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@Yanina because activision hasn't released nor announced something for the switch for a while now. It's pretty clear they're already moving on. With next gen being here, they'll just shove nintendo aside completely and start working on multiple next gen upgrades.

@NoxAeturnus too bad it's physically impossible to release a pro dock. The reality is that the switch's usb-c port is too slow to take advantage of external power. If it had a usb-c port as fast as the newer flagship smartphones, maybe there would be a way around that but since the switch does not support quick charge it's physically impossible to use external hardware.

The only way around the current limitation is to release a switch twice as powerful, as sad as it may seem and since next gen will be truely started within two years, if nintendo wants to keep their partners they're gonna have to follow suite eventually

that confirms that tony hawk's 1+2 won't make it to switch

ah yes, it wouldn't be the nintendo switch without its late releases

This is what bugs me the most with the switch: resolution. Unless i misunderstood the analysis, doom eternal is almost never hd, not even docked. And if anyone wants to play on the tv and own something else, why not get it there?

It's cool it exists but i feel like portable doom is nothing more than a proof of concept. Especially given its way below 600p in handheld. With low to midrange smartphones playing games at 1080p today i feel like to switch would really need a hardware upgrade to at least up the resolution in handheld.

3 is half-assed and semi-broken on switch. bad framerate, sometimes the game will randomly freeze. anyone in doubt, should go check r/falcom. quite a few people admitted CS3 was just a bad port on switch.

so what will CS4 be? the same? lazy, with lots of framerate drops and it will freeze too? i wonder

@Zach777 it's not the only reason why tho. yes, partial physical games don't help but people tend to forget that with a user base of near 70M, many people ALREADY own a ps4/5/xbo/xs or pc to play these games. And i'd be lying to myself if i said the switch version is still the best.
I would much rather have cleaner visuals and better performance in these games. And MANY people that play these types of games think exactly the same way.

The switch doesn't shine with third party games, it shines with the indies and exclusives and maybe some last gen games, but anything current gen needs ***** ton of downgrades, so naturally people that already own a better platform will buy them elsewhere than on switch.

edit: also, they come late on switch and cost way more by the time they reach the platform, it's also another factor to consider. If i'm offered the same game, one full price and the ps version half of it, but with cleaner visuals and better performance, ps wins my choice. i ain't paying more for a downgraded game

bleh doesn't look that interesting

this is something i brought up in 2018 when the switch was starting to explode in sales: it doesn't matter how many millions they sell, if it can't easily handle current gen gaming without lots of hassle, publishers just won't release the games on it.

fast forward to 2021 and it stands true. Many interresting titles won't make it on switch. For some reason some nintendo hardcore laughed at me, but who's laughing now? Better to be realistic than to live in a fantasy land where big games release on switch.

there's a reason why, more niche, lower budget JRPGs get on switch: they're not the most demanding games and these series probably already were on the ps vita anyways (atelier and trails of are an exemple). Publishers see the switch strictly as a handheld and because of that, they have this mindset of "i don't think it's gonna work"

@JokerCK "Be sure that I know these issues better than you. Don't jump to my comment"

so you're one of those dudes that think they're superior to everyone else uh? whatever floats your boat

@JokerCK every time someone confuses graphics for resolution, i cringe. graphics and resolution are two separate entities in a game. Graphics are the quality of the textures and the level of details and resolution, well, says it all.

A game can have super detailed graphics but if the resolution is 540p for exemple, it's a wasted opportunity since the low resolution makes it harder to notice the level of details that went into making or porting a game. Many third party games on switch are hinderred by low resolution

ha! switch getting taxed AGAIN!

WHO WOULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING???

This is one of the many reason i sold my switch after two years and a half of ownership. I was tired of all the ludicrous prices third parties kept charging.

I'm good on ps4 now, i can even get the trails of cold steel games cheaper, and ys 8 as well

switch getting the old stuff. it's tiresome to say the least. why can't ANY wester studio make a native switch game instead? Why don't they want to do it, it's not like the switch can run their current gen games. Why do third party never mind leaving money on the table if it's nintendo?

