@canaryfarmer With the huge games lately, even 512 doesn't feel like enough room to breath... I feel like by the wnd of this generation I'll wish I had 4TB
2TB is the max the system is capable of reading, similar to NS1. Given 2TB cards weren't large enough to even hold all my NS1 games, I suspect I'll need x3 of them to swap between by the end of the generation. One main card with choice picks, then one for additional games A-M and another for N-Z.
But that's ok. I like the security of having my games downloaded.
I played Bayonetta 3 yesterday via BC and it's great. I've now become accustomed to NS2 graphics so I could notice the rough edges, but thanks to the extra power it did look noticeably better than NS1, especially in handheld mode.
Also playing some Trials Rising- one of the best video games ever made. The franchise was created and developed by Red Lynx, who was bought by Ubisoft and developed the Switch 2 port of Star Wars Outlaws.
On Switch it stuttered and couldn't hold 30, and had low resolution due to dynamic res for performance reasons. Now it's locked 720p 30fps, which may sound low by Switch 2 standards but it's much better than it was previously, at 480p-540p handheld and stuttering down to 20-25fps.
It's actually the only handheld version of the game (won't run at all on Steamdeck) and now it runs fantastic. And I'm BETTER at the game using the right analog vs analog triggers. It's compatible with the NSO+ GameCube controller analog triggers, but I managed to beat every single Easy, Normal, Hard and Extreme track with a gold medal, twice over (two separate save files) using the right analog. I could never do that with the shoulder triggers.
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
2TB is the max the system is capable of reading, similar to NS1.
Time will tell. The Nintendo website says 2TB max right now but the actual micro sd express card standard theoretically allows for larger sizes than 2TB, unlike the previous standard. I'm hoping those larger cards will both exist and be supported by Switch 2 later in the generation.
@JaxonH@FishyS
Yeah, I'm not entirely sure of how hard the boundary between SDXC (2TB) and SDUC (128TB) actually is. With previous capacity changes of SD cards it was simple because the revision had a file system change alongside it (FAT16 -> FAT32 -> exFAT). But SDUC doesn't bring a new file system, it doesn't need to, exFAT technically supports multiple Petabytes
It may well be that some devices which claim to only support SDXC with a, by definition, 2TB limit actually do allow higher capacity cards. And it's more just a case of certifying that level of support was seen as unnecessary given such cards aren't really a thing yet.... and certainly not in the form of microSD Express cards
But if so, there's still the question of whether it's actually technically feasible, and not prohibitively expensive, and they determine there to be adequate demand. Beyond the question of whether the reader could actually support them.
Basically, I'm not holding my breath.
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
It's time to call out the recent trend of insisting every game must be 60 fps.
Almost every assessment of Divinity Original Sin 2, which on Switch 2 runs at 60 fps docked and 30 fps in handheld, complains about how "they wish it were 60 in handheld" and "what a shame it is".
And in my mind I think wait a second... hold up. Not so fast. Let's think about this logically. This is a game with character and camera movement slower than a jar molasses in January. Which means the perceived fluidity at 30 frames will actually be smoother than say, a game like DOOM at 60 frames. And nobody thinks the fluidity of DOOM in 60 frames is "unfortunate". So why exactly are so many espousing this opinion?
From what I can surmise, it's group think. People just don't examine issues critically for themselves anymore. Instead, they adopt opinions, whichever are mainstream and commonly parroted, then like a blanket apply it to everything without any consideration for whether it's actually justified.
I'm not saying 60 isn't better. I'm not saying I wouldn't prefer it. But what I am saying is that it's about as unnecessary in a game like Divinity Original Sin 2 as 120 frames are for Metroid Prime 4. Is it nice? Absolutely. Is it really gonna make the experience feel that much smoother? No.
Thoughts? Am I right here or am I just being ignorant?
@JaxonH
I mean if very small size games on Switch 1 or 2 cannot even get 60 fps but the PS5 version can get 60 fps for the exact same games, I will choose the PS5 version instead.
I will complain for not getting 60 fps for smaller size games like BLUEY or Story of Seasons on Switch version but I get the 60 fps on PS5 version.
I just don't want to spend for same expense to get worse version games which only capped to 30 fps (with possibility unstable fps) if the other game console version can have better fps.
It's not a worthy purchase for me.
Why spend for same money just only to get worse version?
I will choose better option version by any chance.
Framerate is really matter for me, maybe you don't care that much but I care.
@Anti-Matter
That's... absolutely irrelevant to my question and to the posed discussion.
Nobody asked where you prefer to play your games. Nobody is talking about PS5 in the Switch 2 thread. Just like nobody was talking about PS5 in the thread you jumped into yesterday lavishing praise on it. I'm talking about how 60fps is blindly parroted as "needed" for everything when actual fluidity is smoother in some 30fps games due to speed of movement vs other 60fps games because they have movement 2-3x faster.
It seems you're just looking for any excuse to interject PS5 into discussions where it doesn't belong. If you truly cared about framerate you'd be playing on PC, as there are a number of PS5 games at 30fps that can only achieve 60 on PC. But you don't really care about that- you'd rather get less for your money because it's on the system you're emotionally attached to.
And don't forget, many see the PS5 version as less for their money. You get half as many versions with the benefit of slightly improved fluidity and marginal graphical improvements. Maybe to you that makes it a better version, but to many that makes it the inferior version.
Not that that's relevant to the discussion anyways, because we are not talking about PS5 here. Nor are we even talking about Switch 2. The question was specifically regarding when 30 frames is actually needed. If you don't have anything of value to add to the actual topic, you (and everyone else here) would be better served posting about your beloved PS5 elsewhere.
In fact, there's an entire sister site called PushSquare dedicated to people like you, with members who would love nothing more than to join you in your morning worship service.
@JaxonH
What do you mean by irrelevant ?
Am I not even allowed to mention other console machines on this thread just to illustrate my analogy?
I read your opinion about framerate and I tried to give my personal opinion about framerate from my gaming experience.
@JaxonH
I read your detail explanation and I want to say 60 fps framerate is really necessary for every games as possible.
Racing, Platformer, Rhythm, RPG, Fighting, Life Simulation, etc.
I mean they looked pretty and better with smooth 60 fps.
When is necessary need?
It will be better for every games as possible.
Even during PS2 / GameCube era there are some games can reach 60 fps as possible.
@Anti-Matter
OK, so you lack any nuance and are just espousing ideology rather than critical thought.
It's one thing to say it's a better experience. But quantifying how much, to the extent you claim it's "necessary", an extremely bold claim- stating games running in 30fps aren't even viable because it's necessary to run 60fps, completely disregarding a 30fps game could have MORE FLUIDITY than a 60fps game depending on movement speeds... that's quite another.
@rallydefault
Ya, he's completely missing the point. Whoosh! Right over the head.
I want to engage with people who offer critical thought. Anyone who lacks that ability and just parrots dogma, I have no interest in holding a conversation with them. It goes nowhere. May as well converse with a brick wall.
@Anti-Matter
Knowing your taste in games I'm pretty confident that for the kinds of games you tend to play the additional power of the PS5 isn't going to gain you much if anything in terms of resolution and frame rate. Assuming the developer of those games actually targeted Switch 2, which given the audience for fairy themed rhythm life sims, is probably your bigger issue here
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