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For DOOM, 30 FPS and 720p is Just Fine

The biggest third party announcement for the Nintendo Switch back at its reveal event in January was that EA was working on a FIFA game. That was it. After virtually no third party support on Wii U, and a generation of cash-in games from third parties on Wii, I had made peace with the assumption that third party support for the Switch would be like the Wii at best and like the Wii U at work. Everyone was surprised when Bethesda announced DOOM and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus for the Switch; past Nintendo systems had rarely, if ever, received support from a third party like Bethesda in the way of mature first-person shooters. There is a catch, however, and it has some folks up in arms despite it being totally inconsequential.

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PhoenixUp2403d ago

"There isn’t a single first person shooter available on Switch. The closest thing is Splatoon 2"

A third person shooter is the closest thing to a first person shooter the console has!

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michellelynn09762401d ago

I am getting it, to me, a consistent frame rate is more important than going for 60 fps, and Destiny 2 runs at 30 fps and looks very good.

Sm00thNinja2401d ago

It runs consistently at 60fps on competing consoles. You can argue the Doom on the Go bit, but this news is a little disappointing no matter how you spin it. I mean the Switch can't handle 1080p or even 900p, 30 FPS docked???

michellelynn09762401d ago

I saw the video and the fram rate was very good. I did not notice or care, I don't on PS4 or X-Box one. To me, it is the game, the specs mean nothing.

Sm00thNinja2401d ago

I mean if you don't own either console why am I wasting my time then. DOOM in 60 vs 30 FPS is game changing. I can't imagine playing this at 30 FPS. You are right though. Certain. Games like Destiny 2 run and look just fine at 30 FPS. But DOOM is a twitch shooter I feel like they'd have to lower the number of enemies on screen as well as other aspects they haven't gone into. Plenty of great titles to buy on Switch obviously, but this doesn't seem worth the price of admission

cleft52401d ago

The point of the Switch version is playing Doom on the go. You know, a huge feature that the other versions can't do. Obviously, if you just want to straight up play Doom on your big screen tv you arent buying the Switch version. I find it funny that people are even implying that you would simply buy the Switch version for docked mode.

Sm00thNinja2401d ago

I believe I stated DOOM on the Go I could see being great but at 30 FPS. Ugh you're telling me Bethesda couldn't pump out 720p 60??? I don't think anyone is grabbing their pitchforks but it's disappointing to say the least. At 30fps you could easily make the case DOOM is a different game entirely. Certain games come to mind that wouldn't be effected by FPS. THE last of Us worked in 30, and 60. GTA, etc. But DOOM is a twitch shooter. Release an UNREAL TOURNAMENT game in 30 fps and watch the uproar.

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EddieNX 2401d ago

Yeah handheld and mobiles were easily running cutting edge games that released in 2016 in 2010 we all remember that!!!!

/s

spicelicka2401d ago (Edited 2401d ago )

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

The Nvidia Shield tablet can run games better than the Nintendo Switch. It came out almost 4 years ago and costs only $200.

Switch is a good handheld console, but you can't just ignore the price when making that point. At $400 it's not justifiable.

Prince_TFK2401d ago (Edited 2401d ago )

Spicelicka

The Shield uses K1 processor, and the Switch uses X1 processor, so that make the Shield better than the Switch right? Lol.

You know which other device use the X1 processor? The Google Pixel C tablet. Do you know how much it cost? $500 for the base 32GB model.

spicelicka2400d ago

Perhaps. But it also came out 4 years ago and is half the price. If it can run For Honor it's a damn powerful tablet.

Prince_TFK2400d ago (Edited 2400d ago )

Look again. In the video you had posted the Shield ran For Honor via streaming, Not natively. There is nothing powerful about that, even my iPhone 5 can do that.

I used to own the Shield tablet and it struggled to play games like Bully with stable frame rate. So there is no way it can run games like BOTW, or in this case, For Honor.

spicelicka2400d ago

@Kun_ADR

Hmm you are correct about that part, so i take back what I said. It may not be as powerful, but at this point all the games I've seen on the Switch look only marginally better than last gen consoles. For me personally that's not worth $400, but maybe if I played one for a decent period of time I'd reconsider.

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Perjoss2401d ago

Most of the highest rated games of all time are 30fps

dantesparda2401d ago

Its not about that, its about a game that runs at 60fps everywhere else only running at a unstable 30fps at only 720p with the lowest possible settings on the Switch and then wanting $60 for it while the game can be had for far less everywhere else. But keep on deflecting.

KwietStorm_BLM2401d ago

That's probably because a game designed to run at 30 frames isn't deducted points for not being 60 frames. Be serious.

TheOptimist2401d ago

Edit that statement- Most highest rated games of all time on consoles are 30 fps

spicelicka2400d ago

Do you mean to say they are highest rated BECAUSE they are 30 fps?? Surely they would be even better if they were 60 fps.

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scarface01212401d ago (Edited 2401d ago )

I'll take goldeneye over doom any day and that's nowhere near 720p.
These fake gamers havin orgasms over pretty pictures. Lol seems like the entire gaming community have turned feminine. My graphics is prettier than yours lol

Michiel19892401d ago (Edited 2401d ago )

would you take goldeneye that runs at half the framerate with lower resultion and lower quality textures over goldeneye?