@tourjeff unfortunately, bandai doesn't realise how much money they're losing by constantly releasing games nobody asked on switch. Like, jumpforce, who even asked for that on switch or thought it would sell more than other tales of games or even code vein, since they clearly don't want other dark souls on the switch.

weird words coming from the very port firm that literally made outter worlds a disgusting mess on switch, barely scratching 24fps at times. It's audacious of them to even elevate themselves to this level of "confidence".

hope they stick to last gen ports, because that's what they're capable of doing properly on switch, they should leave current gen games alone.

bandai doesn't care for the switch. they only released last gen games or ports of vita games (the sao games) on switch alongside maybe one or two true "current gen" games and they weren't big projects still. I'd say bandai is done "supporting" the switch. They now have deals with microsoft and apparently they'd rather release their jrpgs there than make an effort and try to release at least one of them on switch.

@Amin_Parker it's the exact reason why i no longer own a switch. with the limited time i have to game, i can only concentrate on one platform and recently, literally ALL the games i'm interested in won't release on switch. So i sold everything so i could play these games on playstation.

Even my favorite bandai ips or my hyped new games from them are not coming to switch, despite them running in an engine that was already ported to the console.

how about tocs 1 and 2 in the west on switch? japan is getting it early 2021 so why not us as well?

@3DS-TLW it exists, just not here yet

https://www.siliconera.com/the-legend-of-heroes-trails-of-cold-steel-ii-nintend-switch/

pc it is then. ain't playing that at 30fps with drops and possibly very low resolution in handheld or dock. The concept of the switch is cool but they really gotta think about a better switch that would offer 60fps at at least 900p on the go.

knowing bandai they will do ANYTHING in order to avoid releasing more of the series on switch. We're talking about the company that flat out ignored what fans were asking on switch and proceded to release the god-awful jumpforce instead of more tales of or SAO games.

IMO bandai can stick it up, i sincerely hope jumpforce didn't sell well on switch so next time they actually release ports that people want.

@harouhiko the new game was tales of arise and bandai decided not to release it on switch due to the fact that they were upgrading everything, including the engine and graphical fidelity.

There won't be a "new" tales of on switch due to the underpowered hardware

If you buy it on any other platform physically it comes with a next gen upgrade included. On switch it's incredibly late, is two times (if not 3) worse than the available versions and STILL costs 60$ while any other version is far cheaper.

And after that publishers wonder why people don't buy these as much as on the other platforms.

Yeah, as usual it's nintendo fans that get shafted the most. So much for it being a day and date release eh?

it looks too rough on switch.

@ok1 sure, if you count the thousands of indie games and shovelwares. literally every big third party games that matter aren't on switch. It's all last gen ports, shovelwares and indie games. VERY little current gen high profile games make it to the switch

Yeah sure. As if devs and studios are gonna work their a** off porting games to a console that clearly cant handle them. All the switch will continue to get will be last gen ports, indie games and maybe one or 2 aaa games a year if they're lucky.

Who cares? If it does come, it'll be too late and the same game will be half the price elsewhere.

Late releases on switch are so annoying and it ruins the chance of ports selling as well as they could

y'all can thank nintendo for releasing a console not even as powerful as a base console from 2013 (xbo and ps4). that's their fault if third party publishers have to make use of cloud gaming because the hardware is too much behind to properly run the games.

this game will look and run like trash on switch

an underpowered console has unstable framerates in a game with lots of stuff happening! Shocker!

@MisterMan you dont have to feel sorry. I can play games above 720p on my tv now 😉. Most third party games still look decent on ps4 but they look like mud on Switch. Also I don't have to rely on a console that barely holds 30fps in last gen games 😁

@HotGoomba I've had too many pairs of joycon drift, didn't like their online service, and thought it didn't get enough big third party games. That was on the regular Switch. Got a Switch lite after that but eventually had enough with nintendo making the digital mario games available for a limited time. And i was still worried my lite would drift so i sold it before it happened

@link3710 mid range smartphones from today would most likely run the game better than the Switch. Many phones with a snapdragon 730/35G would probably outperform the Switch version with the right amount of ram.

For exemple I'm pretty sure the pixel 4a 5g and lg velvet 5g would outperform the Switch for this game. And they're not super expensive

@Cosats not to the same level of the joycons. with the joycons, drift is the norm while with ps or xb controllers, they rarely drift, if ever. i know, i have like 6 ps4 controllers and 2 of them are almost as old as the platform and they don't drift while i've had 3 joycons pair drift that were not even a year old and they drifted

@Severian don't bother with this dude. he's obviously just trying to defend his favorite corporation. Nintendo should have fixed drift already. they're starting to get a bad reputation again for the quality of their hardware.

