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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - I'm sick of Nintendo's 720p games... We should have minimum 900p atleast for Switch

curl-6 on 16 February 2017
bonzobanana said:
I wonder later on if there will be a Switch model that actually abandons the current portable mode and gives full docked performance as a portable as an option and hdmi output just switches on when you dock it without any need to change display resolution output. I guess a battery economy mode could be enabled that drops it to current Switch portable performance and would run the revised Switch 1080p screen at 720p although not sure if that would save power for the screen itself but would save power for the gpu.

One thing that has been very unimpressive about the Switch is its docked performance compared to Portable. The upgrade in graphics hardly seems worrying about.

In fact completely contrary to the above statement I would mind if there was a budget Switch portable, smaller etc that still had hdmi output and never went above portable performance even when connected to tv's. That way it could be made smaller more quickly to takeover from 3DS.

This first version of Switch just seems really rubbish to be honest to me. I don't think a Nintendo console has ever been more disappointing.

Given Nintendo's history, it's pretty much guaranteed there will be multiple variants of the Switch over the next few years, just like the DSi/2DS/New 3DS.



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caffeinade on 16 February 2017

GBA was 240 × 160, the games still look good.



curl-6 on 17 February 2017
caffeinade said:

GBA was 240 × 160, the games still look good.

While I don't disagree, GBA's graphics were designed to be viewed on a 2.9 inch screen.

I personally am fine with playing them on my TV via Wii U Virtual Console, but still, playing on a portable versus playing on a big screen TV are totally different ball games as far as resolution goes.



Pemalite on 17 February 2017
curl-6 said:
caffeinade said:

GBA was 240 × 160, the games still look good.

While I don't disagree, GBA's graphics were designed to be viewed on a 2.9 inch screen.

I personally am fine with playing them on my TV via Wii U Virtual Console, but still, playing on a portable versus playing on a big screen TV are totally different ball games as far as resolution goes.

Emulating GBA games on a TV... It doesn't look as crisp as SNES emulation due to the lower resolution either, even if the GBA was able to do more and better effects.



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curl-6 on 17 February 2017
Pemalite said:
curl-6 said:

While I don't disagree, GBA's graphics were designed to be viewed on a 2.9 inch screen.

I personally am fine with playing them on my TV via Wii U Virtual Console, but still, playing on a portable versus playing on a big screen TV are totally different ball games as far as resolution goes.

Emulating GBA games on a TV... It doesn't look as crisp as SNES emulation due to the lower resolution either, even if the GBA was able to do more and better effects.

Yeah; comparing F-Zero on the SNES to Maximum Velocity/GP Legend on the GBA, the latter games do have nicer vehicle sprites and effects, but a noisier image. As a retro gamer though, I'm still able to tolerate the GBA's 160p, even on my HDTV.