Black Friday Week USA. PS5 #1, Switch 2 #2, Nex Playground #3

[Ashadelo]

Hardstuck-Platinum said:

Soundwave said:

Horribad take. 

Switch 2 has fine hardware, performs as well/better than far PC handhelds that cost a lot more in a lot of cases. Of course it uses mobile components, it has to unless you want something that has 10 minutes of battery life and the size of a Game Gear (which would sell 500 units lifetime). 

The Switch 2 is the first time in the modern 3D graphics era where a portable device can basically run modern generation console games. Star Wars Outlaws, Assassin's Creed, Resident Evil 9 Requiem launching day and date with the other versions, etc. etc. already prove it that will be the tip of the iceberg. 

Every system these days would love to have more killer apps early on in the product cycle. The PS5 and XBox Series S/X had jack shit for exclusives in their first year as well. Game development cycles simply mean the early part of every new game platform will be padded hard by cross-gen releases. You can't magically pull a AAA release out of your ass in 18-36 months anymore like you could in the past. 

Skyrim Switch 2 version has just launched and it only runs at 30fps while even the Steamdeck (which is 3 years old) can run it at 60fps. How do you explain that? A 2011 game running at 30fps on hardware released in 2025. Bethesda is lazy or incompetent? Is Fromsoft lazy and incompetent for having to delay Elden Ring? What about Gearbox and Borderlands 4? They're incompetent and lazy too? 

I can explain it, it's easy. Steamdeck has a much better CPU than Switch 2 and the CPU in Switch 2 isn't fit to be in a modern gaming device. 

Yet the RDR port runs at 60FPS. Prolly lazy port