Was Nintendo right to opt out of the graphics arms race?

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Chrkeller said:

curl-6 said:

I feel like we're splitting hairs here.

Yes, the Switch 2 can handle PS5 ports, in a more intact state than past handheld ports of console titles.

Yes, they also still require settings tweaks just to account for the fact that it's physically impossible for a small device running off a battery to compete with a big box plugged into the mains.

These two things can both be true and aren't mutually exclusive.

Agreed.  And a lot of this is because game engines have come a long way in regards to scalability.  

On a semi related note, this is also why I do not personally believe in generations anymore.  A generation meant new engines that required new hardware.  Today, not so much.  Plenty of people are still using 8 year old GPUs, like a 2070.  That is three cycles behind what Nvidia sells today, but it plays the same games as a 5090.

IMO, exclusives are dead and so are generations.  

To an extent I agree, like I doubt we'll see many PS6 exclusives.

Switch 2 though should still have plenty of exclusives, just cos Switch 1 is so drastically outdated at this point that it makes little sense to keep tying games to that hardware going forwards, unless it's something low key that doesn't require modern specs, like Tomodachi Life or Rhythm Heaven.