if the switch wasn't running on ARM architecture, it would have gotten the trilogy, i'm 100% certain. It's just a matter of EA not wanting to do an effort to convert the old engine. I seriously hope the rumours about the next gen switch having a mobile ryzen apu are true, this would allow for basically any game to run on switch since it would be the same architecture as a normal console.
The architecture being different is also why bandai chosed to skip the switch when it came to code vein, scarlet nexus and tales of arise, three of their biggest games. Less and less big japanese games are coming to the switch and it's making me want to immediately buy a ps5 to play them, even thought i'd be down for portable versions. I'm just tired of all of this.
So as long as nintendo does its own things and uses a different architecture, it will be mostly ignored by big publishers. They don't have time to spare just because one console is different AND less powerful
this is what gets on my nerves with the switch. it's either, the games skip the platform entirely and never make it, or they release so late, it's better to get them somewhere else because by the time it reaches the switch, the same game is like 30 bucks everywhere else.
And, i'm sorry but if i'm given the choice to buy a game at 30 bucks, i know will run decently on playstation or xbox OR get the same game, super downgraded, with possibly way more performance issues for 60$, i'll pick up the one that's 30 because it's less likely to be a waste of time and money.
I'm all in for more third party support on switch, for one condition: day and date release
another game skipping the switch. jesus, i'm glad to also own a ps4, otherwise i would be sad to be a switch only owner, missing out on so many games.
when will nintendo learn that lack of equal power isn't the biggest problem, but to have a different architecture, is. If the switch had the same power as right now, but on tradditional 64bit pc architecture, like the xbox one, how much would you bet almost all third party games would make it to the switch?
It's not funny when even the simple bandai games (code vein, scarlet nexus, tales of) don't make it to the switch because it requires too much work to port it.
@TG16_IS_BAE this is unfortunately one of the step down i was shared. apparently, they went with a cheaper composer for ys 9 and it's, well, nowhere near as good as some previous games.
@TG16_IS_BAE i'd agree that the recent ys games have been going downhill recently (minus 8). i know people that played the japanese release of ys 9 and they told me it was a step down in many ways
@TG16_IS_BAE YS has always been anime like thought. from the cutscenes on PCE to the art direction. There was also an anime, which is obscure, for ys book 1 and 2 and it was even dubbed in english.
the future looks as dry as a desert when it come to big third party games and the switch. The switch is hitting the same problems the wii u had: lack of proper current gen third party support. The only difference here is that the switch sold well and to me it doesn't make sense publishers aren't finding ways to make games run.
so little big games actually made it to the switch and i'm getting tired of all this
@Razer what didn't help dark souls on Switch was also that it was sold as a remaster but technically didn't have any upgrade but a small resolution boost. It was basically the 360 version and it even had worse Audio and worst graphics in some places
old games, again. thank god, i have other platforms where i can get the recent stuff. if i didn't have anything but the switch, i would be bored to death right now, third party wise.
my god, would it help nintendo get more third party games, if it had a little more power. When people say power doesn't matter i always cringe because without that power, you don't get the third party games from the current generation.
@nessisonett i don't agree at all. if it was in the same generation as ps5 and xbsx, it would have the proper hardware to run the games from the same generation, which the switch can't do at all. it's limited to last gen games and smaller scale projects from current gen. So yes, a generation is described by the jump in hardware power and it's not a fallacy, it's facts and it's why so many current gen projects don't release on switch.
@nessisonett the switch isn't next gen despite releasing after the wii u. the internal hardware has much more in common with what last generation hardware was capable of doing than what the ps4 and xbo are capable of doing. there's a reason why so many ports are from theps/360 era and there's a reason why so little current gen AAA games are releasing on the switch.
