Digital Foundry: Ace Combat 7 on Switch

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Chrkeller said:

curl-6 said:

That's part of it, yes, but we've seen plenty of other Switch ports from PS4 reduce their framerate target and still have huge reductions in graphical quality, as PS4 is more than just double the Switch in power. (In bandwidth for instance it's like 7 times more)

That it still looks relatively close speaks to a lot of hard work and talented coding from the devs, and it's nice to see that they made the effort instead of just rushing out a low quality product.

It is really well done, no doubt.  But dropping 60 fps to 30 fps, dropping 1080p to 720p docked (540p portable) and removing reflections...  that frees up a lot of bandwidth.  Still impressive.  Too many sacrifices for my personal tastes, but I still believe anything can be ported.  Just a matter of sacrifice.  

It's not quite 1080p/60fps on PS4 technically; it's around 972p during gameplay and hovers in the 50-60fps range.

But I do take your point, and yeah, that's fair enough. If you prefer the best looking version this naturally won't be your best option.

It suits me cos I travel for work and so I only have access to my PS5 for 4-5 days of the week, but I can easily grab my Switch and take it with me, so I'm glad they bothered to make a well optimized port.

Last edited by curl-6 - on 14 August 2024