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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 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months 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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The newer Switch models use a smaller node for the APU. Nintendo had a lot of available overhead but they chose to keep the system down-clocked and more than double battery life. A long battery life is more important to a handheld console than higher resolution.

Even with the downclocking the newer systems actually have better performance than the original models.