So technically, the switch is what a pro console would have been last generation.
i never owned a wii u and i refuse to pay 80cad for ports. why would i make an exception for nintendo if most last gen ports by other publishers are no higher than 50$? i don't care those games "didn't have a chance of selling" it was nintendo's fault to begin with. they were the ones poorly marketing the wii u and consumer shouldn't have to pay for nintendo's mistakes.
i no longer care for doom eternal on switch. I didn't mind waiting at first but now that we have 0 details months after its announcement, no screenshots, no gameplay and no release date, it's clear to me that the nintendo switch lost its "class citizen" treatment bethesda and id software mentioned.
the switch is a little more than 3 years old, with a 61m install base. I'm tired as a switch owner to either get big games way later or not at all. I'm also tired that every publisher treats the switch as a double dip platform rather than an actual console.
within the last 4 months i have barely bought any games on my switch and started getting everything cheaper on my ps4 with the occasional 40$ game here and there on switch. My motto now for the switch is: "if this game is cheaper elsewhere, that's where i'll get it" I refuse to pay 80cad for something that is 39.99 cad anywhere else, even if it's portable.
and third party studios still treat the switch as a garbage bin/after thought? i want more tales of, but bandai is too lazy to make that happen and if it was to happen they would port it a year later because they're dicks! activision doesn't have a single call of on switch, like come on! rockstar, if the rating is to be believed will publish gta 3 on switch but won't even bring 5, which was on 360.
it really sucks to be a nintendo fan and because of the content drought, since the switch doesn't have as many big third party hitters, the drought feels worst!
sigh... another last gen game. sometimes i regret owning a switch. it gets treated by publishers like absolute garbage. so many games that would have potential on switch (even downgraded) never release because their publishers never give a single sh*t about nintendo despite the install base.
For exemple bandai could have released other tales games, code vein and the last SAO but they didn't and they won't because "it's too difficult" or the good old "we would have to do a lot of modifications"
@Yanina get used to it. most third party games look like this: janky, low resolution and with draw distance problems introducing pop ins. That's without mentionning the many other games that fail to maintain an acceptable framerate.
it's a switch, it's basically a portable ps3 that's barely more powerful.
@mario-64 i stopped trusting their reviews long ago. I always wait for digital foundry to give a verdict on if the ports are well optimized or not. I don't accept sub par games or ports on ps4 so I don't know why i should on the Switch
@BeefsoundMagnus framerate is also part of the experience which defines quality as well. This is 20fps and below for Switch standards this is horrible even compared to witcher 3 a far bigger game that runs way better while have good gameplay and story.
@BeefsoundMagnus since when do games running so poorly are what "it needs to be"? You're paying essentially full price for this you can't tell me you're satisfied with the abysmal framerate.
Lol abysmal framerate is enough for me to skip it. I'm not paying $60 for something that runs at ps2 standards. I don't understand why people say it's what it should be. I like my games to run properly
that's not a whole lot bigger than the xbox 360 version. They should remove "remastered" because it sure won't be a proper remaster on switch. I actually expect downgrades and cut corners.
@graysoncharles exactly, the tegra x1 in its current form is actually difficult to work with and is the main reason why so many games never come to the switch. couple that with the overly slow memory bandwith... the switch is not far away from a last gen console performance wise.
i said it already, if the tegra was 64bit instead of arm, the switch would have got way more current gen ports.
@kingbk yet publishers like capcom want nothing to do with the Switch. Where's that proper follow up to monster hunter game on Switch? Ah, right, its on everything but the Switch 🤷🏻♂️
@Leo2Kirby "Single core CPU performance is equal to X1X GPU feature level is equal to X1X and PS5"
And where exactly is your source for that? I don't recall any developer saying such a thing about the Switch hardware. In fact many developers have said the Switch hardware has much more in common with an xbox 360 than anything else.
Let's also not forget the Switch memory bandwidth is so slow it bottlenecks the whole console. And we are already seeing ports bottlenecked by the tegra x1 as a whole.
I'm curious who said such a thing about the Switch
people expecting mass effect, sims or dragon age are gonna be disappointed oh boy. No chance EA releases any of that when they don't even release a proper fifa game.
they said the same thing about outer worlds " it runs well" while it's not the same company, i think people must have the lowest possible expectations since it could all be bs.