BREAKING NEWS

Nintendo switch has yet another hardware issue.

what a shock.

it ain't the most durable console nintendo ever released

@Highlar no, it's horrible. the game barely runs at 25fps and it's even worst when starting combats, it drops even lower. the only moments it runs at 30fps, are if you're inside a building. and just because you're fine with it, doesn't mean everyone should accept this lack of quality when ports come to switch. Even obsidian basically admitted it wasn't great on switch later on and they promised a patch which they have yet to deliver.

so yes, horrible describes it perfectly, seeing how much better bigger games like witcher 3 look and run better on switch.

And before someone comes in and tell me "framerate doesn't matter", no, untrue. Nobody that respects it/herself wants to play games that run like powerpoint presentations

@Razer they didn't fix it yet. it's still horrible. my friend bought it blindly last week and he regrets not buying the ps4 version

i don't want to be mean but i think it's not a big deal. the recent games they published just weren't to the same quality of previous one and i suspect they didn't sell well here.
i always thought ni no kuni was superior to ni no kuni 2. nnk2 felt like it was a ripoff of recent tales games in its combat and it felt overly generic in comparison to the first.
i also heard they are struggling with yokai watch...

@johnvboy joycon drift ain't a "minor issue" or definitely isn't a problem that impacts "less people than most think"

Don't get why you can't get that through your skull

@GrailUK ever heard of joycon drift? It's a widespread issue and has been acknowledged since 2018. Nintendo has done nothing to rectify this so people are pissed and are starting to sue them.

I fully side with said people since I've had 3 pairs drift prematurely

@Cool_Squirtle I'll have to check my inventory when i come back to home. But I'm in canada so would rather not ship outside

@Mario-Time-Whoa supporting them further after my bad experiences would mean I'm a fanboy which I'm not. Not anymore. You can stick your fanboyism where you think. I'm voting with my wallet and it's something intelligent people do when they're not satisfied with a company.

Took the decision this morning to entirely boycott them until they come forward, admit publicly they are at fault and releases a physical revision of the joycons. I'm preparing to sell all my nintendo stuff today and won't look back until they are held accountable for this massive ***** show.

I'm part of the people that had multiple pairs drift prematurely on top of having a bad customer service.

Nintendo lost a customer that used to be loyal to their brand. I even used to be a fanboy but Right now, enough is enough. I will give my money to another console manufacturer in the meantime.

@Ventilator "Nintendo fixes drifting for free on warranty, so i can't understand why someone sue Nintendo."

you missed the point.

the point of multiple countries suing nintendo is to force them to release a physical revision of the joycons that will not drift prematurely like the current ones.

It's a widespread issue that has affected millions of people already. it's angering people because nintendo, instead of actually fixing the problem, offers free repair by replacing the joysticks, which in turn will STILL end up drifting later or shortly after the repair process. So their "solution" doesn't fix anything currently, it's not a permanent solution, it's a temporary one.

i've had 3 pairs drifting and one was "fixed" but drifted 2 months after again. So i'm among the people that re pissed off and want to see nintendo accountable for the poor hardware quality.

nintendo being dismissive. nothing new but it's very insulting and frustrating. i've had to deal with a total of 3 joycons pair with the drift issue and only one was sent for repair and it still drifted 2 months after, this is where i completely gave up. They're deffinitely not getting my money with their next gen offering. Joycons cost 99$ in canada, we deffinitely shouldn't be dealing with such crap when $70 controllers from microsoft and sony have none of these issues. Believe it or not, i have seen people say it's ok it's the norm because you can fix them for free. yeah sure, crawl back in your basement , this is not ok that the drifting issue is the norm.

@0L1V14 i had to replace my joycons 3 times when i had a normal switch because they all drifted and replacing them was less challenging than facing nintendo on the phone, since basically their costumer support is non existent.

Meanwhile out of my 5 ps4 controllers only one drifted 3 years later while the other ones were still working like new.

Que choisir in france did a global europ study proving at least 65% of the european joycons are deffective from drifting. So it deffinitely is a huge problem with nintendo and i'm tired of people like you that prentend it's ok because it's nintendo

@scoobdoo no it's not? The level of polish is nowhere near the same. And it runs like crap on consoles so i definitely don't think it's better than botw.

Also don't forget the gatcha elements which pretty require you rely on luck

nowhere near the quality of botw tho. hence why it's free. the only good thing about this game is the tons of anime waifus cause i'm a huge weeb.