Nintendo is switch-ing things up with 3rd party support on their latest console, the Nintendo Switch. But is it enough?
The PlayStation Mid-Year Deals promotion has a bunch of games worth checking out that are priced at $4.99 or below.
The Nintendo Switch 2 has proved to be a success the world over, however, one nation which is particularly keen on the Nintendo’s latest platform is naturally Japan. Recent sales data has shown that…
N4G feels more like a Sony PR newsletter with a comment section. Sony fanboys have taken over this website.
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Yet the biggest idiots on the site are the Xbox zealots, like the alt spamming articles daily with his endless accounts lol.
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We've always been here. Your complaint days back over a decade. There was no "taking over."
Nintendo dominates the handheld/hybrid market and Playstation dominates the high end market. There is no fight for 2nd. Xbox is just stumbling around until they leave the console market entirely to merge with Windows.
There’s only one market - console gaming. And Nintendo are dominating Xbox and PlayStation
@Avfe63, how many ps5 are out there compared to switch 2s? Lol. Just go play your kiddy Nintendo games, you're not part of the conversation. You Nintendo fans are the worst, you want so bad to get into this console war stuff but all you have is vague grandiose claims of sales. Just stay out of it, enjoy your 1 millionth edition of Mario kart/galaxy/world, Pokémon and donkey kong on you last last gen "new" hardware. Lol
How many PS4 or 5 are out there compared to Switch 1?
Switch 2 just released, but it already shattered all records PS set (which was PS4. Not 5)
“enjoy your 1 millionth edition of Mario kart/galaxy/world”
Ironic for a fanbase who buys TLOU and Horizon remasters constantly 😂
Ignore the alt, he's just holding up a Nintendo shield to deflect from 2 disastrous gens in a row for Xbox.
The real question is will Swotch 2 outdo the lifetime sales. I’m not so sure about that and the third-party game sales appear to be abysmal. That’s not a fantastic sign of things to come. Time will tell though.
yeah nothing is gonna dethrone nintendo in japan, especially if there's a handheld involved.
It also broke the previous records set by PS4 in the west
So it’s not just Japan. Its global.
A lot of that has to do with availability of consoles. You couldn’t find a launch PS4 after the first 3 days for a while. PS5 even more so.
I’m not saying this to take anything away from Nintendo, I’m only saying they came with more consoles to start. If there were 1.5M PS4s in North America at launch they likely would have all been sold immediately. So the launch record is a bit skewed there.
I guess the resistance against always online and digital only consoles is BS. The people have voted with their wallets.
Nintendo can literally block your Switch 2 console from accessing their online services at any time. When that happens, it becomes a brick. You won't even be able to play those games that use game key cards that are not installed on the console. Some users who have been blocked tried factory resetting their system, and when they tried to boot it up with a new account, they are stuck.
Speaking of game key cards, the majority of third party publishers have opted to use those instead of loading their full game on those cartridges. Imagine having a library of game key card games and going on a long trip but not being able to play a particular game because you need to connect to Nintendo servers to download the game first. It is not like the old days where you just plug in and play.
Game key cards make sense for large games like GTA, Red Dead, or COD, but I don't see why publishers who have games with sizes less than 32 GB need to use that option.
Keiichiro Toyama—the creator and original director of the 1999 Silent Hill—shared his personal thoughts on the recently announced remake by Konami, reflecting on what the project means to him after more than two decades:
“I felt something similar when the game was adapted into a movie. It deeply moved me to see the names of the characters and locations I had created come to life visually, even though I wasn’t directly involved. That wouldn’t have been possible without the continued support of the fans and the dedication of the developers who’ve kept the series alive.
I’m really looking forward to seeing how the remake evolves this time. With the advanced technology we now have, I’m sure I’ll be surprised by how the game is reimagined. Since the original was built for the first PlayStation, there will naturally be challenges—like the camera and controls—but I’m eager to see bold and creative solutions to those elements.”
Haha Not only is bold and creatively not what the industry wants, it’s not what most people want.
They want to get scammed and pay twice for a thing they already own.
I’m sure many would want bold and creative done well, but that’s easier said than done. I like variety so give me a little bit of everything, done well of course.
Was the SH2 remake even bold? Or was it more or less just a 1 to 1 over the shoulder remake?
it was not. it greatly expanded the areas and puzzles to the point where it felt like an entirely new game. the enemies and boss fights were given a MASSIVE upgrade. the abstract daddy fight in particular was incredible. and the team added two new endings.
Third party is very crucial, we will see how it goes.
How much of a switch could a Nintendo Switch switch if a Nintendo Switch could switch Nintendo's appeal with third party publishers in the console realm
They had just as big of a picture with a similar amount of 3rd party devs who were supporting the Wii U.... then barely did or didn't at all. Ubisoft gets credit because they actually did put out quite a few games, and Activision did put out a Call of Duty, BLOPS2.
Now we're supposed to believe that we're going to get 3rd party support, and crucially AAA 3rd party games from these devs?
Seriously people, they used what looks like the same or very similar borders around the Wii U graphic as well.
All on a device that if it's X2 Parker, will run around 0.75 TFlops? Maybe a bit higher? It could also be 0.512 TFlops that Tegra X1 has, or maybe somewhere in between if it's a custom X1 that is made on the 16nm node that Parker is made on (but not Parker).
Let me put it to you this way. The midrange is now 5-7 TFlops. The high end is 10-11 TFlops. For 2016. It'll be higher for 2017, and games are going to be made with this sort of power range in mind for the next few years.
Not for a new system, starting with 0 install, that is 40-60 percent of the power of the weak XB1 (if Parker), and the games have to be made to work 'on the go'.
If you take a midrange GPU and overclock it by 10-12 percent, which is pretty easy, you can easily gain about 0.7 TFlops.
Which means the overclock of a midrange 2016 GPU might exceed the total power of Nintendo's new console... the Nintendo Switch.
Another way to look at it.
When the Wii U specs were being rumored, it was speculated it would have 1 TFlop of power. Many people then were saying that wasn't enough.
So now the Wii U successor the Switch, four years later, might have less power than rumored power of its predecessor.
Puts things into perspective.
If you want it as a handheld, that's fine. It looks like a great handheld. If you want to buy Nintendo games that's fine. I love Nintendo games.
But I highly doubt it gets significant AAA 3rd party support, and if it did it would be at best, the 6th best version of their game.
It's a Nintendo box, and a lot of people, wanted Nintendo to make something better than a Nintendo Box with power from last decade.
Then have them ask for as much or more than PS4/XB1 and possibly the bundles costing as much as the PS4 Pro which destroys the Switch power wise at being 5-8x more powerful.
Actually no..their list was similar long at the E3 2011..when they promised big third aprty support for the Nintendo Wii U
Maybe Nintendo would switch to become a third party developer.