@SPL64 good? how? have you seen the way they announced apex for the switch? "I ThInK Im ForGeTTInG SomEthING... OH RIGhT APeX RLEasEs On SwITcH BuT WE haVE NO DETAiLs"
they also "ommited" to mention zoink's new game was also on switch. probably on purpose as well. EA is a ***** company and they don't care about the switch, just like activision
i hate ezereal so much. had to block her/him on twitter because she/he kept defending the bad state of outer worlds on switch. apparently stable framerate isn't important somehow and decent resolution either.
64.99 in canada. HARD PASS plus EA doesn't have a good track record on switch.
And also they only ported it to switch because the investors were angry at them for not proffiting off the switch platform.
So yeah, no thanks.
@Bonesmasher you're asking too much out of many people on this website. asking them to stop being in denial whenever the switch gets a low quality port? nah, they won't do that.
@Heavyarms55 that's completely false. digital foundry praised a lot of switch specific ports. they just don't sugar coat their critics like this website does.
big oooof on you guys. it's far from being a rock solid 30fps. just go check digital foundry's analysis. They had a completely different experience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRWp5_FBvOs
@troy258 if this patch is real and that the target resolution is 1080p docked and 720p portable, i don't think that "hd" texture pack is gonna improve that much. let's not forget the switch is no powerhouse
There's a reason why there is no gameplay from influencers and all... 2k Haven't sent review codes to anyone. They only sent collectables to very few influencers to remind people those releases are still a thing.
No reviews, no gameplay, and no details on how every port runs. Sounds like they're just going to be garbage ports. That or they don't care for the Switch to a point where they want these to fail on purpose so they dont have to release anything else on Switch.
i'm not a fan of virtuos's work on switch. i didn't like how la noire ended up on switch, i didn't like how dark souls ended up either (the audio compression was atrocious and there were downgrades compared to the 360 release, mostly some textures and alpha effects), i found starlink ok i guess and it bugged me as to why final fantasy 12 was 540p in handheld? couldn't they have done better? It wasn't a verry demanding game...
As for outter worlds, bioshock and xcom, since there's no gameplay at all weeks or days before release, i think i'm in full rights to be doubtful about these ports's quality.
porting an engine to the switch and getting games from the engine to run are two different things. UE5 might get ported to the nintendo switch but it doesn't mean UE5 games will, outside of fortnite, that is. The current UE4 games on switch all have something in common: if it's not uneaven frame pacing or framerate issues, it's the resolution that's very low or subpar.
And if UE5 is more demanding. i wouldn't expect the switch to get feature complete games unless they are exclusive projects tweaked to work on the X1 chip and the underclocked hardware the switch has.
less and less games are being announced on switch and i'm kindda frustrated even if i also own another console. The more it sells, the less interesting are the ports brought over to the platform. The switch has almost none of the recent announcements coming over and i'll quote virtuos in one of their interviews here:
"not taking advantage of the big install base of the nintendo switch would be a huge mistake"
and i'm sure investors must feel the same as well right now. You have that very popular platform, with about 60m people craving games, and you still don't take advantage of it?
It doesn't make ANY sense whatsoever. Both financially and business wise. Some japanese investors went as far as to pressure publishers like falcom to release more stuff on switch otherwise they would
"rethink about investing in future projects" and suddenly they announced TOCS 3 and 4 plus teased other projects were in the works for the switch. Don't think that was a coincidence.
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Re: Rumour: Mass Effect Trilogy Remaster Won't Be Coming To Switch After All, Says New Report
if the switch wasn't running on ARM architecture, it would have gotten the trilogy, i'm 100% certain. It's just a matter of EA not wanting to do an effort to convert the old engine. I seriously hope the rumours about the next gen switch having a mobile ryzen apu are true, this would allow for basically any game to run on switch since it would be the same architecture as a normal console.
The architecture being different is also why bandai chosed to skip the switch when it came to code vein, scarlet nexus and tales of arise, three of their biggest games. Less and less big japanese games are coming to the switch and it's making me want to immediately buy a ps5 to play them, even thought i'd be down for portable versions. I'm just tired of all of this.
