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Chrkeller on 31 August 2024
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curl-6 said:
Chrkeller said:

The switch missed out on more games than it received.  However I do think the S2 is in a better situation and will likely get more support given the gap is going to be smaller.  

I've never said the memory bandwidth is a deal breaker and ports can't happen.  

My point is it will be up to third party developers from a time and money perspective to accommodate the memory bandwidth issue.  

Hence I think AAA third party on the S2 will be better, but some (lazy) developers won't put in the effort.  But hopefully this is where Nintendo's porting studio steps in.  

I mean, power's not the only bottleneck; there's just not enough manpower available to port every single PS4/XBO game to the Switch even if the devs wanted to.

Still though, Switch ended up getting many of the best third party PS4/XBO titles, from Witcher 3 to Doom to Nier Automata. You don't need to get absolutely everything to still accumulate a strong library.

I expect it will probably be the same for the successor; it won't get everything, but it will get enough that there will be plenty to play in between the big first party releases, which is ultimately what matters.

100% agreed.  The switch is a damn good console and Nintendo's best, at least IMHO.  

I will day 1 the S2.  I personally think Nintendo is the best developer in the industry.  Given Nintendo's art style, I think S2 games are going to mind blowing. 

The biggest issue is lazy developers who make bad decisions.  Square being the top of my list.  FF16 took forever to hit PC and doesn't even run that well.