My crystal ball says, "Limited stock and only available in expensive bundles for the first year".
this post was submitted on 17 Feb 2024
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as long as it comes with an unpatchable hardware vuln thast exploitable
homebrew on switch has been abysmal compared to previous consoles because no ones gonna pay to get their switch mod chipped if they cant just gg ez the system with an sd card.
hell even the "old" switch exploit isn't even a coldboot so you need to either keep a trinket/phone/pc around or never shutdown the console.
I was just looking at Switch games in the store this weekend. Even games that came out when Switch launched are still nearly $60. The console is slow and laggy. Nintendos online networks are laughable and cheesy. It's such a barebones and cruddy system with overpriced games and it never drops in price or popularity. People make no sense to me.
I bought my Switch solely for Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. Both games alone were worth it.
Fortnite, Minecraft, No mans sky and all the other third party stuff does not always run smoothly but still are nice games for recreation.
First party Nintendo games maintain value forever. This is not exclusive to the switch.
None of the first party games are slow or laggy.
Online is nothing special. Splatoon 3 plays great, though.
First party games and indie games are the only great reasons to own a switch and if you stick to those guns, most everything you said doesn't hold water.
None of the first party games are slow or laggy.
Links Awakening runs like ass most of the time. I'd consider it's performance pretty poor for a first party title. Generally though you're right.
Most of the time? Doesn't it mainly lag when moving to a different region? It also looks really good.
Ok, I concede to LA. One out of how many games, then?
Well, except Pokémon. But we don't talk about Pokémon.
Pokemon is second-party, the publisher (Nintendo) owns part of the IP but they don't own the developer (Gamefreak).
Yeah, you're technically right, but everyone just fully associates Pokémon with Nintendo.
Game freak doesn't count lol. They are terribly made games lol.
looking forward to the next wacky controller concept
I noticed there’s now a Batman Arkham Knight port on Switch. As you might expect, like a lot of other AAA ports, it doesn’t run so well. Seems there’s demand for these games on there, indicating a lot of players only end up with one console. Even if Nintendo can work with their low-power devices, I get the impression third party developers will generally need more to get Unreal Engine going smooth.
The problem developers have is why should they bother with all of the effort of trying to get their game working on the switch when they can just twiddle with it a little bit to make it work on the Steam Deck?
It's probably to do with the 60x install base.
It's the Arkham trilogy. I have read some reviews that two of the games play ok-ish. The one is a total shit show. The problem with the Switch is that Nintendo has been milking this one nicely and the hardware is overdue for a refresh. I salute the devs that make power hungry games work on the Switch. The Switch is my only console, but as a handheld fan, the next one may be something else but I will hold out to see what Nintendo comes out with first.
Delayed from what exactly
It says in the post description, it was originally set for Q4 2024 but now it's going to be in Q1 2025 allegedly
Delayed from what exactly
I don't think the request is obvious when it's worded that way, could you elaborate?
"What is the cause of the delay"
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