

For the record I think the S2 will be able run most games, just at low resolution, low fps and low settings.  

Last edited by Chrkeller - on 10 June 2024