DF Direct Weekly #94: Has Switch Run Out Of Steam - Does It Need A Next-Gen Successor?

[@MGsubbie]

The main reason I want a Switch successor is that I primarily play Switch games on my 4k TV. Having games like Breath of the Wild run at 900p with no AA upscaled to 1080p by the Switch, which is then upscaled (bilinearly) to 4k... The results don't look that great. But a theoretical Switch running DLSS to upscale much better to 4k... It would look significantly better. And it wouldn't require a huge chip. Edit : All these people telling me not to use it on a 4k TV. My old 1080p TV died. I'm not going to buy a 1080p tv just for a Switch.

[@philth7587]

I use mine purely in handheld, and just want a successor because it'd be better in every way: battery life, frame rates, graphics. Having said that, if it was a much better docked experience, I might use it docked (Breath of the Wild really does deserve a big screen). PC on the big screen is generally what I go for though.

[@MisterLindsay]

In a different situation to you, but fully agree. I don't have a 4k TV yet because it's primary function is Switch and blu-rays. If a Switch successor was still fairly low power (compared to XSX & PS5) while adding modern support for 4K, VRR and even HDR, then I'd happily upgrade my TV to suit., but I don't want to have a sub-standard experience in the meantime.

[@counterstriker3971]

Get a 4KTV with a better upscaler.

[@goldmemberpb]

Yeah, I have noticed that Switch games just looks kinda washed out on my LGC1 despite trying my best to make it look good.

[@robreich6881]

Get a PC and emulate BOTW

[@Moravia90s]

Possibly the best podcast style show when it comes to gaming right now. Thank you guys for bringing professionalism and passion back to gaming, it was sorely missed in a sea of mediocrity, click-bait, and lazy/cheap reaction videos that unfortunately seem to flood KZbin content these days (with several exceptions).

[@Rare_Pepe]

Agreed. Digital Foundry for games plus Gamers Nexus for hardware and you pretty much have almost everything you need covered as a PC gamer.

[@CrisPearson]

This.

[@MrGermanpiano]

DF Direct Weekly makes every Monday much better. Always a pleasure to listen to your discussions.

[@Rupix15]

i agree. although in my case it's Tuesday :)

[@estyleadbetter2024]

What a nice comment ❣️ Bloody Monday can be better with the Leadbetter 👑

[@SwitchUpYt]

Totally agree. While we might not "need" one; it's certainly time we had one. Exactly as you say, some teams simply cannot afford the time/money with low level coding. Throw in a blatant lack of care in titles like Pokémon and it's starting to get a little frustrating for owners. Particularly when we know on overclocked hardware most of these games can hold 30fps.

[@dommice]

Hello Mark and or Glen! Nice to see you out and about!

[@SwitchUpYt]

@@dommice Hi! Mark

[@YlkevanSpankeren]

Not having touched a console for nearly a decade now and distancing myself from all the "debates". It feels unreal and ancient when someone wants to see 30fps.. Touching 30fps games has also been a decade for me and gladly so. It's horrible.

[@MoonSarito]

I think the bigger issue is that it's not just big AAA games that are struggling on Switch, but even small indie games like Temtem struggle on the platform. The Temtem devs have spoken a bit about how the Switch's limited RAM has been a huge challenge for them with each new update, constantly having memory leak issues due to the Switch only having 3.6GB of RAM available. (and it is worth remembering that this game is only available on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series S/X that have 10 to 16 GB of RAM, the game does not have a version for old-gen consoles ) If even many of the big devs don't have the resources for a well-done Switch port, imagine the smaller ones then.

[@SyntaxDaemon]

This show is always a highlight of my week. The passion and experience you guys have really comes through, and you always have interesting perspectives.

[@emeraldcelestial1058]

its a great show

[@godmachine06]

You have a very uneventful week then.

[@SyntaxDaemon]

@@godmachine06 Just how I like them.

[@USA92]

I love the soccer part.

[@USA92]

@@SyntaxDaemon Do you think they should feature cheeze it's more?

[@eqjase]

I totally agree on keeping the resolution targets 720p and 1080p. I’d much prefer better frame rate than image quality.

[@Dd-fb2tj]

Well you will in stability....but no chance of 60fps for ports....expect 30fps version of series s ports

[@concinnus]

Render target, sure. But DLSS means they could output to a 1080p screen with negligible penalty.

