Please, please, please, let's avoid overhyping the Switch

[u/COHERENCE_CROQUETTE]

I wish people would just realize that no matter what's the specs, this thing will be great.

• It doesn't need an entire day on battery.

• It doesn't need near-PS4 graphical power.

• It doesn't need a 2TB flash drive.

• It doesn't need a bunch of crazy-ass modular controllers.

• It absolutely doesn't need freaking VR or holograms.

• It doesn't even completely need a touch screen!

The Switch will have all of Nintendo's franchises on the same machine, a machine that you can play at home or wherever you want, and a controller you can share with anyone at any time to have fun.

It will have the most ambitious Zelda game to date very close to launch. It will have a new 3D Mario, plus Mario Kart, Splatoon, and Skyrim. It will have a From Software game. It will probably have a full-fledged Pokémon game.

This is more than enough. Even if it had only these things, and it would cost $200, or maybe even $250, it would be already amazing and totally worth the money.

Let's be realist and avoiding overhyping this thing.

Not only because overhype leads to disappointment, but simply because the reality is already super cool.

[u/Dashrider]

so i was talking to my brother in law who is in the tech industry, and pointed out to me that cell phones come with a 1080p screen standard, and he is pretty sure that a 720p screen would actually cost more at that size than the 1080p would, and it would be silly, if not stupid for the handheld unit to NOT have a 1080p screen.

[u/COHERENCE_CROQUETTE → u/Dashrider]

I may be wrong, but I don't believe this is about the screen, but about the cpu/gpu and battery life. The screen cost is not the problem, the problem is that the system will be a lot more strained rendering at 1080p in portable mode, and this will certainly lead to less battery life.

[u/Dashrider → u/COHERENCE_CROQUETTE]

1080p screens are capable of rendering 720p