Because you need to push the industry forward, you don't want to play at 480p right. It would give you better battery and better textures but why don't they do it just because it looks like ass, 720 looks like ass. Eventually we have to want to do better because we can. If they put out a 720p switch 2 and a 1080p switch 2 with worse battery life be honest with yourself what are you gonna buy.
If they put out a 720p switch 2 and 1080p switch 2 with a little worse battery life at the same time which would sell more? Be honest. Regardless of what people think they know of what is good enough it's human nature to want the better version.
Well 720p 4hour vs 1080p 1hour?
You do though that's the reality. You'd buy the 1080p model. We gotta push the industry forward eventually. Nobody wants to play at 540 or 480p right, you could argue the ppi would be fine. I mean most people use 1080p monitors for their PCs 22 to 24 inches and that is about the same ppi. Yet I don't hear anyone arguing to use 480p or 540p. You probably have or want to buy a 4k tv at some point right. Why isn't 1080p good enough, because we want better.
Why do you think 1080p uses like 400% more battery life, you'd lose like 1hr at most.
I disagree with that. Nintendo rarely comments on how long a family of systems will be around if ever. I am not in a position to get the quotes right now but I am fairly sure they meant the current generation of Switch. There is a chance that I am wrong on this but you are the first person I've spoken to that has interrupted them as speaking about the Switch family in terms of multiple generations and not the current generation (ie Switch, Switch Lite, and any other current gen Switch revisions that come).
Eventually we should but right now the cons outweigh the pros whereas with 1080p the pros outweigh the cons. Obviously nobody wants to go from 5 hrs of gameplay to 1 hr but 5 to 4 is a sacrifice I'd be willing to make for better quality.
It's not going to be pointless in 2023. It has to go up next gen. They've never raised the res for a redesign but they've never not raised it for a whole new generation of handhelds.
You aren't wrong I agree with most of what you said but 1080p is objectively higher quality at 6.5 inches even Apple who isn't known for pushing the industry forward spec wise for their phones anymore made the move to a higher res on their 6.5 phone because while it isn't super noticeable it's noticeable enough that they were willing to eat the battery cost. Then they work on making it up in other areas, just like Nintendo should. At some point we have to want tech to get better. There's a limit of course though, nobody is saying jump to 4K but 1080p would be noticeable enough. Plus I'd argue that when playing portable switch it's a similar distance to using a pc monitor from your face. Of course it won't be as noticeable because of size but it's definitely noticeable. All I'm saying is which would you buy.
ARE EYES GOING TO GET BETTER IN 2023?! What are you talking about?
I meant for the actual screen res, let the devs decide what's best for each individual game but the 1080p option is there.
I personally believe at even under 8 inches you can tell 720p to 1080p. Can you tell 1440p or 4k I don't and can't after having tested this on phones with my father before but 720p to 1080 can and is noticeable in the 5 inches to 8 inches range.
For web content with lots of scrolling text, sure. For games. No way.
I know but that's what pushes tech forward. You want a faster car even though you don't need it. You want a 4K tv even though we don't need it, we want better everything, it's human nature. We should always want to get better because we can.
Well, no that's not true. It's easy to see the difference. Whether it's an important enough difference is another matter.
