By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
zeldaring on 20 June 2024
Edit Thread
Soundwave said:
zeldaring said:

This is why i don't really buy Nintendo hardware.  that's a whole  8 years of people playing with gimped hardware when they could have easily offered at least reasonable clock speeds to get stable 30fps in many games and slightly better visuals but naw we gonna make the hardware as crappy as possible just like the wii, wiiu and now Switch. 

Blame COVID, because it's pretty obvious the OLED was being prepped as a Pro/4K model otherwise. They opted to nix it and slap an OLED screen on instead but got stuck with a 4K dock + 4K altered chipset that they had already R&Ded and designed. So they basically just kept the dock and newer chip, even though there was no point to it. 

In an alternative time line they would probably have needed a Switch Pro by around 2021 as the Switch would've had a more natural sales decline. COVID just blew that out of the water entirely, they got essentially two free "peak years" with no natural aging or loss of momentum for the system at all. 

At that point you have to then start thinking about "ok, well what's going to be best for Switch 2". And the answer then is pretty obvious. 

That's your opinion.  giving developers the clock speeds df had In there analysis were super safe, and hardly gave a boost that anyone would call a pro but it would give gamers much a better experience. Like more stable 720p, 30fps or 60fps but they never cared about that after the GC.