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Goodnightmoon said:
Barkley said:

Errr.... Wii?

Good installbase does not mean good third party support.

Yes it does, wii is a terrible comparison.

I'm not comparing anything, you said "If it has a good install base they would come anyways."

So if a console has a good installbase it would recieve support regardless of power.

Wii proves that statement wrong. But you could explain why you think Wii is a bad example.



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Miyamotoo said:
4GB of RAM was very expected.

Have on mind that most likly 1GB Ram will be reserved for OS, that will leave 3GB of RAM for games, thats basicly 3x more than Wii U had for games. PS4/XB1 have around 5GB for games.

Yeah PS4 has 5.5 for games (going off memory). I assume the PS4pro has 1gb more than that, because of the extra 1gb DDR3 it has.

NS will probably have around ~3gb for games.



numberwang said:

4GB is enough for the computational power involved and 1080p. 8GB is useful for 4K gaming and was overspending for the original XBO and PS4.

Thats just not how it works. Memory is used to store data/assets/reduce load times. the more GB the better and that has nothing to do with 4k gaming. If you consider how current gen consoles that have 8GB and are 1080p, they could always do with more ram. I have never in the life of me go, oh yeah 4GB is enough ram... sorry, its not a good amount. Manybe in a handheld it is, but this is meant to be a home console also right?



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4GB isn't good news, most games require more then 4GB these days, 8 would have been much smarter. Just make it the same as the ps4 and xbox one base models, even if its slower, the amount of ram is always the most important.

And no, since a lot of games already run on 720-900p on xbox one and 900p-1080p on ps4 the small bump to the 720p from the NX will not make 50% less ram acceptable.

The ram will also most likely be a lot slower... so thats going to make it even harder to keep up,

No its not a problem for FIRST PARTY GAMES yes its a terrible indication towards ports.




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Goodnightmoon said:
Barkley said:

Errr.... Wii?

Good installbase does not mean good third party support.

Yes it does, wii is a terrible comparison.

I'd compare it with the WiiU's early days. The system was promised tons of 3rd party support when the PS360 were still supported, and most of them never came. Then again, WiiU never sold like the Wii. We really lack a good precedent for this case, do we?



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Barkley said:
Goodnightmoon said:

If it has a good install base they would come no matter what

Errr.... Wii?

Good installbase does not mean good third party support.

The Wii actually got some good 3rd party games, they just weren't the ones the PS3/360 got. It had games like Sin & Punishment 2, Tatsunoko and Capcom, House of the Dead: Overkill, Sonic Colors, No More Heroes and others.



                
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Barkley said:
Goodnightmoon said:

Yes it does, wii is a terrible comparison.

I'm not comparing anything, you said "If it has a good install base they would come anyways."

So if a console has a good installbase it would recieve support regardless of power.

Wii proves that statement wrong.

Wii proves nothing, that console had tons of games, but most of them cattered to a different market and many were made around the wii "gimmick"

If Switch has a good install base, of course third parties will come, they'll first try if selling the same as they sell on Ps4/XBO works and if not then they would find a way to addapt to the market of the console. If there's money to win, they'll go.



lionpetercarmoo said:
Veknoid_Outcast said:

I'd argue that's all Nintendo needs. Grand Theft Auto, Call of Duty, and Battlefield aren't going to save or kill Switch.

mmmm no without western support Nintendo is dead as usual.

Based on? If I bring up 3DS are you going to say "kids don't care about third party games" again?



Wii didnt get the big hiiters besides COD and those versions were meh.

OT crap for home consoles but lets be honest with ourselves doesnt seem that much different than the last two so whats the problem?



daredevil.shark said:
Miyamotoo said:

We already have confirmed list of 3rd party partners.

3GB RAM for games (PS4/XB1 have around 5GB for games), is enuf for PS4/XB1 3rd party ports in 720p.

Then why new mass effect and red Dead isn't coming? By third party do you mean niche Japanese games? Or do you mean bigger ones including Japanese AAA (kingdom hearts, FF XV)?

Beacuse Nintendo console never had full 3rd party suport since SNES. You can bet even Switch is more stronger than PS4 Pro it woldnt had full 3rd party support.Look at list of Switch 3rd party partners and supporters and you will see what kind of games exactly you can expect for Switch.

Switch hardware will be more than enough for PS4/XB1 ports running at 720p, totally different thing some developer will make game for Switch.

Also Nvidia+ARM is very modern tech that is very easy to work with.

 

 

malistix1985 said:
4GB isn't good news, most games require more then 4GB these days, 8 would have been much smarter. Just make it the same as the ps4 and xbox one base models, even if its slower, the amount of ram is always the most important.

And no, since a lot of games already run on 720-900p on xbox one and 900p-1080p on ps4 the small bump to the 720p from the NX will not make 50% less ram acceptable.

The ram will also most likely be a lot slower... so thats going to make it even harder to keep up,

No its not a problem for FIRST PARTY GAMES yes its a terrible indication towards ports.

Do we have actualy prove that all PS4/XB1 games use whole RAM for games!?

You can always little optimise your game to run with less RAM, people forgetting that PS3/Xbox 360 have 256MB Ram for games and they still run games like GTAV or Skyrim. 3GB Ram for games will not be problem that Switch run PS4/XB1 ports running at 720.