[@Pawn2e4]

I'd be satisfied with games actually running at 720p/1080p with no adaptive resolution to reach either

[@xtr.7662]

@@concinnus its better to keep the screen resolution to 720p they can still use dlss and 1080p in docked mode games

[@xtr.7662]

@@Pawn2e4 expect dynamic resolution to be even more used because of dlss that means games will actually look better because this upscaler is much better than the others and the resolution will be the same switch games have been

[@exzisd]

I've watched the channel for a few years now when I heard about you guys from Spawn Wave in multiple stories. I used to just watch a video here and there but I watch all the content now and love the podcast. I mostly listen to audio while I'm at work and it makes the day pass by faster. Thanks for the great content. Hope 2023 is another great year for everyone at DF.

[@thecooljohn100]

It's not just about "oh well we need better performance for third party titles"... Their 1st party games are more often than not very magical, inventive, beautiful, novel experiences and those are also being held back by the hardware. Their 1st party studios will be able to continue to innovate and impress with the restrictions lifted; their imaginations allowed to run wild.

[@Aggrofool]

Think of the imaginative worlds Monolith could create with better hardware. Their hands are tied atm. Then again, higher hardware power seems correlated to development length.

[@TheKaizokuman]

​@@Aggrofool Even with better hardware they know how to manage themselves and won't go too far with development scale.

[@Chicky_Lumps]

It's kind of sad because a lot of Nintendo's 1st party titles are some of the best looking games ever made on comparable hardware. MK8 on Wii U looks almost as gorgeous as many Xbone / PS4 AAA games, at 60 fps, on hardware half a generation behind. Imagine what Nintendo 1st party games would look like if the devs were targeting state-of-the-art specs.

[@nathanthompson742]

@@Chicky_Lumps this exactly

[@blazemkds]

@@Chicky_Lumps I often think about that. Imagine Nintendos genius game design and development techniques combined with modern tech such as RT and highly complex textures etc. It's kind of a dream of mine. I would love to see Nintendo go for power again. I think they could create some truly incredible stuff.

[@ryanfisher7885]

on the note of shader compliation in a seperate window before launching the game, this is exactly how the new star ocean does it on PC

[@gerboog]

Horizon zero dawn does this. Uncharted does this. I feel like all the Sony ports does this, but i don't own the spiderman games on PC to confirm if they do the same.

[@paul1979uk2000]

@@gerboog I played Uncharted, that did it from the title screen, took awhile to do, you could probably start playing the game and it continues to do it in the background but never tested that. As for Spider-Man, that ran perfect with no stutters or anything, not sure if the game was doing the shaders on the title screen or as you play but it ran like a dream in any case.

[@gerboog]

@@paul1979uk2000 yes, if you start it before you finish it, it will continue loading in the background.

[@nlikeflynn8837]

On top of that, you had the option of re-compiling the shaders from the main menu graphics settings. I did that every time I booted up the game and never had any problems.

[@ozzyp97]

@@paul1979uk2000 It seems Spider-Man has some clever async setup going on, Nixxes have done a brilliant job of taking advantage of whatever spare performance they have to compile shaders ingame in the background before they're actually needed. The game sure is good at hammering your CPU, at any rate. Mine is an extreme example because I also use RT, but it's not unusual to see 90% usage on a 5800X3D.

[@LifeCodeGame]

Great video! It's always interesting to hear different perspectives on the Switch and its future. Keep up the awesome work!

[@2Goood]

Truly a podcast from a bygone era

[@comdrive3865]

that's why i like it

[@WusijiDoctor]

Always a great start to my week, being greeted by Rich's "Heveryone".

[@retro_boy_advance]

Bespoke

[@djorgen]

Pretty sure he says "heyeryone"

[@onesowngrief]

On the PS5 liquid metal issue, I don't believe you covered the potential of it occurring AFTER it's been opened or repaired and not sealed properly. Which, the source that raised this issue had done.

[@matthewlong3363]

On the topic of controller options on the PS3, I recently bought an adapter from Brook. It enables all things you'd expect to work on PS3 (rumble, motion control, the PS button, etc) to function like a DS3 when using a DS4/DS5. Been real happy with when going back into my PS3 backlog, while avoiding the issues you mentioned with old DS3s.

[@gamerrap23]

Wow! I need one, where did you get it from? How can I find it online?

