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HoloDust on 13 May 2026
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curl-6 said:
LipeJJ said:

Yeah, and on a side note I think that will probably be the course for the next generation as well, especially because it'll probably be similar to this one but with Path Tracing on most of the time. So I kind of expect Switch 3 to play the same games as PS6/XBNext, and in similar fashion, just with the PT settings disabled or dialed down.

Yeah Digital Foundry actually covered this in their Q&A vid today, that Switch 2 support should hold up better over time than Switch 1 did in terms of ports remaining viable for longer, due to scalability.

Even if PS6/Helix arrive at the end of 2027, which is far from certain, the crossgen period will probably last even longer than it did this gen, with PS5 still getting games even into the 2030s, so the technical baseline should remain within porting distance for a long time.

I think (depending on Switch 2 install base at that time and projected ROIs), while developers and publishers will do their best to make ports for SW2, even PS5 will most likely be getting (dynamic) 1080@30fps ports at best.

That's what happened with PS4 and this cross-gen, and given that next gen will be very RT/PT oriented (and PS5 is not that good at it), I expect for porting to lower than PS5 to be progressively harder. Yes, architecturally, Ampere in SW2 is better than RDNA2 in PS5, but there's only so much you can do with better tech to make up for lack of overall power.