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@montrayjak I wouldn’t say it a thing of the past. Burn in is still a big issue. LG just happened to much lower chance of getting burn vs other brands. Samsung OLEDs still get burn very easy, but they also have why higher brightness due to the QD OLED vs WOLED found on LG TVs.

@rjejr That when it was reported, the agreement wasn’t signed until Feb 2023.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2023/02/21/microsoft-signs-call-of-duty-contract-with-nintendo-pressuring-sony-and-regulators/

The Microsoft/ABK buyout wasn’t completed until Oct 2023. Microsoft was signing agreements for franchises it didn’t even own until almost a year later.

If there was going to be a cod on Nintendo… It mostly likely will next year at the earliest given the development cycle of the games, and the fact Microsoft would probably focus on the Switch 2 instead of the original Switch.

@rjejr It only been 2 years, since they signed that.. and it hasn’t even been two years since the buy out was completed.

@Vyacheslav333 “ Also, I'm actually surprised at how they can run and play gachya games on their smartphones. I mean, one need to have mid to high class smartphone to run most modern gachya games.”

It not that surprising, there are a lot of Chinese phone manufacturers that offer flagship performance for a significantly cheaper price than what iPhone or Samsung charges. And there is a much larger mid range phone option that can still complete performance wise…

As someone who worked help desk for a MSP that was contracted out by ISPs. This going to be the bane of my existence… So many people are going to be calling in thinking this issue is related to their 1gig fiber connection, and it going to be very hard to explain to them that Nintendo developed the feature to be like that.

@JaxonH “ 12GB LDDR5 RAM (same as PS5/XSX)”

Not even remotely the same… Lmao. PS5 and Series X uses GDDR6, and has 16GB. LPDDR5 is very low power DDR5 which vastly worse than GDDR for use in graphical applications.

@Ralizah It all relative… Specs alone doesn’t necessarily make something mid tier or not. It probably is close to a mid tier PC since it has access to a modern architecture. So it has access to features that your “mid” tier PC doesn’t have access to. If it has access to DLSS 3 it already put the possible capabilities ahead of 30 series GPUs in terms of feature set.

@Medic_alert That the massive benefit of OLED vs LCD. Better battery life since there no backlight to power… Sucks that OLEDs panels are still too pricey, and miniLED probably wasn’t even an option during the design process.

@Pastellioli “ plus this thing isn’t expected to release until around 2027 or so”

Xbox is supposed to be releasing two handheld… One that they are working on with Asus that is releasing this year (one teased in the video) and an official Xbox one releasing in 2027

@LastFootnote I can easily see the launch line up just being first party software… But if the Switch 2 is back compatible, it shouldn’t take long for developers to get content ready for the switch 2 anyway. The Switch 2 launch is gonna be like PS5 and Series X/S where you probably had like 4% new shine first party stuff and the rest of the 96% just enhanced PS4/Xbox One stuff…

Oof. The people of LA will have way more important things to worry about come April than a Switch 2 event 😬

@Rooty Cause these things tend to be more aimed at the working adult consumer. Being able to toss a handheld into your work bag, and not have it standout among your other electronic. So you can avoid the awkward questions. Nintendo bright and flashy color for the switch stems from them still very much being a toy company first and foremost. Lenovo is more know for their line of business oriented products… and that design philosophy probably leaked over into their “gaming” line.

@Randinator123 People keep saying this, but if Nintendo didn’t think Rare was worth the money they was asking for… Then it was for good reason. Rare was already heading down hill before Microsoft purchased. The only thing the Microsoft purchase did was allow people to point fingers at Microsoft for Rare down fall.

@BoFiS This has been the case forever that Dev kits aren't exactly close to the actual spec of the retail system... The Dev kits for the Series x has 40GB GDDR6 memory. I wouldn't be surprised if the dev kit is speced high than even a normal Tegra X1 which is already clocked higher than a normal switch.