You don't get the point. This isn't about the game looks better on switch, it's a game that changes drastically 30 fps compared to 60 fps and they ask full price for it while every other superior version costs 20.

ErogeMaster2401d ago

Old man times have changed you either get with it or get in the back of the line.

scarface01212401d ago

@ Michiel1989 half the resolution and frame rate of goldeneye compared to doom is a ridiculous comparison.
Doom looks fine, it's just the spoilt gaming community making out to be a big issue just because it's nintendo.

@ErogeMaster it's not my fault that I'm not gay. What have you got against straight people? I can never "get with it" and what line are you taking about? Lol

Benjaminkno2401d ago

Exactly
Wait until the game comes out and play it first.
Then get on n4g and gripe if you have to.
It's like these pansies have nothing to play, so they get on n4g and whine about whatever is happening with Nintendo

SR3882401d ago

That's n4g for you, specheads ...

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Jinger2401d ago

"For DOOM, 30 FPS and 720p is Just Fine"

Riiiiiight... I can't imagine going down to 30fps for DOOM.

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Razer Iskur V2 Gaming Chair Review - Lumbar Support Done Right

The Razer Iskur V2 is a high quality, premium gaming chair that your back will thank you for.

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Make your next GPU upgrade AMD as these latest-gen Radeon cards receive a special promotion

AMD has long been the best value option if you're looking for a new GPU. Now even their latest Radeon RX 7000 series is getting cheaper.

Father__Merrin21h ago

Best for the money is the Arc cards

just_looken20h ago

In the past yes but last gen amd has gotten cheaper and there new cards are on the horizon making 6k even cheaper.

The arc cards are no longer made by intel but asus/asrock has some the next line battlemage is coming out prices tbd.

Do to the longer software development its always best to go amd over intel if its not to much more money even though intel is a strong gpu i own 2/4 card versions.

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PlayStation Doesn't Need a Dedicated PC Store Launcher

With all the PlayStation games that are now coming to PC, is it time for Sony to release a dedicated PC launcher?

thorstein2d ago

No, and they already solved any need with the overlay that's coming.

Vits2d ago

Unless they are trying to kill their recently created PC business, I would advise against opening a dedicated PC store. It's an extremely hard endeavor, and people, in general, are very comfortable with Steam. Even Epic, with their billions of dollars invested, is still struggling to find a foothold, and they have Fortnite.

just_looken1d 9h ago (Edited 1d 9h ago )

Money is one thing security is another but again millions have 0 knowledge past 2020.

Epic store for years struggled with a shopping cart/account theft/credit card theft

Rockstar launcher/store to this day over 5 years later still has horrific user interface security flaws lost account's and stolen CC

Then you got that activision need phone number oh we lost it launcher

The crown jewel is the ea launcher/store ea app 3 yrs old still has hundreds of threads were people lost games/accounts/game access or just straight up crashes.

Edit" Oh ubi launcher were you buy a game that may or may not be there again or work and the launcher 5yrs old still has no 4K support if you launch it on a 4k screen there is a high chance it will just crash.

ocelot072d ago

Can tell who ever put this together is not all that clued up on pc gaming.

It's just a known fact. The PC gaming community prefer Steam and Steam alone. They don't like different launchers. I personally don't mind them. But majority just stick with steam. Hence why EA and Ubisoft went back to on releasing on steam and why Microsoft release games on steam as people hated buying from the windows store.

The only other launchers that I imagine are doing ok is GOG due to being drm free and epic games due to the free games every week. Sony shouldn't release any sort of pc launcher n

Nitrowolf21d 23h ago (Edited 1d 23h ago )

It literally says in the OP that PC gamers don't like multiple launchers lol. It even mentions Steam being the go to for gamers

Tacoboto1d 20h ago

Title: "PlayStation Doesn't Need a Dedicated PC Store Launcher"

N4G: "Can tell who ever put this together is not all that clued up on pc gaming"

When you don't even read the headline...

ocelot071d 17h ago

I read it and had a brain fart. As read the title then this "With all the PlayStation games that are now coming to PC, is it time for Sony to release a dedicated PC launcher?"

So I hold my hands up on that mistake. Rest of my comment still stands.

Giblet_Head1d 9h ago (Edited 1d 8h ago )

Steam and GOG are highly preferred because of the rich feature set. Ubisoft, Rockstar, EA, Epic etc have all set a precedent over the years for customers to instinctively expect individual publisher launchers to be so extremely half-assed that the majority simply don't want to bother dealing with what is almost an inevitable disappointment by comparison to Steam or GOG. Those publishers and their inaction or general disinterest to improve have effectively ruined any future adoption to be taken seriously.

Einhander19721d 23h ago (Edited 1d 23h ago )

This is just another ridiculous double standard article.

It's like how Microsoft can spend 20 years of making nothing but gaas and live service style games to sell microtransactions, dlc and subscriptions and get praise for doing it, but if Sony wants to make a single game like that every website under the sun is writing articles saying how Sony is anti-consumer or whatever.

derek1d 15h ago

Yep, huge double standard look at the tortured reaction to the ps5pro, websites hyperventilating like Sony is forcing people to buy it.

just_looken1d 8h ago

Wait my xbox from 2004 has avengers gaas on it? wow your so smart

m$ Gaas started with the other companies like sony

Gamepass yes they are deep into that but its still a huge money saver sense you do not own your games then get a service like that.

Now there pc xbox launcher that is trash for years now

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