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Factorio is coming to Nintendo Switch

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Re: Factorio is coming to Nintendo Switch

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Post by MBCook »

bspammer wrote: post #8
countvonbalzac wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

the switch is better?

I'm almost certain that the Pixel is better given that it's nearly double the price, and the Switch is 5 years old now.

Plus the Tegra in the Switch wasn’t even new when the Switch launched.

Re: Factorio is coming to Nintendo Switch

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Post by hackernewds »

bitdestroyer wrote: post #16
lake_vincent wrote: post #10

Please no. Someone tell me it's just an unconfirmed rumor. Why would they do such a thing? I am at very high risk for Factorio addiction, and the only reason I haven't played it yet is because I don't play PC games anymore. But I do have a Switch, and having Civ VI on there was enough of a problem, thank you very much. Goodbye everyone!

Same, and I have a Steam Deck arriving today… Also, never play Dyson Sphere Project. It ruined me worse than Factorio. Jokes aside, it’s a fantastically beautiful and well done game.

Why would you threaten us with a good time?

Re: Factorio is coming to Nintendo Switch

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Post by scottmsul »

It's unfortunate there's no mod support. As someone with over 2000 hours, for me it's really the overhaul mods that give the game endless variety and replayability. Might not be a bad idea to make certain overhaul mods available anyway, even if it involves hard-coding them in.

Re: Factorio is coming to Nintendo Switch

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Post by AngryData »

VyseofArcadia wrote: post #11

I'm surprised. I was under the impression that Factorio was CPU-bound. The Switch isn't exactly a powerhouse. For comparison, Civilization VI on the Switch was underwhelming. Playable, but taking a turn late game often meant over a minute on the CPU taking their turns.

It is, eventually. In normal play ive never even run into any hiccups with what I thought were pretty huge factories operating. It is one of if not the best optimized game ive ever played.

Re: Factorio is coming to Nintendo Switch

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Post by Night_Thastus »

jader201 wrote: post #9
a_brawling_boo wrote: post #5

Playing minecraft on switch vs my pixel 6 is night and day. I can't imagine performance is anywhere near what it needs to be for an end game base? But I'd be curious to see what they've come up with here.

Yeah, they cover performance too, but sounds like we will definitely see impact with mega bases: One of the first questions you might ask is how does the game perform. We worked on many optimizations to make sure the game performs as well as possible. You should expect 30-60 FPS (both in TV mode and handheld mode). As for UPS, the average player should be able to go through all of the content and launch a rocket, whi…

I'm curious if any of these improvements have/will trickle over into the PC space as well. Some of those I'm sure might be switch-only, though.

Re: Factorio is coming to Nintendo Switch

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Post by dakial1 »

lake_vincent wrote: post #10

Please no. Someone tell me it's just an unconfirmed rumor. Why would they do such a thing? I am at very high risk for Factorio addiction, and the only reason I haven't played it yet is because I don't play PC games anymore. But I do have a Switch, and having Civ VI on there was enough of a problem, thank you very much. Goodbye everyone!

May I also suggested City Skylines on the switch? It has a great addiction management feature called high RAM usage, so when your city reaches 200k citizens the game will force close repeatedly on you.
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