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I think many people over-focus on GPU and CPU capabilities and the raw horsepower of console hardware as the basis for determining console hardware superiority.

I think many people over-focus on GPU and CPU capabilities and the raw horsepower of console hardware as the basis for determining console hardware superiority. As an avid gamer on PC and console, I've never thought of it that way, a PC will pretty much always be better on horsepower than a console. What consoles excel at is hardware that enhances the user experience or moves forward the technology focused on the act of gaming. I am incredibly happy that Nintendo said "No." to Microsoft here, because the Nintendo Switch is the single greatest console device ever made. The way it handles docking/undocking, game switching, updates, sleep, the controller design of the removable joycons, it's an unprecedentedly good user experience in a way that's going to be incredibly difficult to top. I have been interminably sad that Sega stopped making consoles because prior to the Switch, the Dreamcast pushed the envelope in every possible way for what it meant to be a gaming console. The Xbox One did something great by improving controller design significantly, but realistically the majority of consoles released in the last few decades have not been pushing the envelope in the way that the format allows.

wil421 6y ago
My only complaint is the switch has low resolution and many of the ports do not run that well. Skyrim and Witcher 3 are ports I didn’t buy because of the graphics. The Final Fantasy ports were decent but they were older games that had remakes in between. Dark Souls has decent reviews but I haven’t played the originals, remakes, or ports. When a beefier switch comes along I’m jumping on it. The switch has been the funnest and most engaging gaming I’ve had in a decade.
- tristor 6y ago
  Maybe because I have multiple systems, I haven't experienced this. I haven't really played many AAA ports because I would prefer to play them on PC or on the Xbox. But all of the indie games I've played as well as all the JRPGs, both Switch-exclusive and multi-system releases, have run flawlessly for me. Considering the hardware in a Switch is about on par with a mid-grade phone from a few years back, and the Switch OS seems to be a fork of Android, I am consistently surprised at how well everything just works flawlessly with it. My experience of trying to use phones as gaming devices have been pretty miserable and I don't keep any games installed on my phone these days, despite always having flagship devices. If they ever release an upgraded set of Switch hardware that maintains compatibility with previous titles, I'd be really interested. But I have to be honest and say I'm not really dissatisfied with what it is today at all. Even the resolution is okay, considering the screen size. Hades is one recent release that's really great and works perfectly on the Switch, as an example.

wil421 6y ago

My only complaint is the switch has low resolution and many of the ports do not run that well. Skyrim and Witcher 3 are ports I didn’t buy because of the graphics. The Final Fantasy ports were decent but they were older games that had remakes in between. Dark Souls has decent reviews but I haven’t played the originals, remakes, or ports. When a beefier switch comes along I’m jumping on it. The switch has been the funnest and most engaging gaming I’ve had in a decade.

tristor 6y ago
Maybe because I have multiple systems, I haven't experienced this. I haven't really played many AAA ports because I would prefer to play them on PC or on the Xbox. But all of the indie games I've played as well as all the JRPGs, both Switch-exclusive and multi-system releases, have run flawlessly for me. Considering the hardware in a Switch is about on par with a mid-grade phone from a few years back, and the Switch OS seems to be a fork of Android, I am consistently surprised at how well everything just works flawlessly with it. My experience of trying to use phones as gaming devices have been pretty miserable and I don't keep any games installed on my phone these days, despite always having flagship devices. If they ever release an upgraded set of Switch hardware that maintains compatibility with previous titles, I'd be really interested. But I have to be honest and say I'm not really dissatisfied with what it is today at all. Even the resolution is okay, considering the screen size. Hades is one recent release that's really great and works perfectly on the Switch, as an example.