Nintendo is leaving so much performance on the table with the Switch. Everyone who follows hardware know that the Switch hardware especially the Mariko SoC is capable of so much more than what we have gotten.

That’s good. I was waiting for Digital Foundry to offer their opinion on performance before purchasing the game. This isn’t a PC game, so I can’t brute force my way to good performance like I can with title Hogwart’s Legacy and Jedi Survivor due to owning a 4090. So this needs to have fantastic performance day 1 especially since Nintendo is charging $70 for this (they’re out of their god damn mind).

Hopefully, I can find a stray collectors edition to go along with the collectors edition I have of BoTW.

@NotoriousWhiz You'll be surprised at how many male anime protagonist VA are female especially if the character is supposed to be a kid.

@calbeau Gunn wanted to write his own “Superman” film, and more or less do a origin story/young Superman film.

EDIT: More or less similar to Matt Reeves’ The Batman

@SwitchForce Dedicated GPU? Excuse me? Are you talking about a Switch or PC... Cause the Switch doesn't not have a Dedicated GPU. It a SoC (same as a mobile devices), so everything is on the same chip, and all the memory, bandwidth... etc is shared between the cpu and gpu. No console have a Dedicated GPU.

@N64-ROX Whatever they make definitely isn't gonna be powerful... It will still lag behind the PS5 and Series X. Which is fine... it just has to be strong enough to get current gen ports and play Nintendo's own games just fine.

@anoyonmus If it stronger than a Xbox One X, it stronger than a Series S. The Series S is actually a weaker system in term of GPU and is on par with the PS4 Pro. It just has a better CPU.

There no reason the CPU in the next switch couldn't be on Par, but out pace the Series S and Xbox One X in GPU

@N64-ROX 2 generation behind? I can understand the current Switch being as weak as it currently is now... But the next generation Switch should not be nearly as weak. Mobile x86 and ARM devices have come along ways.

I could easily see the next Switch being stronger than a Series S or an Xbox One X.

It'll also be a while before we see a fully next gen CoD.

@Paraka Most of these high end mobile games aren't targeting the low budget, affordable phone buyer. Just look at something like genshin impact that was a struggle to run on even the best phones at it release.

There a reason we still haven't seen that game come to the Switch.

@Paraka Sure it not gonna be exclusive to Galaxy S35X Supreme and iPhone 300.6. But when you consider that even 4 year old flagship phone are still stronger than the Switch, and by the time this come out the gap would have widen significantly. Especially on the Apple side with them stuffing their M chips into mobile devices.

@Paraka idk... Just cause it on mobile doesn't mean that they can scale it lower for Switch.

@retroman64 The thing is these Gamefreaks games don't even have a yearly release... Sure Game Freak released pokemon legends arceus this year. But before that... Their last release was Sword/Shield in 2019.

@Omedru 120hz is probably that wall for the majority of people. Anything higher, and you would have to be an esports player to really feel any actual difference.

@Banjo- "I think that the game was designed for PC"

While lacking very basic PC features? This is a game designed for PS4 with PS5 being the base for the next gen version. With the other platforms being ports.

@kalosn The portable aspect can only go so far when you now have stuff like the Steam Deck available to the majority of the public that now offers better performance than the Switch.

@JackMcCloud It using UE4.

Right now I'm enjoying my playthrough. Feeling like some plucked right out of the 3DS/Vita era of games, so i haven't played something like this in a while.

I don't mind the lack of voice acting during major cutscenes... Don't know why that suddenly became an issue? Most japanese games tend to lack voice acting or has very little.

It sucks that Switch is suffering from performance issues... It definitely reinforce my decision to retire my Switch, and have the Steam Deck become my main handheld especially since I can play a local version of Kingdom hearts. Lol

Currently playing it right now on my steam deck... So far it okay, but I dont think it should have been priced at $60. Especially when you have CRISIS CORE -FINAL FANTASY VII- REUNION releasing in a couple months priced $50. Should have been a $40-50 game max.