So as long as nintendo does its own things and uses a different architecture, it will be mostly ignored by big publishers. They don't have time to spare just because one console is different AND less powerful
Re: Rumour: Port Specialist Bringing High Profile Shooter To Nintendo Switch
this is what gets on my nerves with the switch. it's either, the games skip the platform entirely and never make it, or they release so late, it's better to get them somewhere else because by the time it reaches the switch, the same game is like 30 bucks everywhere else.
And, i'm sorry but if i'm given the choice to buy a game at 30 bucks, i know will run decently on playstation or xbox OR get the same game, super downgraded, with possibly way more performance issues for 60$, i'll pick up the one that's 30 because it's less likely to be a waste of time and money.
I'm all in for more third party support on switch, for one condition: day and date release
Re: Rumour: Prince Of Persia Remake Won't Be Coming To Nintendo Switch After All
another game skipping the switch. jesus, i'm glad to also own a ps4, otherwise i would be sad to be a switch only owner, missing out on so many games.
when will nintendo learn that lack of equal power isn't the biggest problem, but to have a different architecture, is. If the switch had the same power as right now, but on tradditional 64bit pc architecture, like the xbox one, how much would you bet almost all third party games would make it to the switch?
It's not funny when even the simple bandai games (code vein, scarlet nexus, tales of) don't make it to the switch because it requires too much work to port it.
Re: Nintendo Reveals Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, A Game Set 100 Years Before Breath Of The Wild
I hate warriors games. Pass
Re: Ys IX: Monstrum Nox Is Coming To Switch In 'Summer 2021', Following A PS4 Debut In February
@TG16_IS_BAE this is unfortunately one of the step down i was shared. apparently, they went with a cheaper composer for ys 9 and it's, well, nowhere near as good as some previous games.
Re: Ys IX: Monstrum Nox Is Coming To Switch In 'Summer 2021', Following A PS4 Debut In February
@TG16_IS_BAE i'd agree that the recent ys games have been going downhill recently (minus 8). i know people that played the japanese release of ys 9 and they told me it was a step down in many ways
Re: Ys IX: Monstrum Nox Is Coming To Switch In 'Summer 2021', Following A PS4 Debut In February
@TG16_IS_BAE YS has always been anime like thought. from the cutscenes on PCE to the art direction. There was also an anime, which is obscure, for ys book 1 and 2 and it was even dubbed in english.
here is the first episode in english: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vEtOgs6yXo
Re: Round Up: Gamescom 2020 - Here Are The Nintendo Switch Highlights
the future looks as dry as a desert when it come to big third party games and the switch. The switch is hitting the same problems the wii u had: lack of proper current gen third party support. The only difference here is that the switch sold well and to me it doesn't make sense publishers aren't finding ways to make games run.
so little big games actually made it to the switch and i'm getting tired of all this
Re: id Software Reveals The First Campaign Expansion For DOOM Eternal
@Razer what didn't help dark souls on Switch was also that it was sold as a remaster but technically didn't have any upgrade but a small resolution boost. It was basically the 360 version and it even had worse Audio and worst graphics in some places
Re: Here's The First Official Netflix Trailer For Dragon's Dogma
it looks meh to be honest
Re: Amazon Lists Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered For Nintendo Switch
old games, again. thank god, i have other platforms where i can get the recent stuff. if i didn't have anything but the switch, i would be bored to death right now, third party wise.
my god, would it help nintendo get more third party games, if it had a little more power. When people say power doesn't matter i always cringe because without that power, you don't get the third party games from the current generation.
Re: FIFA Rival Pro Evolution Soccer Won't Be Making The Switch This Year
@nessisonett i don't agree at all. if it was in the same generation as ps5 and xbsx, it would have the proper hardware to run the games from the same generation, which the switch can't do at all. it's limited to last gen games and smaller scale projects from current gen. So yes, a generation is described by the jump in hardware power and it's not a fallacy, it's facts and it's why so many current gen projects don't release on switch.
Re: FIFA Rival Pro Evolution Soccer Won't Be Making The Switch This Year
@nessisonett the switch isn't next gen despite releasing after the wii u. the internal hardware has much more in common with what last generation hardware was capable of doing than what the ps4 and xbo are capable of doing. there's a reason why so many ports are from theps/360 era and there's a reason why so little current gen AAA games are releasing on the switch.
