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[–] dinckelman 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

My only wish for this console, is that it doesn't launch with an SoC, that's already a year outdated, by the time the thing is announced

[–] SpaceNoodle 26 points 1 year ago

Literally impossible since SoC vendors literally can't deliver working pre-production chips for development work

I mean, they say they do, but they really don't

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Nintendo is going to want a console they can keep standardized for a while without hitting hardware limits early. It’s one of the only major flaws of the Switch, and while it’s not entirely their fault, they know the type of direction devs want to move in. IMHO they will have listened in this regard.

I don’t expect it will run “on par with PS5” as some rumors have suggested, though.

[–] stankmut 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The PS5 is the size of a small boat. The only way Nintendo can release a portable console that matches it would be if it came in a wheelbarrow.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

But the ps5 plays games in 4k .if i remember correctly 4k requires 16x compute power compared to 1080p ( on the gpu side ). So with dlss from 720p to 1080p it might be possible to match 4k ps5 . Alghtough it might be immposible with the games bound by cpu , unlike the ps4/xbox one generation the consoles this time dont have a completly dogshit CPU from the get go.

[–] SpaceNoodle 1 points 1 year ago

Anyone remember the Compaq Portable?

It weighed almost 30 lbs.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah I agree, the Switch family in general are mostly meant to play official games like Zelda, DK and Mario whose older incarnations were also designed for other small consoles that ran on battery power, and not-so-demanding third-party games that can be played without connection to power like Minecraft BE. They’re like a modern DS with a bigger screen that you can connect to a TV and play with detachable controllers, and never pretended to be anything more.

[–] jecht360 13 points 1 year ago

That would be nice, but it's Nintendo so it probably will be old by the time it comes out.