Nintendo Video Game • Page 17

As long as they don't cut corners on a cheap OLED. Certainly don't want burn-in after a year or two due to lack of pixel refreshing technology

 

OLED burn in is so wildly overreacted. It takes genuinely so much for burn in on most modern OLED screens

 

95% of the time when I use my switch it’s in handheld mode and I haven’t had any problems with OLED burn in yet. I bought it day 1 when it released in 2021 as well

 

Ehh I've seen it happen. With gaming, it's especially risky with static elements on the screen like hearts and a mini map. It's certainly much better than it used to be, though. My OLED TV is the first device I've ever bought extended protection for

 

Those leakers are fucking stupid. Let's see an actual game in action on the actual console before we make any judgements about what the console may or may not be able to do.

God, fuck internet discourse

 

damn it's almost like that's a known chipset with very well understood performance profile, wattage and thermals.

analysis is not discourse.

I mean of course it will punch above it's weight a little bit since the software will be written pretty closely to the metal, but it'll be somewhere between a PS4 and a PS4 pro.

 

Which is honestly fine. What benefits would we really get beyond that? Ray tracing, more efficient battery life, and slightly faster load times? I feel like there isn't that large a gap between PS4 and PS5

 

That’s what I would have guessed, given the form factor and price range Nintendo would aim at. They were never gonna put out something that looks like a Steam Deck. Was a handheld that basically looks like the Switch and could be sold at a profit at say around 350-400 bucks ever gonna be more powerful than that? I’m asking because I don’t know enough. I just remember someone saying there’s no way it will be even a Series S though if it matches those criteria.

 

What really sucks about Nintendo using an older Nvidia GPU is that it truly means Shield TV is dead. People were theorizing they were waiting for Nintendo's next console because Nvidia launched the Shield TV with old Switch chips but Nintendo had exclusive first dibs on them

 

Well the reason people are rightfully disappointed because a 4nm chip could’ve run cooler and with less battery thus making the console more efficient or faster.
That technology is readily available so it’s not like a pipe dream, it’s just Nintendo being greedy.

 

on the other hand...



these nerds are doing something right

 

Would Nintendo be able to do this and keep the same price potential price point and still make a profit off of the hardware?

 

that's impossible for me to say, but I guess the answer is no, or not quite.

 

Then I personally don't have a problem with what they're doing. If making a profit off hardware is keeping them from laying people off, then by all means.

Not saying it's a clear Point A to B connection, I'm sure it's not, but I think Nintendo knows what they're doing, and I don't think it's necessarily greedy to want to turn a profit.

 

Nintendo really has to make a profit off of hardware, they’re not Microsoft

 

so now the expert community is in disagreement wether it's a 5nm or a 8nm chip. no one knows since we don't know the number of transistors but we have a rough idea of the square footage and we know the foundry (Samsung) has both processes.

this is either good news or some real hard copium, but I don't just want to bring bad news to the thread. So there's light, albeit dim!

 

What about the launch games? Any leaks or rumors?

I’m sure there will be a 3D Mario. Would really like Mario Kart 9 to be a thing and launch within the first year as well

 

Mario Kart was a rumor, I don’t 3D Mario will be on the same day if that is true, more likely a couple of months later then

 

Apparently the Switch 2 will have a 256 GB hard drive. Makes me wonder how big the game files will be

 

If it's like other current gen file sizes, it's not enough. We're gonna have to drop like $80+ on 1tb+ cards

 

Nintendo may finally start selling consoles in tiers of storage size options like smart phones

 

Nintendo files are always way way smaller

 

Totally, I just worry if they truly do go with 4K games

 

Since most of the 4K magic will come from upscaling from 1080p, I think we’re fine.

 

Fingers crossed!