So technically, the switch is what a pro console would have been last generation.
Re: Even More Physical Editions Of Ys Origin Announced For Switch
i pre ordered a collector's edition from limited run back in july for the switch. don't care for the ps4 release even though i also own a ps4
Re: id Software Reveals The First Campaign Expansion For DOOM Eternal
@TheFrenchiestFry turns out i do have decent pc specs but i run linux. proton is gonna be the only way to play it
Re: Video: The Switch Is A Wii U Port Machine, And That's A Good Thing
i never owned a wii u and i refuse to pay 80cad for ports. why would i make an exception for nintendo if most last gen ports by other publishers are no higher than 50$? i don't care those games "didn't have a chance of selling" it was nintendo's fault to begin with. they were the ones poorly marketing the wii u and consumer shouldn't have to pay for nintendo's mistakes.
Re: id Software Reveals The First Campaign Expansion For DOOM Eternal
i no longer care for doom eternal on switch. I didn't mind waiting at first but now that we have 0 details months after its announcement, no screenshots, no gameplay and no release date, it's clear to me that the nintendo switch lost its "class citizen" treatment bethesda and id software mentioned.
the switch is a little more than 3 years old, with a 61m install base. I'm tired as a switch owner to either get big games way later or not at all. I'm also tired that every publisher treats the switch as a double dip platform rather than an actual console.
within the last 4 months i have barely bought any games on my switch and started getting everything cheaper on my ps4 with the occasional 40$ game here and there on switch. My motto now for the switch is: "if this game is cheaper elsewhere, that's where i'll get it" I refuse to pay 80cad for something that is 39.99 cad anywhere else, even if it's portable.
Re: Nintendo Switch Sales Surpass 61 Million, Equalling The Mighty NES
and third party studios still treat the switch as a garbage bin/after thought? i want more tales of, but bandai is too lazy to make that happen and if it was to happen they would port it a year later because they're dicks! activision doesn't have a single call of on switch, like come on! rockstar, if the rating is to be believed will publish gta 3 on switch but won't even bring 5, which was on 360.
it really sucks to be a nintendo fan and because of the content drought, since the switch doesn't have as many big third party hitters, the drought feels worst!
Re: Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase Airs Later Today
so nothing new for the switch uh? just previous announcements. wow, it sure is boring for the switch right now
Re: Online Retailer Lists Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit For Nintendo Switch
sigh... another last gen game. sometimes i regret owning a switch. it gets treated by publishers like absolute garbage. so many games that would have potential on switch (even downgraded) never release because their publishers never give a single sh*t about nintendo despite the install base.
For exemple bandai could have released other tales games, code vein and the last SAO but they didn't and they won't because "it's too difficult" or the good old "we would have to do a lot of modifications"
Re: Review: Vigor - Stealthy Scavenging Marred By Technical Issues
@Yanina get used to it. most third party games look like this: janky, low resolution and with draw distance problems introducing pop ins. That's without mentionning the many other games that fail to maintain an acceptable framerate.
it's a switch, it's basically a portable ps3 that's barely more powerful.
Re: Crysis Remastered's 'Improved Destructible Environment' Shown Off In Short Switch Clip
remember people: if theyre not showing in depht gameplay, they either have something to hide or they just don't care for the switch at all.
Re: There Are Reportedly "No Plans" To Fix Deadly Premonition 2's Awful Frame Rate
@mario-64 i stopped trusting their reviews long ago. I always wait for digital foundry to give a verdict on if the ports are well optimized or not. I don't accept sub par games or ports on ps4 so I don't know why i should on the Switch
Re: Review: Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise - A Fun Game, In Disguise
@BeefsoundMagnus framerate is also part of the experience which defines quality as well. This is 20fps and below for Switch standards this is horrible even compared to witcher 3 a far bigger game that runs way better while have good gameplay and story.
