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Nintendo has always been able to overcome computational power constraints by focusing on game design (both through leading the industry with their first-party w
by BHSPitMonkey 3y ago
Nintendo has always been able to overcome computational power constraints by focusing on game design (both through leading the industry with their first-party work and by fostering a third-party ecosystem where those qualities are also valued).
For Valve, the main asset is the PC gaming ecosystem; Being able to run popular titles from that arena is table stakes.
- smoldesu 3y agoThe reason I made the comparison is because the parent said Nvidia GPUs are "only better bang for buck for AI/ML [...] and for 4k." The existence of a popular, cheap, high-performance 720p console SOC manufactured by Nvidia sorta proves otherwise. Nintendo's capability of turning shit (PowerPC) into relative gold (GC/Wii/WiiU) is impressive, but besides the point.