[@pAdude350]

I just grabbed a switch last week and I liked it more than I had expected, but only as a complimentary console to a PlayStation or Xbox. To me it's just a fun little machine to play 1st party titles and RPGs

[@aL3891_]

Shader compilation could for sure be done during installation but the developer would need to do work to figure out what shader combinations to compile, that's the hard part.. once you have that you can just run a custom install step, basically just executing a command that compiles the shaders. It could even be the game itself in the background. As for nvidia, surely what they mean is that it's capturing the compiled shaders for all users, basically creating a global shader cache. So the very first user would most likely still see stutter

[@izuthree]

The best way to do it I can think of really is to just bake it into the benchmarking tool and highly recommend you run that before starting the game to get both the most suitable settings and use a benchmark which runs through one or more areas that have all/nearly all expected assets that would need compilation. The worst case scenario is you have a benchmark which runs terribly the first time it runs (but fixes the problem) and the best case scenario is fixing the problem and providing a bit of extra quality of life with more intelligent configuration. ...but that itself relies on a dedicated benchmarking tool and that isn't the most common thing in the world either where compilation is an issue in the first place.

[@TorstenSimon]

I'm wondering about all the theoretical discussions at this point. As far as I can see the steam deck does this already inside steam os and the install stage. And even if you install steam os on a regular pc you see the pre shader compilation stuff before the game launches. Maybe df should take a look into that. Sure, directly fetching shaders would be even better as on the deck itself but it would be an improvement still. Not sure why it's not working on the M$ side.

[@THU31]

The easiest solution is still to do it in the main menu (not just during a loading screen). I assume most people go through all the menu options to configure the game, which is a perfect time to perform the compilation. Of course when you change your drivers, shaders will have to be recompiled, but your game is already configured. But I would still rather sit in the menu for 5-10 minutes in order not to have any stutters during gameplay. The whole situation is a design problem. Somebody developed this when shaders first became a thing and they did not anticipate just how complex shading would become. It is basically the fundamental aspect of rasterization currently. Not easy to fix something designed 20 years ago.

[@steveco1800]

AA batteries for Xbox controllers is a great feature - Rechargeable AA batteries are great these days and hold charge in storage. They're easy to swap out so you don't need another controller in case it goes flat and long term it's reliable as John explained.

[@ScrapKing73]

This. I don’t even understand why this is divisive, rechargeable AA batteries was, and is, the way to go.

[@vullord666]

And if you don't want them there are several first party and third party battery pack options. You can also just connect via USB and have nothing in the casing.

[@jamesthenakedsnake7480]

Exactly this, I use them in all my devices where I can, its the best of both worlds amd I'm shocked more people don't call up this answer or just chose to use them.... I don't know if its just the legacy of early batteries or people just aren't aware but rechargeable AA batteries are a godsend

[@NameName-ll2yx]

I just don’t want to deal with the extra hassle and stuff of AA batteries. Much easier just to plug in the controller for charging. They definitely should include the battery with the controller instead of doing the dum dum and selling separately.

[@YouTubeCensors]

Eneloops rule. These babies last a decade++ and even in their old age have double the battery life of new Sony controllers that's NUTS and clowns defend internal batteries

[@Neoxon619]

I wouldn’t be surprised if we don’t get a ton of *new* big games this year from Nintendo, but the strength of the likes of Zelda (as well as Pikmin & Fire Emblem) will be enough to carry the Switch 1 through what will likely be its swan song year. As for Call of Duty, I’m pretty sure Microsoft specify mentioned the new console entries being brought to Nintendo hardware. So yeah, that’ll likely either require a Switch 2 or a cloud version for Switch 1 (or both). And given the 2024 will likely be the first year of that commitment, I’m leaning towards the former.

[@ShadyPlatinum777]

If Nintendo doesn’t announce anything big this year then I expect the new console nest year.

[@xBINARYGODx]

the sales are still far too strong for this year to be that last - there is what you want, and what the market tells Nintendo, who is not going to want to suddenly leave 140m+ owners, and may not relish supporting the last with the newer.

[@itsd0nk]

Ok we need to start making it a standard practice to have someone comment the *real* time stamps for each topic lol. They are often off by up to a full minute on the DF directs. The Ubisoft troubles topic starts at 48:48 for instance.

[@TurboSmurfHDRemix]

back compat is absolutely crucial to me ... if the successor to the switch cannot play the hundreds of dollars of e-shop games I've purchased then I'm closing up shop and sticking to xbox & steam deck

[@smartfox2295]

There are multiple possible issues when it comes to YLOD on the PS3. The most common ones are either a defective GPU (RSX) or defective capacitors (NEC/Tocin). There is even a way to dump the error log from the syscon chip to find out what actually prevents a PS3 from starting up. On the 360 in most cases it was the gpu (Xenos) which failed while apparently running at 100 degrees Celsius by default on early models.

[@solarstrike33]

It's the former, the latter was mostly disproven.

[@mbsfaridi]

You’ve seen the “A PS3 Story: The Yellow Light Of Death” by RIP Felix. He explains it very well.

