Nintendo Switch vs Smartphone graphics

harz-marz · Mar 12, 2018

I was watching the trailer of Fortnite running on an iPhone X and reading people comment that it was much more capable of running Fortnite due to its higher specs. Yes it's a £1,000 device whereas the Switch is only £280.

I love my Switch and have been blown away by how great portable gaming can be. I've yet to see any mobile games that look better than Zelda, Mario, etc, is Fortnite that far ahead of other mobile games graphically?

Are there any other mobile games that have graphics significantly better than the top Switch games?

I know graphical style often makes it hard to judge and also that the Switch "only" has to pump out 720P visuals.

Any thoughts?

spad3 · Mar 12, 2018

graphics =/= good game

Also, the benefit of playing on a Switch over a cell phone: my gameplay doesn't get interrupted/paused when I get a phone call.

Atolm · Mar 12, 2018

It's true the iPhone X specs blow the Switch out of the water but at the end of the day what it matters the most for graphics is budget. Mobile Fortunite/PUBG so far are outliers on their systems.

harz-marz · Mar 12, 2018

spad3 said:
graphics =/= good game

Also, the benefit of playing on a Switch over a cell phone: my gameplay doesn't get interrupted/paused when I get a phone call.

Of course they don't make a good game. But my question was purely graphics related - there are so many more benefits to playing on a dedicated handheld such as the lack of interuptions as you've stated, as well as physical controls etc

Mbolibombo · Mar 12, 2018

Fortnite on mobile doesnt look better than the best looking Switch games

Jahranimo · Mar 12, 2018

Can you link the trailer you saw OP?

Almighty_McSwagger · Mar 12, 2018

Technically, you don't need high specs to run games on a phone. Here is the Witcher 3 running on android.

Deleted member 10908 · Mar 12, 2018

Almighty_McSwagger said:
Technically, you don't need high specs to run games on a phone. Here is the Witcher 3 running on android.

Pretty sure this is just being streamed from PC and not running natively

harz-marz · Mar 12, 2018

Jahranimo said:
Can you link the trailer you saw OP?

Added to Op

I guess the graphics may look quite simple and clean but I'm impressed by the size of the map and the fact that there are 100 players

Deleted member 8196 · Mar 12, 2018

Almighty_McSwagger said:
Technically, you don't need high specs to run games on a phone. Here is the Witcher 3 running on android.

Ehm..he's streaming the game, the phone is not running the game lol

MattAces · Mar 12, 2018

Gear Club on iPhone X can go up to 60fps while it's 30fps on switch last I heard.
There's some top tier graphics on mobile.

Shadowgun Legends (up to 60fps with a lot of drops when there's a huge fight on iPhone X)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWIvq9s4d6E

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Modern Combat Versus (consistent 30fps)

Asphalt 9 (solid 30fps)

Black Desert

and a lot of the console ports.
Grid Autosport (i believe they even patched in 60fps recently)

Echo · Mar 12, 2018

spad3 said:
graphics =/= good game

Also, the benefit of playing on a Switch over a cell phone: my gameplay doesn't get interrupted/paused when I get a phone call.

That's not the point of the thread. Maybe read OP next time.
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I don't play Mobile games myself, but I am curious to see some comparisons if anyone has 'em. Most mobile games I am interested in tend to be basic and menu oriented, Girls Frontline, F/GO, Kancolle.

Maybe Mobius Final Fantasy?

Almighty_McSwagger · Mar 12, 2018

rob305 said:
Pretty sure this is just being streamed from PC and not running natively

OP says nothing about native which is why I said "you don't need high specs to run games on a phone".

Stygr said:
Ehm..he's streaming the game, the phone is not running the game lol

Did you even read my post?

ImNotAFroot · Mar 12, 2018

Yikes.

Jahranimo · Mar 12, 2018

harz-marz said:
Added to Op

I guess the graphics may look quite simple and clean but I'm impressed by the size of the map and the fact that there are 100 players

Thanks!

Yeah that doesn't look bad, although there's a good number of Switch games that look better imo. At least it gives a decent benchmark for how decent it'll look/run on the Switch in the future.

Al3x1s · Mar 12, 2018

I don't think Fortnite in that trailer looks all that great. I guess being open world (or rather, large area) with many players makes it pretty impressive but the rendering pipeline leaves a lot to be desired, it looks flat and everything has had a major downgrade from the (easy on the specs) PC version. Splatoon looks better to me but again it's a smaller scope game. Still, given games like that I don't think it blows the Switch out of the water despite the crazy hardware.

