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The Nintendo Switch hardware is...

A big leap over 7th gen 71 40.11%
 
A minor leap over 7th gen 72 40.68%
 
About the same as 7th gen 24 13.56%
 
Actually WORSE than last gen 10 5.65%
 
Total:177
curl-6 said:
quickrick said:

i was just comparing how important IQ is

here are some pics though so you can understand what i mean. 

I do know what you mean, but not everyone values IQ over framerate, detail, or other priorities. Given the option, some people would choose 720p/60fps over 1080p/30fps, while others would pick 1080p/max settings over 1440k/medium settings. 

i was talking about graphics only, 60fps would be the first option for me in most games. I was showing the importance of 1080p with great AA solution, it can a world of a difference. 



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quickrick said:
curl-6 said:

I do know what you mean, but not everyone values IQ over framerate, detail, or other priorities. Given the option, some people would choose 720p/60fps over 1080p/30fps, while others would pick 1080p/max settings over 1440k/medium settings. 

i was talking about graphics only, 60fps would be the first option for me in most games. I was showing the importance of 1080p with great AA solution, it can a world of a difference. 

And Switch has better IQ than PS3/360: most games on those systems are 720p and below, while most  Switch games run above 720p when docked.



curl-6 said:
quickrick said:

i was talking about graphics only, 60fps would be the first option for me in most games. I was showing the importance of 1080p with great AA solution, it can a world of a difference. 

And Switch has better IQ than PS3/360: most games on those systems are 720p and below, while most  Switch games run above 720p when docked.

switch just came it's obviously, it just doesn't have anything as detailed/realistic  looking as uncharted 3/last of us. Doom would fit the bill, but it runs at 600p, and even back then, when i was playing 360/ps3 sub hd looked like shit to me, i was dumb founded when i saw how jaggie  crysis 2 was.



xl-klaudkil said:
Which switch game looks better then god of war 3?

Yea,nun

I was thinking the same thing not specifically GoW 3 but exclusives on the ps3/360 themselves. I have a Switch and the more cartoony graphics look good but so far the more realistic stuff like Skyrim and Doom really don't look great. Maybe in time they will look better. 



quickrick said:
curl-6 said:

And Switch has better IQ than PS3/360: most games on those systems are 720p and below, while most  Switch games run above 720p when docked.

switch just came it's obviously, it just doesn't have anything as detailed/realistic  looking as uncharted 3/last of us. Doom would fit the bill, but it runs at 600p, and even back then, when i was playing 360/ps3 sub hd looked like shit to me, i was dumb founded when i saw how jaggie  crysis 2 was.

A game doesn't necessarily have to have the same art style to look better or be more technically advanced though.



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curl-6 said:
quickrick said:

switch just came it's obviously, it just doesn't have anything as detailed/realistic  looking as uncharted 3/last of us. Doom would fit the bill, but it runs at 600p, and even back then, when i was playing 360/ps3 sub hd looked like shit to me, i was dumb founded when i saw how jaggie  crysis 2 was.

A game doesn't necessarily have to have the same art style to look better or be more technically advanced though.

we are  talking not talking about the most technically advanced, it's about  preference, art, and tech, there is no doubt  doom is most technically advanced then anything lastgen, but it just doesn't find the right balance, and ends up not looking good on switch. i would also put mario kart 8, and MO in the category, because of there resolution, and frame rate. you really don't have to keep reminding me switch is more powerful i already know it is.



quickrick said:
curl-6 said:

A game doesn't necessarily have to have the same art style to look better or be more technically advanced though.

we are not, we are  talking not talking about the most technically advanced, it's about  preference, art, and tech, there is no doubt  doom is most technically advanced then anything lastgen, but it just doesn't find the right balance, and ends up not looking good on switch. i would also put mario kart 8, and MO in the category, because of there resolution, and frame rate. you really don't have to keep reminding me switch is more powerful i already know it is.

This thread is just going in circles honestly; we've said about all there is to say multiple times; Switch is technically better, some people prefer the art style of Sony's games, yet others don't understand the technicalities. Might as well lock the thread honestly, though I have a feeling it's going to just keep going and going like the energizer bunny on viagra. XD



curl-6 said:
quickrick said:

we are not, we are  talking not talking about the most technically advanced, it's about  preference, art, and tech, there is no doubt  doom is most technically advanced then anything lastgen, but it just doesn't find the right balance, and ends up not looking good on switch. i would also put mario kart 8, and MO in the category, because of there resolution, and frame rate. you really don't have to keep reminding me switch is more powerful i already know it is.

This thread is just going in circles honestly; we've said about all there is to say multiple times; Switch is technically better, some people prefer the art style of Sony's games, yet others don't understand the technicalities. Might as well lock the thread honestly, though I have a feeling it's going to just keep going and going like the energizer bunny on viagra. XD

thats the thing switch is not big enough leap to blow away 360/ps3/wiiu its more akin to something like  ps2/GC vs xbox, xbox was superior hardware by a big margin, but ps2/GC games still looked damn impressive. I remember thinking MGS2 looked better then halo to me.

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quickrick said:
curl-6 said:

This thread is just going in circles honestly; we've said about all there is to say multiple times; Switch is technically better, some people prefer the art style of Sony's games, yet others don't understand the technicalities. Might as well lock the thread honestly, though I have a feeling it's going to just keep going and going like the energizer bunny on viagra. XD

thats the thing switch is not big enough leap to blow away 360/ps3/wiiu its more akin to something ps2/GC vs xbox, xbox was superior hardware by a big margin, but ps2/GC games still looked damn impressive. I remember thinking MGS2 looked better then halo to me.

Well yeah, I don't think anyone would go so far as to call it a massive leap. The fact it has to function as a portable kinda precludes that. But it is still nice to have slightly crisper textures, spiffier shaders, and higher resolutions.



NPCmates said:

I was thinking the same thing not specifically GoW 3 but exclusives on the ps3/360 themselves. I have a Switch and the more cartoony graphics look good but so far the more realistic stuff like Skyrim and Doom really don't look great. Maybe in time they will look better. 

To be fair none of the realistic looking stuff looked good on PS3 or Xbox 360 either. I think a poster said this way earlier in this thread(?) or in another thread, but people really remember the 7th gen graphics being way better than they really are. I remember I used to think this gen suffered too much from diminishing returns, and in some ways it still does, but a huge selection of 7th gen games look significantly worse than games of this generation. Even just the difference in power between a Switch and a 7th gen console, which might seem quite small compared to a fully fledged 8th generation upgrade, is still enough to see a big difference in image quality. 

Still, DOOM on Switch DOES look like a PS3 version of the game ...