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Another question for you guys, why are the load times so horrendous for being a cartridge based console? (self.NintendoSwitch)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by crashoverride to c/[email protected]

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With advancements and technology they should be much less faster than the N64, but the loading times are just horrible, sometimes even worse than the ps5. What gives?

Edit: this is not hate per say, this is confusion and a little annoyance

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[–] Alexstarfire 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why would they do either of those things? Old games probably wouldn't be able to take advantage without a game update and then they'd have to handle old and new Switches. Doesn't seem worth it for anyone involved because most people who already had a Switch aren't going out to buy the upgrade. Then, if you did those things the battery life is going to be much worse.

[–] crashoverride 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To bring themselves up to an industry standard? To make the games look good on standard tvs? Lots of reasons.

[–] Alexstarfire 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That makes sense for a new console, not a refresh.

[–] crashoverride 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ps4 pro would like to have a word. It's no excuse

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

PS4 Pro doesn’t have to worry about battery life. The Switch need to limit itself to 15 watts or less to avoid overheating and battery life would be so short that it would be useless as a handheld console.

[–] crashoverride 1 points 1 year ago

Neither does the switch when it's docked