thats true the screen doesnt cover all, but i want to imagine it is some necessary design decision to look like that.
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Is a Switch Pro still needed?
- Thread starter MysticGon
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Stricly nothing prove the success is due to the hybrid concept.
It has Nintendo games, it had a killer first year in term of software and you didn't have to cope with an aweful/stupid "Gamepad" like you had to on the Wii U. I don't care what people thought on Era or elsewhere, it wasn't bound to fail and it has nothing to do with its hybrid nature.
Inb4 the Switch Lite model completely overtake the OG model and prove that point. Just so some can stop trying to build narrative to hype features they personally like.
Imo it's not needed. I would've preferred the Lite be a bit bigger (if necessary), maybe a tad more powerful, and kept TV-out. Going the full "Pro" route would have bad implications on battery life and potentially split the install base.
The situation right now is that the launch Switch is a clunky kit that tries to do too much, and the Lite made too many concessions in the name of price and portability.
The situation right now is that the launch Switch is a clunky kit that tries to do too much, and the Lite made too many concessions in the name of price and portability.
Gaming is my most spendy hobby so, as long as I remain gainfully employed, I'll purchase whatever Nintendo produces that will close the gap between image quality of Switch games and media played from every other device hooked to my TV.
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Yes. There are Nintendo fans that want to play games on their 4k televisions with the image quality not so far off of the other console manufacturers....
I don't see how the switch is going to run 3rd party games 2 years from now without some sort of update...
Nintendo is gonna have a hard time catching up next year without a full blown switch 2. say goodbye to wolfenstein and mortal Kombat
I'd buy it and continued AAA third party support into next gen would probably require it, but I'm not sure it's coming.
BotW sold like crazy, but "buy this console so you can experience fewer framedrops in a handful of areas" doesn't sound like it would move a lot of expensive hardware.
Its definitely not needed. I don't see Nintendo abandoning its current player base by making Switch Plus only games a year after introducing the Lite. I know that some examples exist before but its just a bad business move. If third parties want switch sales they are gonna have to do some port work or make original games for the platform.
Then define it. Otherwise it reads like a gross exaggeration.
But its right there in the name, everyone but hardcore internet forums loved the concept from the start.
3DS at $250 wasn't nowhere near as popular as Switch at launch for $300 that Nintendo felt the need to cut the price by $80 6 months later, and that had a very , very impressive showing at E3 with lots of first and third party games.
me thinks you are trying to downplay the hybrid concept had a part in the success of the Switch, it wasn't just Zelda, 12 Switch or the hardware it was everything
People couldn't care less says person about the mode that by Nintendo's own admission is vastly the most popular (using switch in both modes is the preferred use of more than 50% of users), with just about thirty percent mainly preferring handheld and then the rest preferring to keep it docked.
Some of these dumb takes, geez.
If the switch pro is a switch without the handheld and is tv only console with higher res and frame rates then that's what I want... wait it wouldn't be a switch anymore but then either is the lite.
Please don't miss the irony in my post.
Please don't miss the irony in my post.
Old and barely relevent datas nowaday, the graph you're speaking about is from 2017 ! We're in 2019, the Switch is ~35m consoles sold by now. It's time to stop using 2 years old data as relevent informations to support a bias. Outside of that, Switch Lite is here, without hybrid mode, despite it being the "one key feature" that made the Switch a success, according to some (lol). Nintendo know what's up more than you and me.
1 - The first year wasn't just Zelda. It was Zelda with a huge word of mouth, mainstream coverage (best sold Zelda title) + Splatoon 2 + Mario Kart Deluxe + Arms + Mario Odyssey. It has to be one of the best launch year for a console ever. Everything mattered in the end, you're right, but the hybrid concept is probably the least of those stuff.
2 - Who cares about the name of a console ? The Switch Lite has "Switch" in it, yet it doesn't Switch. Even Nintendo doesn't care.
3 - 3DS was ugly, overpriced, with a shit first year compared to the Switch. Plus, the 3D was probably one of the dumbest idea from Nintendo in the recent years (with the Gamepad).
You're stretching it very far. Lmao at the hyperbole by the way, "very, very impressive showing at E3". You're speaking about E3 2010 right ? You can't be serious. I almost fell alseep during the 3DS reveal.
The various "pro" versions of consoles never seem to be worth it in terms of performance boosts or exclusives. I've only upgraded handhelds when they wear out or to get a bigger screen, but neitehr will apply to the Switch, which I exclusively use on the TV. I don't think Nintendo's audience even cares though, since they mostly buy it for the exclusives which are all made to run well on it anyway.
Absolutely, it already needed a spec boost before, now with PS5 and XBO2 at sight, it's pivotal for Switch stay relevant in a long term strategy.
Isn't that, a sequel though? I mean, a Switch Pro won't be that.
I'm actually interested in the cheaper, Switch Lite or whatever it's called, because I can't imagine a Switch Pro would provide the leap required to really change the game.
I play on a PS4 Pro, but in that case, the games I'm playing are focused on spectacle. I really like the snazzy graphics, and love seeing how different game developers one-up one another. But as far as the switch is concerned, I'm resigned to thinking that it's not possible to compete with that fidelity, so if the experiences will always look, bad by contrast to other platforms, then I'm much more interested in other features such as cost, weight, battery life and portability.
If the switch is going to be a 5yr cycle, then no, just make a switch 2 in 2022.
A switch pro would be cool with better performance and res in dynamic res games, but if its coming in 2020 then I'd rather just wait for a switch 2 in 2022.
Maybe in 2022 a switch 2 could handle PS5/scarlett ports.
A switch pro would be cool with better performance and res in dynamic res games, but if its coming in 2020 then I'd rather just wait for a switch 2 in 2022.
Maybe in 2022 a switch 2 could handle PS5/scarlett ports.
With many Switch games running at really low resolutions, I'd say a Pro version with enough power to guarantee 720p (handheld) and 1080p (docked) for every game, would be fantastic and well worth it. Anything more powerful would be a bonus.
Go the opposite way of the Lite and give me a dedicated home console. On par with at least PS4.