BareKnuckleRoo wrote: ↑Sun Jun 08, 2025 6:16 pm
PC Engine Fan X! wrote: ↑Sun Jun 08, 2025 5:18 pmNintendo should've released the Switch 2 with an Oled screen from the "get-go" rather than release one three or four years down the road which means having to shell even more money just to upgrade to a Oled Switch 2 setup
The OLED version is the one I was gifted and can confirm it looks great, although I don't play it much handheld.
The cynic in me thinks that Nintendo is milking their hardcore fanbase to doubledip on a second purchase by releasing the OLED version of S2 later, and/or they're using early buyers to effectively troubleshoot their hardware so they can improve on it on the OLED release.
The consensus on the net is that Nintendo went for a price point with the Switch 2 that the OLED would have increased and since the Switch 2 price point is already a sticking point with many they decided to drop back to LCD based on performance tests. The OLED will likely be released when they cut costs elsewhere.
I'm in the camp that Switch 2 was not necessary and I think Nintendo knew that, but the PC guys and the PS5/Xbox people were mocking switch users for an ageing underperforming system with the Switch. But for me Nintendo were in the best place with Switch. They had the best selling console.
The problem with increasing hardware specification is that some folk just want to play basic games and if the entree price is $500 that isn't a good deal for them. I was happy with Dreamcast graphically so 26 years later here we are with some games just having higher resolution and looking more glitzy.
If the Switch is the last sub $300 console system then the entree price into gaming for beginners is a big turn off now. Then you have the devs who are supporting newer consoles with games that don't get anywhere near topping out performance due to extreme development costs.
I understand that PC users want to max settings and run games that are beyond PS5/Xbox performance and this is why I think the markets should split again. The console market is no longer a viable model to me as an individual. If I were Sony/Microsoft or Nintendo I would absolutely stop making consoles in this generation. Because if you push the boundaries of whats possible for another 50 frames or 8k or whatever, it comes at extreme entree price points.
As a result of MK world being the only exclusive title on Switch 2. I have held off buying one. And thats scary because I have the money, I have had the desire to buy a Swtich 2 for months now, but in the end I decided not to.
And then, I hear all these things about bricking consoles and people already reselling their Switch 2's which tells me the launch is bad, even if the sales numbers are up.
In the 360/PS3 era my friend made Castlevania Lords of Shadow. It sold well, but the sales didn't tell the story of the players who didn't like it that much. When the sequel came out it bombed. That led to Konami looking at their model. They arrived at the conclusion spending a 100 million on a game wasn't for them and pulled out of the market. I think we will see more Konami's this generation. You just need to look at arcade games now, they look like games of 20 years ago. The model doesn't work because you would need to sell 100 million arcade units to profit so that ain't gonna happen with glitzy modern graphics development costs.
I'm worried for the industry. Although it looks like folk are sapping up the games and systems and making the industry billions, I fear that micro upgrades at great cost will kill it soon. And to top if off, you have emulation creeping up on 100% performance on consoles from 10 years ago. Of which current games are only just slightly better than.
This industry has become 2 dimensional as it transcended into a 3D world.
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