Re: Review: Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise - A Fun Game, In Disguise
@BeefsoundMagnus since when do games running so poorly are what "it needs to be"? You're paying essentially full price for this you can't tell me you're satisfied with the abysmal framerate.
Re: Review: Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise - A Fun Game, In Disguise
Lol abysmal framerate is enough for me to skip it. I'm not paying $60 for something that runs at ps2 standards. I don't understand why people say it's what it should be. I like my games to run properly
Re: Crysis Remastered Switch eShop File Size Revealed
that's not a whole lot bigger than the xbox 360 version. They should remove "remastered" because it sure won't be a proper remaster on switch. I actually expect downgrades and cut corners.
Re: Talking Point: Is EA's Switch Strategy Lazy, Or Simply Common Sense?
@graysoncharles exactly, the tegra x1 in its current form is actually difficult to work with and is the main reason why so many games never come to the switch. couple that with the overly slow memory bandwith... the switch is not far away from a last gen console performance wise.
i said it already, if the tegra was 64bit instead of arm, the switch would have got way more current gen ports.
Re: Talking Point: Is EA's Switch Strategy Lazy, Or Simply Common Sense?
@graysoncharles that leo dude is just trying to invent how the switch is powerful. can't even back up his claims with sources.
Re: Talking Point: Is EA's Switch Strategy Lazy, Or Simply Common Sense?
@Leo2Kirby sorry but that doesn't make any sense. again, where is your source? what developper said this?
Re: Talking Point: Is EA's Switch Strategy Lazy, Or Simply Common Sense?
@kingbk yet publishers like capcom want nothing to do with the Switch. Where's that proper follow up to monster hunter game on Switch? Ah, right, its on everything but the Switch 🤷🏻♂️
Re: Talking Point: Is EA's Switch Strategy Lazy, Or Simply Common Sense?
@Leo2Kirby "Single core CPU performance is equal to X1X
GPU feature level is equal to X1X and PS5"
And where exactly is your source for that? I don't recall any developer saying such a thing about the Switch hardware. In fact many developers have said the Switch hardware has much more in common with an xbox 360 than anything else.
Let's also not forget the Switch memory bandwidth is so slow it bottlenecks the whole console. And we are already seeing ports bottlenecked by the tegra x1 as a whole.
I'm curious who said such a thing about the Switch
Re: EA Wants To Bring More Games To More Platforms - Including Nintendo Switch
people expecting mass effect, sims or dragon age are gonna be disappointed oh boy. No chance EA releases any of that when they don't even release a proper fifa game.
Re: Respawn Says Apex Legends Looks "Really Good" And Runs "Very Well" On Switch
they said the same thing about outer worlds " it runs well" while it's not the same company, i think people must have the lowest possible expectations since it could all be bs.
Re: EA Is Bringing Seven Games To Nintendo Switch Over The Next 12 Months
@SPL64 good? how? have you seen the way they announced apex for the switch? "I ThInK Im ForGeTTInG SomEthING... OH RIGhT APeX RLEasEs On SwITcH BuT WE haVE NO DETAiLs"
they also "ommited" to mention zoink's new game was also on switch. probably on purpose as well. EA is a ***** company and they don't care about the switch, just like activision
Re: Jump Force Deluxe Edition Arrives On Switch This August
why have they decided to port this garbage game instead of another tales or code vein is beyond me
bandai doesn't like money it seems
Re: Random: Nintendo Switch Fans React To The PC Port Of Persona 4 Golden
i hate ezereal so much. had to block her/him on twitter because she/he kept defending the bad state of outer worlds on switch. apparently stable framerate isn't important somehow and decent resolution either.
Re: Video: Get Hyped For Burnout Paradise Remastered On Switch With This New Trailer
64.99 in canada. HARD PASS plus EA doesn't have a good track record on switch.
And also they only ported it to switch because the investors were angry at them for not proffiting off the switch platform.
So yeah, no thanks.
Re: Review: The Outer Worlds - Obsidian's Fallout-Style RPG Is Worth A Look On Switch
@Bonesmasher you're asking too much out of many people on this website. asking them to stop being in denial whenever the switch gets a low quality port? nah, they won't do that.
