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Nintendo announces the Switch 2 [video]

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781 points HelloUsername | 1 comments | 16 Jan 25 13:08 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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sigmoid10 ◴[16 Jan 25 14:15 UTC] No.42725360[source]▶
Huh. I guess updated ergonomics / QoL stuff and confirmation of backwards compatibility counts as enough of an update over the last hardware refresh. But zero info on anything that could actually make this worth a buy. Granted, this feels like Nintendo who will do anything to not get dragged into PS/XBOX flops discussions. But without any real upgrade or even games announcements, I suppose most people will keep holding off their purchase decisions for now.
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pjmlp ◴[16 Jan 25 14:24 UTC] No.42725480[source]▶
The great thing about how Nintendo approaches games is that it is about game design, not triangles per second.
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lexicality ◴[16 Jan 25 14:26 UTC] No.42725527[source]▶
Great in theory, but only really works for first party games and does mean you occasionally end up with unfortunate situations like Tears of the Kingdom where it runs better on an emulator than the actual hardware.
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1. pjmlp ◴[16 Jan 25 14:28 UTC] No.42725554{3}[source]▶
It works for everyone, provided they have the skills.

I have stop buying most AAA games, because they are GB of useless gameplay, or remakes from remakes of remasters, that is better invested into sponsoring indies.