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Tom Phillips says Microsoft is eager to explore Switch
- Thread starter Meelow
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I guess this lines up with the Halo on Switch rumors. Color me curious on what Microsoft will bring to the Switch going forward.
Ori and the WIll of the Wisp should eventually hit switch seeing how the first one did? Maybe in a year or two
MS and Nintendo are a great match. I'd love to see more of their "exclusives" on Switch, especially indies
Media Molecule's co-founder hinted at this a year or two ago. It's the type of game that would benefit Sony more if it was also on PC. It needs the biggest community it could possibly have to survive.
I mean, Nintendo passing on rare has worked out pretty well for MS
Thaaaaaaaaaaaaat was my first thought too. Will we get Donkey Kong County?!?!?!
The game is already relevant amongst anyone that wants to create their own stuff. But it will obviously have more creations if it's on two platforms instead of one. PC isn't what would make the game relevant.
Microsoft is like one of the biggest third party devs in Japan now. The gift that keeps on giving.
I think Ori 2 is a safe bet. Why releasing the first one and not 2?
Just make a Xbox handheld already!
8 core mobile Zen cores at 1.8ghz
6 RDNA2+ WGP at 1.0 ghz, 1.5 teraflops, 32 rops
32mb Esram for BC
12GB LPDDR4x on 192 bit bus, 102.3GB/s (3GB OS)
1TB UFS 3.0 2.9GB/s
1080screen.
5nm
$399
That should let you perfect Xb1s BC + decent ports of Lockhart games.
8 core mobile Zen cores at 1.8ghz
6 RDNA2+ WGP at 1.0 ghz, 1.5 teraflops, 32 rops
32mb Esram for BC
12GB LPDDR4x on 192 bit bus, 102.3GB/s (3GB OS)
1TB UFS 3.0 2.9GB/s
1080screen.
5nm
$399
That should let you perfect Xb1s BC + decent ports of Lockhart games.
I totally see Halo: CEA coming over, but Rare Replay would need significant changes (a huge chunk of that game uses the 360 emulator on XB1) to be on Switch. Not sure what folk are expecting when they ask for that to be ported.
They have Microsoft access to the Nintendo platform. That's a big deal.
Poor MS. Whatever will they do with all that Minecraft, Cuphead and Ori money + user data :(
I mean, there's... problem with this for various reasons, but the biggest reason why Microsoft has likely been eyeing working with Nintendo for a bit and it comes down to one notable market Microsoft always struggled with: Japan. So that just doesn't seem like a path they are interested pursuing, since I can't see that working out in that market.
Because it doesn't make sense for them. Microsoft approached them, as a third party developer, and asked if they could put certain titles on switch. Nintendo said yes. That's the end of it, idk why people feel like nintendo should give something back or anything, it's not how it works.
Yeah, this. MS should just focus on the single platform/ecosystem. Also if Sony couldn't topple Nintendo in the handheld market, what hope would MS have? There's enough competition in that handheld space with mobiles and switch as is
He is a writer for Eurogamer. Has been know to get insider information. Sometimes it's accurate, but he has had a few misses, like Pokémon Stars.
Creation games like Dreams need PC for preservation, because no one's gonna spend a ton of time if Sony's gonna pull a Driveclub on those servers in 2 years.
I hope Switch 2020 has WiFi 6, so this works as well as it can.
Ah okay thank you. The Horizon stuff and the Switch stuff are likely separate pieces of info, then. Makes better sense now.
With some of the absolute garbage on the eshop, probably wasn't very hard to get access.
People keep saying "partnership". There is no partnership there.
MS is giving games to Nintendo. Thats it. Nintendo will gladly take them but they will never give anything to MS.
The biggest problem with a Xbox handheld in the past has always been content. If it has BC with Xb1, that's already better content situation than any past handhelds outside of a few Nintendo's handhelds. With play anywhere + gamepass, I feel like there is great value for gamers involved in Xbox ecosystem to pick up the device.
The portable experience is the one piece missing from the Xbox eco-system. Xcloud streaming on phones isn't a polished / comparable experience.
Guys like King Zell and Zippo have been saying that Halo's coming to Switch for awhile, so yeah.