Re: Review: The Outer Worlds - Obsidian's Fallout-Style RPG Is Worth A Look On Switch
@Heavyarms55 that's completely false. digital foundry praised a lot of switch specific ports. they just don't sugar coat their critics like this website does.
Re: Review: The Outer Worlds - Obsidian's Fallout-Style RPG Is Worth A Look On Switch
big oooof on you guys. it's far from being a rock solid 30fps. just go check digital foundry's analysis. They had a completely different experience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRWp5_FBvOs
Re: The Outer Worlds Publisher Reveals Performance And Resolution Of The Switch Version
@troy258 if this patch is real and that the target resolution is 1080p docked and 720p portable, i don't think that "hd" texture pack is gonna improve that much. let's not forget the switch is no powerhouse
Re: The Outer Worlds Publisher Reveals Performance And Resolution Of The Switch Version
@LucantoVerdi it's not fake. this account is one from a reviewer in france. the game truly looks as ugly as this for now
Re: The Outer Worlds Publisher Reveals Performance And Resolution Of The Switch Version
keep your expectations down people. someone got an early copy and apparently it's the most ugly game on switch. Very reminiscent of the gamecube era.
https://twitter.com/NintendoLegacy1/status/1265282432732999680?s=20
Re: Borderlands Collection Becomes Free On Epic Games Store, One Day Before Launching On Switch
There's a reason why there is no gameplay from influencers and all... 2k Haven't sent review codes to anyone. They only sent collectables to very few influencers to remind people those releases are still a thing.
No reviews, no gameplay, and no details on how every port runs. Sounds like they're just going to be garbage ports. That or they don't care for the Switch to a point where they want these to fail on purpose so they dont have to release anything else on Switch.
Re: Feature: XCOM 2 Collection Port Specialists Virtuos On Bringing The Series To Switch
i'm not a fan of virtuos's work on switch. i didn't like how la noire ended up on switch, i didn't like how dark souls ended up either (the audio compression was atrocious and there were downgrades compared to the 360 release, mostly some textures and alpha effects), i found starlink ok i guess and it bugged me as to why final fantasy 12 was 540p in handheld? couldn't they have done better? It wasn't a verry demanding game...
As for outter worlds, bioshock and xcom, since there's no gameplay at all weeks or days before release, i think i'm in full rights to be doubtful about these ports's quality.
Re: 2K Says It's Eager To Release More Games On The Nintendo Switch
if they're so eager then how come we still have no gameplay for borderlands, bioshock or xcom? i wonder. i'd bet they are bad ports.
Re: PGA Tour 2K21 Tees Off On Switch This Summer
lol. digital only
Re: Unreal Engine 5 To Support Current-Generation Consoles And Mobile Platforms
porting an engine to the switch and getting games from the engine to run are two different things. UE5 might get ported to the nintendo switch but it doesn't mean UE5 games will, outside of fortnite, that is. The current UE4 games on switch all have something in common: if it's not uneaven frame pacing or framerate issues, it's the resolution that's very low or subpar.
And if UE5 is more demanding. i wouldn't expect the switch to get feature complete games unless they are exclusive projects tweaked to work on the X1 chip and the underclocked hardware the switch has.
Re: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 And 2 Remasters Officially Revealed, But They're Skipping Switch
less and less games are being announced on switch and i'm kindda frustrated even if i also own another console. The more it sells, the less interesting are the ports brought over to the platform. The switch has almost none of the recent announcements coming over and i'll quote virtuos in one of their interviews here:
"not taking advantage of the big install base of the nintendo switch would be a huge mistake"
and i'm sure investors must feel the same as well right now. You have that very popular platform, with about 60m people craving games, and you still don't take advantage of it?
It doesn't make ANY sense whatsoever. Both financially and business wise. Some japanese investors went as far as to pressure publishers like falcom to release more stuff on switch otherwise they would
"rethink about investing in future projects" and suddenly they announced TOCS 3 and 4 plus teased other projects were in the works for the switch. Don't think that was a coincidence.