ZhugeEX · Mar 12, 2018

Here is the mobile version of PUBG on iPhone X. I wouldn't say it's 'better' than Switch games. But it's impressive for a mobile game based on the PC game.

LordOcidax · Mar 12, 2018

Incoming DOOM Switch picture... in 3.. 2.. 1..

Deleted member 8196 · Mar 12, 2018

Almighty_McSwagger said:
OP says nothing about native which is why I said "you don't need high specs to run games on a phone".

Did you even read my post?

Yes.
"Here is the Witcher 3 running on android."
And no, TW3 is streamed on android, NOT RUNNING.

nogoodnamesleft · Mar 12, 2018

Zelda and mario look great, but IQ and framerate on a lot of high end mobile games crush the IQ and/or framerate of the best looking switch games.

harz-marz · Mar 12, 2018

nogoodnamesleft said:
Zelda and mario look great, but IQ and framerate on a lot of high end mobile games crush the IQ and/or framerate of the best looking switch games.

Any examples?

Almighty_McSwagger · Mar 12, 2018

Stygr said:
Yes.
"Here is the Witcher 3 running on android."
And no, TW3 is streamed on android, NOT RUNNING.

Pedantic. You know full well what I meant.

foxuzamaki · Mar 12, 2018

MattAces said:
Gear Club on iPhone X can go up to 60fps while it's 30fps on switch last I heard.
There's some top tier graphics on mobile.

Shadowgun Legends (up to 60fps with a lot of drops when there's a huge fight on iPhone X)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWIvq9s4d6E

Modern Combat Versus (consistent 30fps)

Asphalt 9 (solid 30fps)

Black Desert

and a lot of the console ports.
Grid Autosport (i believe they even patched in 60fps recently)

I dont think gear club was properly optimized on switch to get a real comparison

Sub Boss · Mar 12, 2018

That looks...ugly

Clefargle · Mar 12, 2018

spad3 said:
graphics =/= good game

Also, the benefit of playing on a Switch over a cell phone: my gameplay doesn't get interrupted/paused when I get a phone call.

Also standardized physical controls, can't replicate that on mobile

Atheerios · Mar 12, 2018

While impressive, don't forget the price difference. Switch is $300 while the iPhone X $1000.

Conkerkid11 · Mar 12, 2018

ZhugeEX said:
Here is the mobile version of PUBG on iPhone X. I wouldn't say it's 'better' than Switch games. But it's impressive for a mobile game based on the PC game.

PUBG's an interesting case, because I'm pretty sure the game looks and runs better than the Xbox One X version.

Wander · Mar 12, 2018

Almighty_McSwagger said:
OP says nothing about native which is why I said "you don't need high specs to run games on a phone".

Did you even read my post?

r u ok

cmChimera · Mar 12, 2018

I haven't seen anything in this thread, or on my iPhone that look better than a good-looking Switch game.

Redneckerz · Mar 12, 2018

Conkerkid11 said:
PUBG's an interesting case, because I'm pretty sure the game looks and runs better than the Xbox One X version.

Its far, far, far worse on the visual front.

See:

Jaded Alyx · Mar 12, 2018

What is the battery life like while playing these caliber of games?

harz-marz · Mar 12, 2018

cmChimera said:
I haven't seen anything in this thread, or on my iPhone that look better than a good-looking Switch game.

I guess that's why I made the thread. The Switch continues to amaze me with how great the games look.

Braaier · Mar 12, 2018

Atheerios said:
While impressive, don't forget the price difference. Switch is $300 while the iPhone X $1000.

$1000?! Damn, phone prices have gotten out of hand!

Conkerkid11 · Mar 12, 2018

Redneckerz said:
Its far, far, far worse on the visual front.

See:

Oh damn, didn't know Digitalfoundry did this comparison. Thanks

Redneckerz · Mar 12, 2018

Also i gotta hand it to MattAces for linking to Shadowgun and MCVS. The latter uses a PBR pipeline, showing better than X360 visuals.
One handheld game on iOS/Android did move to Switch atleast: Radiation Island:

Conkerkid11 said:
Oh damn, didn't know Digitalfoundry did this comparison. Thanks

No problem. Keep in mind they aren't running Ultra settings though, so not clear how that looks like, but i reckon its still some ways off the console versions.

LordOcidax · Mar 12, 2018

cmChimera said:
I haven't seen anything in this thread, or on my iPhone that look better than a good-looking Switch game.

