Compared to the Microsoft and Sony options, of course it’s less powerful and impressive. But I have never put this console into the same category as those systems.
Most people don’t get a switch to play the latest FPS titles that push performance to its limits and are better known for the other platforms. They are looking for “Nintendo” Games. More casual, more family friendly, and to be honest, the switch still does those kinds of games well. This isn’t the 90’s when technology was advancing faster than the games could keep up with. The differences are more subtle now and the target audience for the switch doesn’t always notice or really care about those differences.
Some people will point out the recent Pokémon games and the performance issues they encountered. Those issues were mostly addressed with patches which tells me it was a coding issue more than a HW one. Sure faster HW would have made the issue less noticeable, but whenever a patch can fix performance, then for me it was a software problem, not a HW one.
It’s not realistic to expect the switch to last forever, but I don’t feel like it’s past its prime yet either. A significant library, broad appeal, and sales numbers that show it’s not yet on the decline sound like something that still has plenty of life left in it.
In my opinion, Switch found the sweet spot for a certain category of gamers, and outside of Switch Pro kinds of improvements, I don’t think that messing with the formula is needed yet.
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Compared to the Microsoft and Sony options, of course it’s less powerful and impressive.
But I have never put this console into the same category as those systems.
Most people don’t get a switch to play the latest FPS titles that push performance to its limits and are better known for the other platforms. They are looking for “Nintendo” Games. More casual, more family friendly, and to be honest, the switch still does those kinds of games well. This isn’t the 90’s when technology was advancing faster than the games could keep up with. The differences are more subtle now and the target audience for the switch doesn’t always notice or really care about those differences.
Some people will point out the recent Pokémon games and the performance issues they encountered. Those issues were mostly addressed with patches which tells me it was a coding issue more than a HW one. Sure faster HW would have made the issue less noticeable, but whenever a patch can fix performance, then for me it was a software problem, not a HW one.
It’s not realistic to expect the switch to last forever, but I don’t feel like it’s past its prime yet either. A significant library, broad appeal, and sales numbers that show it’s not yet on the decline sound like something that still has plenty of life left in it.
In my opinion, Switch found the sweet spot for a certain category of gamers, and outside of Switch Pro kinds of improvements, I don’t think that messing with the formula is needed yet.