bunchanumbers said:
Veknoid_Outcast said:
I don't get it man. You bought a WiiU, right? But now you want to pass on Switch for a PS4 Pro? Nintendo making a "tablet" changed your opinions on horsepower and game design? How? Why?
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Nintendo was also still using their own custom setup. There was always room for growth with Wii U and it showed further in the generation with XCX. We know what a Tegra can do. There will be no real growth after launch with Switch. What we see at this presentation will most likely be the best the machine will ever be able to do. That is why we needed raw power out of the gate because devs know how far it can go with these machines.
Yes, I bought 2 Wii U consoles and love them. It will most likely be the last console Nintendo ever makes. I loved all the consoles Nintendo has made but calling a tablet a console is like calling a hot dog cart a 5 star resturant.
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Worth pointing out that even the Wii U's custom chip was probably - almost certainly - based on pre-existing technology. Tegra's just the pre-existing consumer brand. But we don't know 1) which Tegra it is (no consumer device uses Tegra X2) and how customized Nvidia and Nintendo have made it. Assuming they have substantially customized and augmented it, then its performance will be significantly different from a tablet. Just look at the Vita, also using pre-existing tech that was customized to provide radically different performance. And it's also looking like the Switch has active cooling, which is a notable departure from tablet design and more in line with the design of, say, a no-tower PC if memory serves only smaller.
And form factor does not determine whether something is a console or a tablet or PC. If a computer with the form factor of a tablet is always a tablet, then you could equally say that all computers in box form factors are PCs. The Wii U, the GameCube, the PS3, all PCs. But we don't because that's not the grounds of whether a thing is a console vs a PC or Tablet. It's the customized hardware, firmware, OS, etc etc. And from what Nvidia is indicating, the Switch seems to be a pretty customized piece of tech. It's not a guarantee, but you're making a lot of assumptions here.
Also, the Switch uses a custom, proprietary physical medium for its games. And it likely plays from that medium, which is not only a very console/dedicated hardware feature, it's also the first console of some size and power - beyond what handhelds bring - to do so. And it again runs counter to your "it's a Nintendo branded tablet" narrative.
