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Soundwave on 18 June 2024
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burninmylight said:
Chrkeller said:

So Nintendo isn't going to boost performance of Switch games on the S2 via BC?  Instead they will resell the same games and run them at better performance?  The better performance is something they could easily offer now, but are purposely preventing just to be awful to consumers?  

Jesus, you make Nintendo sound like a terrible company.  :(  

Sorry, I don't view Nintendo in the same light.  Nintendo is a damn good company and have their hardware designed for good reasons; battery and life span.

Feel free to have the last word.  I actually play games and would prefer to talk actual games, not your console warz.

Not trying to take sides here, but you're talking about the same company that charged you to "upgrade" Wii VC console games to Wii U VC, that charged you for the same games on the 3DS VC even if you have them on Wii or Wii U VC, that didn't give you any sort of discount or cross-save for games like Smash Bros. on Wii U and 3DS even though it can see your associated games and play history on your Nintendo account, and that didn't bother boosting the performance of old games on their successor consoles with backwards compatibility (DS>3DS, Wii>Wii U).

Prior to the Switch, even moving your account and associated games to a different unit was a laborious process that required calling Nintendo, giving a serial number or MAC address and damn near sacrificing the blood of a virgin lamb before it was willing to allow you that privilege. God forbid you have your original stolen or lost.

I love Nintendo too, but it ain't the most consumer-friendly company either.

Yep *at best* they will give you "free" 4K/60 fps patches to games, the "cost" being "hey you have to buy a Switch 2". So in that case it's a significant sales pitch to get Switch 1 owners to come over.  

But even that I doubt. I think you will at least have to pay per game for a 4K/60 patch. They stand to make a fortune selling those for $5-15 a pop. 

Worst case would be if they just straight up make you buy the games entirely again to get 4K/60, which they could entirely get away with. Lots of people will pay again for like 4K Zelda: BOTW/TOTK and Mario Kart 8 and Odyssey etc. etc. etc. Not much doubt about it.