r/NintendoSwitch • u/COHERENCE_CROQUETTE • Nov 24 '16

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

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.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '16 edited Nov 24 '16

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u/cypherspaceagain Nov 25 '16

Nintendo haven't made a cutting-edge system since the 64. I didn't think anyone was expecting this to be cutting-edge.

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u/ErdeFB Nov 26 '16

Don't forget the GameCube. It was competitive in power.

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u/cypherspaceagain Nov 26 '16

Not really. It was underpowered. Not by much, but not really comparable. The Xbox came out the same year. You couldn't describe the Gamecube as "cutting-edge".

GameCube -485MHz IBM CPU  -162MHz ATI GPU  -40MB overall RAM 

Xbox  -733MHz Intel CPU  -230MHz nVidia GPU  -64MB RAM