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...Is UE3. I'd bet on it still coming to Switch, but it'll take some time.Rocket League!
I don't have a gaming PC. My only PC is my laptop which I use for work, its specs are well under what a PS3 could achieve on a bad day. Console-wise I own both the Switch and the Wii U, in addition to my XBO, my PS4 and my PS4 Pro as far as current gens are concerned, so if anyone has a clear and unbiased view of the home console sector, it'd be me.
The Switch is effectively a Tegra tablet with detachable controllers and a pittance of RAM, we both know that. Running UE logic is great, however it's the assets that might turn out to be a hurdle for most AAA productions. I don't know why you're mentioning the PS3 which is an over a decade old console - the weakest console this generation (besides the Wii U since it's discontinued) is the XBO, and the Switch doesn't even reach half of its raw calculation capabilities. As much as I hate to say it, you can't magic polygons into existence. AAA games already perform poorly on the XBO, if they were to work on the Switch at all, quality would have to drop significantly to make up for the shortcomings of the hardware. Whether that's feasible it's up to the devs of each particular game, but at the very least the Switch will see some UE4 indies.
Figuratively speaking yeah, but it's more powerful than Nvidia's last gaming tablet, and significantly more powerful than the most recent Sony portable console. The distinction is important to make because otherwise we start needlessly comparing gaming laptops to PS4/XB1 and stuff like that. Switch is definitely in the console market, even if it doesn't meet some arbitrary standard for current gen power. I don't think anybody even knows what the current gen encompasses any more.
I disagree. There's nothing "figurative" about it, it's literally a Tegra tablet. The Pixel C is running on the same SoC IIRC, so it's safe to say that mobile will overtake the Switch in the foreseeable future. Last gen was defined by PPC (even the PS3's CELL CPU had a PowerPC-based PPE), this gen is defined by x86. Both of Nintendo's competitors released machines adhering to a PC-like architecture, only Nintendo is the odd one out with a low-power ARM console, and the only one powered by NVidia at that. This can go one of two ways - either it will be embraced like the Wii or neglected like the Wii U, the jury is still out on that. That's a whole different can of worms though, no point in opening it here.
Then it would "literally" be Android or iOS-based and run mobile shovelware (or emulators for older systems) instead of full games like those released for Nintendo's previous console. It really doesn't matter what the theoretical power of smartphones/tablets is, as they get no worthwhile content except ports which are better experienced on other platforms. Let me know when you trade your PS4 in for a Google phone and then maybe it's time to start taking mobile gaming seriously. Until then there are obvious lines between consoles and the mobile market, whether you choose to remain blind to them or not. Older consoles didn't suddenly get their consolehood revoked when smartphones and tablets surpassed them in power.
If you own a Switch then show some love & support and stop being so negative about it all! we don't want to here unbiased views we want positivity.
Hes off with those unbiased views again...
Yeah this.
"Tablet" is a form-factor. The Switch is a tablet. I don't know why people are getting uppity about a statement that's blatantly true. It even runs on tablet-grade hardware, there's no argument to be had here. That doesn't make it a bad system, just a tad underpowered compared to the competition.
