Turboexpress portable was 1989. Transfer game cards from the home console to portable to play on the go.
Psp 2000 was 2007. Supported AV out to television to play games on screen or on tv.
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Switch vs ps4 Pro, 20yrs ago.
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Turboexpress portable was 1989. Transfer game cards from the home console to portable to play on the go.
Psp 2000 was 2007. Supported AV out to television to play games on screen or on tv.
To be fair, in 1999, even PS3/360 graphics would have blown me away, so definitely the Switch. PS4 Pro would just be more of the same astounding graphics, but the Switch would be impressive and portable
VR obviously would change the entire narrative. I think OP means the PS4 pro on a flat screen just for the graphics, since there's mention of the tv and all...
3D HD Red/Blue remakes and an open world Zelda on the go the year after Red/Blue and OoT release? Switch, easily.
Exactly. Portable systems already existed 20 years back.
VR? Not so much.
Because then you'd have this situation when you take out the xbox
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time traveller Kelly didn't bring the PSVR or switch cardboard VR. She wanted this to be a 2d screen comparison.
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It would still be the Pro then. I just assumed the entire library would be included.
If the kindly time traveller waited until Death Stranding or The Last Of Us Part Two's release and bring those back alongside PSVR and AstroBot, that's the full recipe for holy shit wat. Such titles feel absurd even for now-times, let alone two decades back.
For me, it's the miniaturization of tech that always been more impressive than conventional tech. I would've expected PS4 level stuff. It's a conventional leap for two decades.
The Turbo Express wasn't too impressive since it had an older 8bit CPU.
The PSP was hella impressive, though.
20 year old need shared way too much about graphics are so I definitely have to go with PS4 Pro.
ha yeah i was about to post this.
funny how standards change, like today i can't stand to play 3DS more than 5 minutes but back then i would've tossed Pro/X1/Switch to the curb once i saw the stereoscopics
The gap between a psvr and a virtual boy is about as wide as the gap between an atari 2600 and a ps3.
So let me get this straight. The switch would be impressive cause of the state of the gameboy. But PSVR wouldn't cause of the virtuaboy?
Okay
Still not impressed!
And op clarified. There's no PSVR included. Reconsider your vote?
Switch without a doubt. In 1999 me's eyes, who considered Dreamcast visuals unbelievably good, both consoles' visuals would be nearly the same (i.e. straight up sorcery), but the Switch is freaking portable on top.
I would be sad that Nintendo left the console business and was only making handhelds in 20 years.
That's a good question, but I think both would be equally mind-blowing. PS4 has games like RDR2 which are a marvel to look at now, let alone 1999. And a game like Breath of the Wild running in portable mode next to a Game Boy Color? It'd be unfathomable. But there's also PSVR and that's an entirely different game changer. I'm completely blown away by every VR headset I've used (aside from bad comfort issues), and I can't imagine how someone would react to PSVR in 1999.
But then play Botw on switch. That would possibly change your mind.
I think that's a pretty bad read on their handheld strategy. Nintendo selling Game Boys for $90 that didn't require 6 AA batteries for 3 hours of play is a pretty huge reason why they were so dominant in that space in the 90s.
As a guy who was around when the turboexpress released, that thing seemed like bizarro future tech.
The turbografx despite technically being 8 bit was a LOT closer to the genesis than the NES. it was absolutely next gen hardware.
The turboexpress let you take those next gen games and walk around with it on the go, and when you got bored you could pop in a tv tuner and watch football, cartoons, whatever.
Switch would be easier to showcase since it's portable, I guess.
Plus it'd be easier to do the "how-far-games-have-come-since"-angle with known properties like Mario, Pokemon, Zelda, and blow their minds with Crash Bandicoot on Switch :v
Also show Bayonetta in Smash, they all be like :O
Plus it'd be easier to do the "how-far-games-have-come-since"-angle with known properties like Mario, Pokemon, Zelda, and blow their minds with Crash Bandicoot on Switch :v
Also show Bayonetta in Smash, they all be like :O
I did and it didn't. Horizon Zero Dawn might not be an as great and polished game as BotW, but I prefer its visuals vastly.
Though to be fair, back then I was a huge Zelda fan, and I would've played Ocarina of Time last, BotW would have certainly also excited me, visually and in terms of how vast and open its world is, and being a Zelda.
You could replace the PS4 pro power cable in the past but not the switch usb cable so PS4 wins obviously.
There's no VR without head tracking. Virtual Boy was not a VR system, it was something you used to see a flat image in 3D. It's as much VR as the 3DS is VR.
Yeah, but I saw it mostly as a colorful GameBoy personally. Not too impressed. I could see it being capable at the time. Lynx wasn't a slouch either.
Rechargeable packs existed for all of those. Battery life wasnt a big issue (except for the nomad...that thing was literally a genesis).
My suspicion is that the jump in graphics would be so big for both consoles compared to what was available then that Switch's graphical impact wouldn't be that different from PS4 Pro's. The added portability compared to the Game Boy Color at the time would potentially be mind-blowing, though.
Then again, the highs on PS4/XB1 this gen are really high, so maybe that would indeed make a difference.
Then again, the highs on PS4/XB1 this gen are really high, so maybe that would indeed make a difference.
Reconsidered. The ps4 is still much better hardware for the reasons mentioned.
Edit: i assume in addition to psvr, we're also ignoring the blu ray, Netflix, and ps vue abilities of the ps4?
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Battery life was 100% an issue with the Lynx and Game Gear back then, to the extent that a lot of people didn't consider them a viable alternative to the Gameboy. If I remember correctly, rechargeable packs lasted even less than actual batteries.
Did you not even realize we were talking about the pro? Base ps4 is not even in contention.
But the graphics are close enough when viewing it twenty years ago that the Switch is vastly more impressive with it being portable AND a home console. The switching is really impressive too. Not just about the graphics, although to me, twenty years ago they would be close enough. Remember, there's no digital Foundry to count pixels for you.
