• hedgehog@ttrpg.network
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    1 year ago

    the next-generation Switch might still be able to hold its own in terms of graphics performance with Sony’s PlayStation 5 and Microsoft’s Xbox Series X|S in some optimized titles.

    I’ll believe that when I see it.

    • DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      Exactly. Nintendo gave up on competing with graphical fidelity after the Wii U.

      The switch at launch was already 3 year old SOC and it broke all sales records

      Bare minimum effort will be applied for the new model as well

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        1 year ago

        I mean…it helps that the Switch launched out of cycle with Xbox and PlayStation, and also was $100+ cheaper than the others. Not to mention the advantage of it being portable. Which means someone in the household can play it without eating up a screen, or it can be brought on travel. Mine is indispensable on work trips. It also supports a variety of excellent local multiplayer games - which at least in my house, gets a shit load of use. Smash, Mariokart, Mario party, etc. are on constant rotation.

        The PS5 digital is $400. The Xbox series X is $500. The Xbox series S which arguably does something similar to the switch, dropping the insistence on the highest graphical quality, is the only one in either this generation or the previous which compares in price, at $300. (Granted this is actually cheaper than the OLED Switch model, which is at $350).

        I desperately wish Nintendo would release their IP on PC, but it’ll be a cold day in hell before that happens.

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        1 year ago

        They gave up with the GameCube, their lost console with consistent third party releases, it wasn’t unreasonable to expect nay game would be on Nintendo back then. Now at best a bad cloud port is lauded.

        I hate that they can do nothing and succeed.