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Will NX (Switch) ports be as easy to dev as expected?

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No 5 20.00%
 
Even if it were they will avoid it 4 16.00%
 
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DonFerrari on 20 October 2016

Now that we confirmed that Switch uses Tegra + NVidia GPU will it get the ports as easily made as people were expecting or 3rd parties will still need to wait and see how big the userbase gets before really deciding to port their games?

 

https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2016/10/20/nintendo-switch

 A Console Architecture for the Living Room and Beyond

 

Nintendo Switch is powered by the performance of the custom Tegra processor. The high-efficiency scalable processor includes an NVIDIA GPU based on the same architecture as the world’s top-performing GeForce gaming graphics cards.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

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KLXVER on 20 October 2016

I wonder if it has a touchscreen or not...



Darwinianevolution on 20 October 2016

We'll have to wait and see which games are coming to the system. Until we don't compare it to a current multiplat, we won't be able to get some feedback from the devs.



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DonFerrari on 20 October 2016
spurgeonryan said:
I think they should just go for it. The Wii U even proved that if the games are there and decent people will come. They just made poor decisions with their games. Some were really late ports, some were sloppily made ports, etc.

But still those games got decent sales for how poorly they were made. If it is easy enough and cheap enough to make games for it then they should just go for it. 300 thousand or less was what I remember it being worth it for the Wii and that was for decent games. The crap shovelware many times needed much less than 100 thousand to do well.

Sure, being also handheld folks buying it, I expect that they can profit on it. Just asking about how easier or harder people think porting will be since it isn't a full amd set like some expected.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

Barkley on 20 October 2016

I'm not really expecting that many ps4/xbo games to receive ports tbh.



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Platina on 20 October 2016

I should be easier to port than the Wii U since there is only one screen..



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DonFerrari on 20 October 2016
Platina said:
I should be easier to port than the Wii U since there is only one screen..

Well, they could always just clone screens =p



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

Platina on 20 October 2016
DonFerrari said:
Platina said:
I should be easier to port than the Wii U since there is only one screen..

Well, they could always just clone screens =p

They could, but the gamepad screen is weaker than the what is displayed on TV so :/



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DonFerrari on 20 October 2016
Platina said:
DonFerrari said:

Well, they could always just clone screens =p

They could, but the gamepad screen is weaker than the what is displayed on TV so :/

Put the TV resolution at 480p, problem solved... resolution doesn't matter right?



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

Platina on 20 October 2016
DonFerrari said:
Platina said:

They could, but the gamepad screen is weaker than the what is displayed on TV so :/

Put the TV resolution at 480p, problem solved... resolution doesn't matter right?

But they will get criticized for lazy ports, and that's never good :p



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