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Nintendo demoed Switch 2 to developers at Gamescom

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Re: Nintendo demoed Switch 2 to developers at Gamescom

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

lelandbatey wrote: post #2

> Developer presentations for Switch 2 took place behind closed doors, Eurogamer understands, with partners shown tech demos of how well the system is designed to run. > One Switch 2 demo is a souped up version of Switch launch title Zelda: Breath of the Wild, designed to hit the Switch 2's beefier target specs. (To be clear, though - this is just a tech demo. There's no suggestion the game will be re-released.) Inte…

I predict they'll play it safe; same form factor (but iterated on, like the oled model), backwards compatible, just faster and/or better battery life. There's few things they NEED to improve on the device.

I hope it'll be like the PS4 Pro though (or cross-generation PS/xbox games), where developers are not allowed to make their game "switch 2 only". It didn't work at all for their "New Nintendo 2/3DS" line, only a small handful of games ended up being made or optimized for the improved hardware (https://www.reddit.com/r/3DS/wiki/exclusives/)

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Post by drooopy »

lelandbatey wrote: post #2

> Developer presentations for Switch 2 took place behind closed doors, Eurogamer understands, with partners shown tech demos of how well the system is designed to run. > One Switch 2 demo is a souped up version of Switch launch title Zelda: Breath of the Wild, designed to hit the Switch 2's beefier target specs. (To be clear, though - this is just a tech demo. There's no suggestion the game will be re-released.) Inte…

I would double-dip for a beefed up version of ToTK that can run at a constant 60 FPS but I really wish thay they would release it as a free update.

Re: Nintendo demoed Switch 2 to developers at Gamescom

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Post by rjh29 »

lelandbatey wrote: post #2

> Developer presentations for Switch 2 took place behind closed doors, Eurogamer understands, with partners shown tech demos of how well the system is designed to run. > One Switch 2 demo is a souped up version of Switch launch title Zelda: Breath of the Wild, designed to hit the Switch 2's beefier target specs. (To be clear, though - this is just a tech demo. There's no suggestion the game will be re-released.) Inte…

Zelda: BOTW and TOTK are both ridiculous achievements on the Switch hardware. 30fps and usually no framedrops even with the huge field of view, physics engine, volumetric clouds, wind and rain modelling and so on. While obviously a higher framerate or better LoD would be nice, they've made the game playable enough on Switch 1 that I'm not that bothered, and that's an amazing achievement.

Re: Nintendo demoed Switch 2 to developers at Gamescom

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Post by gjsman-1000 »

ActionHank wrote: post #15
GaggiX wrote: post #4

I imagine it would be a better tablet, hopefully it would also have complete backward compatibility. Edit: I see there are a lot of replies already on my comment but I need to add more thoughts to it, I have the feeling that if Nintendo is going to release a better tablet with complete backward compatibility with the Switch, most developers will continue to develop for the original console instead of developing games…

Man, if it could just run the store properly I would be happy.

Part of that is that the entire OS, including the Store, runs on one CPU core. Makes sense - that’s how you open the store quickly to think, “should I buy this DLC?” and then change your mind. This is also why the background music for some games plays while you are browsing the Store. Games run on the remaining three CPU cores at all times.

A more technical reason for this was that this prevented the need to implement preemptive multitasking in the microkernel OS, which would have been very slow by comparison. (Yes, the Switch OS uses cooperative multitasking for itself, but with sandboxing for unruly games.)

Of course, running anything web-related on one ARM CPU core from 2015 is going to suck, regardless of the technical rationale.

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Post by Ennea »

wil421 wrote: post #10
hashtag-til wrote: post #5

FAQ: When is the optimal time to sell your used Switch 1?

I sold my old 2080 at the right time and made $100 but I was out a graphics card for over a year. Sold my steam deck as well and only lost about $75. Due to kids I didnt have time to play it along with the switch and some desktop PC games. Check eBay prices and local Craigslist/FB market place.

Making $100 and not having a graphics card for over a year does not work out to "sold at the right time" for me somehow.

Re: Nintendo demoed Switch 2 to developers at Gamescom

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Post by cowsup »

mbork_pl wrote: post #27

Honest question from a videogame noob who considers buying a console for someone as a Christmas gift: does that mean that there is a chance of getting a Switch 1 (new, not used) cheaper soon?

For one, all of the rumors point to the next console being aimed for 2024, so it won't be there in time for Christmas.

For another, Nintendo rarely discounts their main consoles just because a successor comes out. The "Nintendo 2DS" system went to its lowest price of $100 MSRP in 2015[0], one year before the Switch was even announced, and included a free game. But when the Switch came out, neither the 3DS/2DS systems, nor the home console Wii U, saw a price drop in response.

Other consoles, like their Wii, Gamecube, and DS, saw price drops near the end of the lifespan, but not in response to the new console coming out. And the Switch has kept its same MSRP this entire time, not counting the Switch Lite coming out at a cheaper price tag.

Not to say that'll never happen, but historically, the price cut would've happened by now...

[0] https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2015/08/20/ninte...

Re: Nintendo demoed Switch 2 to developers at Gamescom

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Post by kemayo »

darklycan51 wrote: post #24

I know console people won't like this but I wish the went back to two consoles, I hate how big the switch is, all my life I bought nintendo portables only cause they were small and I could bring in my pocket...

I think that in this day and age that niche is pretty much filled by smartphones, though. Not perfectly, but enough that it's hard to compete.

The Switch does well because it's a bunch of things that your smartphone isn't -- bigger screen, better controls, and also a home console that connects to your TV -- while still being small enough that it's easy to slip into a bag you might be carrying.

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