Maybe read the thing I put above your reply.
Nintendo is going to be doing a iterative strategy it seems, or at least testing it.
sorry I'm still going thru the thread lol. I didn't get passed last person I quoted intill now
Maybe read the thing I put above your reply.
Nintendo is going to be doing a iterative strategy it seems, or at least testing it.
Oh wow, that's way better than I was expecting!What we're hearing right now is that it'll essentially be XB1S level in terms of GPU grunt before factoring in DLSS but with a far more powerful CPU. That will let it get cross gen games quite easily and make porting XSS games a fair amount easier than porting XB1/PS4 games to the current Switch. Except for games that rely heavily on I/O speed.
Spl3toon is likely to have as much post-launch support as 2platoon, so unless it launches alongisde the SwUtch, we'll be probably won't see a mid-gen ugprade at all, and will see the 2witch in 2024 at the earliest (likely 2025)
I don't see why people think BOTW's mention in the direct makes it 2022.
The first game didn't have a big blowout until 9 months before release, and that's with it having to sell the new "open air" style. BOTW2 won't need nearly as extensive demoing and with COVID they've been playing things close to their chest anyways. It could easily be shown off at "E3" this summer and still have a release date this year.
That's not to say it is a 2021 title, just that I don't think the way it was handled this direct has any meaning in regards to release date.
I don't see why people think BOTW's mention in the direct makes it 2022.
The first game didn't have a big blowout until 9 months before release, and that's with it having to sell the new "open air" style. BOTW2 won't need nearly as extensive demoing and with COVID they've been playing things close to their chest anyways. It could easily be shown off at "E3" this summer and still have a release date this year.
That's not to say it is a 2021 title, just that I don't think the way it was handled this direct has any meaning in regards to release date.
So i have a question. As i have kept reading sometime ago that The switch is not 9th Gen cos its not that powerful from Wiiu and still Gen 8.why should one expect any generational leap for the Switch pro? And if so, does that make it 9th Gen finally?
Switch is 8.5 genSo i have a question. As i have kept reading sometime ago that The switch is not 9th Gen cos its not that powerful from Wiiu and still Gen 8.why should one expect any generational leap for the Switch pro? And if so, does that make it 9th Gen finally?
I actually think the Switch family of systems is going to be the model going forward. I don't think we're gonna get a whole new Nintendo console for a long long time.
So i have a question. As i have kept reading sometime ago that The switch is not 9th Gen cos its not that powerful from Wiiu and still Gen 8.why should one expect any generational leap for the Switch pro? And if so, does that make it 9th Gen finally?
Completely agree. Though I don't think marketing will be that big of an issue as people with a Switch will probably be pretty eager to upgrade if the jump is big enough. The concept already sells. Just give people the best possible version of that concept.I think so as well. Marketing will be a challenge when they get to points where the forwards compatibility stops working, but they can figure that out. It won't be an issue with Switch Pro. It will likely just run things at higher resolution and without the frame rate drops seen on current switch in games like Age of Calamity and Bowser's Fury. Further down the road when the next hardware update is out, the base Switch probably won't be able to run many games, but the Switch Pro will probably run them at lower resolutions, with some frame drops etc.
That's a good cycle to keep game attach rates high and people buying new hardware. Just have to nail the marketing and avoid people buying games on hardware that's too old to play them. Probably not that complicated though as mobile gamers are used to it with the app stores being clear that games only run on iPhone ____ version or above and so on.