Agree, and i have an Iphone 8.

Buggy Loop · Mar 12, 2018

People don't understand. It does not matter that the A11 in Iphone X is cutting edge and outperforms Switch, it's not in a magical node that eleminates heat, at least not in such a small case and with barely any passive cooling, let alone active cooling.

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This,

As much as it is an amazing piece of engineering, cannot run games like Switch because..

It's not even in the same league for heat dissipation and output.

Benchmarks will run faster on phones, while real gaming performances will remain king on Switch for a while.

Alcibiades · Mar 12, 2018

Uhm, Switch has much better looking games than that.

Eliseo · Mar 12, 2018

ZhugeEX said:
Here is the mobile version of PUBG on iPhone X. I wouldn't say it's 'better' than Switch games. But it's impressive for a mobile game based on the PC game.

Which begs the question, are we going to get these games on the switch?

harz-marz · Mar 12, 2018

Alcibiades said:
Uhm, Switch has much better looking games than that.

I'm just impressed that it's running at a far higher resolution than 720p, with a huge map and 100 people running about.

It's the only mobile game I've seen recently that's impressed me!

MP! · Mar 12, 2018

MattAces said:
Gear Club on iPhone X can go up to 60fps while it's 30fps on switch last I heard.
There's some top tier graphics on mobile.

and a lot of the console ports.
Grid Autosport (i believe they even patched in 60fps recently)

woah Grid is on iPhone? ... that looks 10x's better than gear.club... gear.club is fun but that looks legit how does it play? (in comparison to other racing games)

I think a lot of phone games can push the limits graphically but man does my battery drain....

15 minutes of FFXV pocket edition is like 40% battery drain... and that game isn't even impressive looking.

curiouscharles · Mar 12, 2018

playing games on an iphone is annoying af.

playing games on a switch is pleasant af.

case closed?

case closed, and i needn't even touch on graphics ;)

Edit: sorry guys, thought i was being innocently funny!

apologies for thread-shitting :/

#sadcharles

Mod edit: Please don't use the edit function to remove context from a warning/ban.

Al3x1s · Mar 12, 2018

curiouscharles said:
playing games on an iphone is annoying af.

playing games on a switch is pleasant af.

case closed?

case closed, and i needn't even touch on graphics ;)

Might wanna edit that, seems needlessly confrontational, off topic and like you'll get warned for it since your spoiler continues the same crap instead of say just kidding or something.

MattAces · Mar 12, 2018

MP! said:
woah Grid is on iPhone? ... that looks 10x's better than gear.club... gear.club is fun but that looks legit how does it play? (in comparison to other racing games)

Haven't tried it myself, but they have a bunch of control scheme with controller support I believe.
Only played Asphalt 9 recently, pretty good game.

Hu3 · Mar 12, 2018

curiouscharles said:
playing games on an iphone is annoying af.

playing games on a switch is pleasant af.

case closed?

case closed, and i needn't even touch on graphics ;)

I love how people come into threads and post shit that don't even have to do anything with the topic.

op I recommend you check civilization 6 for mobile

Tito · Mar 12, 2018

"I love my Switch, but..." is really the new "I love my Vita, but..."

Faithless · Mar 12, 2018

Stygr said:
Yes.
"Here is the Witcher 3 running on android."
And no, TW3 is streamed on android, NOT RUNNING.

+1

MP! · Mar 12, 2018

MattAces said:
Haven't tried it myself, but they have a bunch of control scheme with controller support I believe.
Only played Asphalt 9 recently, pretty good game.

I have asphalt 8 or whatever and its enjoyable enough.. (I liked the 3DS version well enough)... there's a serious lack of racing games on Nintendo platforms... Most wanted U was fantastic... but as far as sims go there only gear.club... (which I bought on sale and with my Nintendo coins discounting the price.) It's fun... but it's no GT. You'd think more companies would step up and release a solid racing sim on switch there's practically no competition...

MattAces · Mar 12, 2018

Jaded Alyx said:
What is the battery life like while playing these caliber of games?

It depends on the game. Most of the released game are pretty optimized and you can really get a lot of hours out of it, at least on my X. There won't be any overheat issue.
But stuff like Shadowgun Legends, which is in closed beta (testflight), high setting with 60fps drains the battery quite fast, and the phone heats up like crazy.

harz-marz · Mar 12, 2018

Tito said:
"I love my Switch, but..." is really the new "I love my Vita, but..."

I didn't use that wording at all. It was a genuine question about Switch vs Smartphone graphics

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