[@anonymous_coward]

Regarding Q5, the Steam client on Linux already pre-compiles shaders for games that do not have any explicit support for Steam doing that and it has been that way since several years prior to the Steam Deck. The pre-compilation that Steam does on all Linux systems works just as well at eliminating stutter as it does on Steam Deck. The only difference between Steam Deck and Linux desktop shader compilation ends up being that the shaders on desktop can't just be downloaded and need to be locally compiled before running the game. Playing the FF7 remake on desktop Linux I would not know about the stutter issue if DF hadn't mentioned it because I just don't encounter it.

[@bestledisthe]

DXVK and VKD3D are godsend

[@xBINARYGODx]

then this work should be easy to get going on Windows, from the community or hey, why not the people who sold the game.

[@SeanNoonan]

Yep, I opened up my PS3 controller recently and the battery had expanded to the point that the controller housing was broken. I managed to fix it with some ebay parts - but it was a real pain putting it back together :D

[@shaneosullivan8546]

I've two perfect condition white ds3 controllers and I'm afraid to use them after years without charging.

[@FabriceRoux]

John's gaming laptop with a desktop Pentium 4 in it = instant shivers down my spine. 😨

[@Green_Stache_Productions]

3Dfx Voodoo 2 jump scare 😱

[@Raivo_K]

Perfect for making any man strerile by having this heatsource on their lap.

[@emlyndewar]

It’ll be a Northwood chip I guess (not at this point in the show yet). I had an old Compaq with a P4 desktop chip, many years ago, and it wasn’t as bad as you’d think.

[@krazykatz97_1]

:chills:

[@tamasmasable]

Love watching these at work, thanks in advance for a great Saturday morning

[@AndreThompson925]

It's not a Monday morning without 3 of my favorite gaming personalities. Have a great week everyone!

[@DakhniURDU]

You guys need to address the HDR settings situation in many games where they have an in game setting as opposed to a console settings and each game has a different setting and the actual nits vs what the numbers say in game are almost always different. This is something a lot of people are trying to figure out and you guys will gain a lot of views and thanks as well

[@peckc16]

Agreed. The fact that I have to look up hdr settings per game on my model tv from reliable sources for each is insane.

[@bacardim390]

This is the damn truth. It gets to the point where I just turn it off for some games because what the game thinks the image is and what I actually see are two wildly different things. I find that the PS5 is a little better than the X|S in this department but they both have this issue.

[@DakhniURDU]

@@bacardim390 Yeah if you have a Sony TV it does auto tone mapping

[@DakhniURDU]

@@peckc16 You don't need to look for your specific tv model. Just find the nits of your tv and calculate based on any videos or articles you can find for any tv. Luckily have a LG C2 here and videos for older games on other channels do address LG C1 and CX which have the same 800 nits.

[@DakhniURDU]

One channel that has helped has been GamingTech it's a kinda Schwarzenegger accent sounding guy. And he makes actual table chart for the flagship samsung and lg tvs. And if you have something different it's easier to calculate

[@jonRock]

I did a neat little trick to compile shaders in the game I'm making. I basically have a splash screen, and then I just draw a bunch of things off screen so that the shaders compile.

[@Moshugaani]

Is that solution faster than just compiling the shaders during a loading screen?

[@thoreberlin]

Imho shader compilation should be part of the installation routine.

[@jonRock]

@@Moshugaani IDK about faster, but my game has no loading screens. So, compiling them all before the start screen is better imo.

[@Moshugaani]

@@jonRock Ah, now I got it. That's a fine solution! About the last guys comment, could it be done as a part of the installation process?

[@jonRock]

@@Moshugaani probably, but it wouldn't make a difference if it was at install time or before the first game launch. They would need to be compiled again if there were any hardware or driver changes anyways.

[@BENergizer1]

Talking about the controllers, I have a PS4 Pro and the Dualshock it came with has an issue I think a lot of Dualshocks have, in that the "top" USB port, meaning the one between the triggers, actually broke internally, so the controller doesn't charge via that port anymore and can't even connect to the console that way. I had to get a special charging dock that charges the controller via the "bottom" port between the control sticks instead, which is a necessity because the battery life in the controller is very short thanks to the light bar that you can't turn off, so the controller has to be recharged after every play session, and the batteries can't be replaced without taking the entire controller apart. Meanwhile, the wireless X-Box 360 controller I've had for fifteen plus years at this point still works without issue, just swapping out new AAs every once in a while.

[@kieran.grant_]

I don't care for Xbox, but I have to give credit where credit is due. Xbox makes a damn fine controller, always have. "The Duke" is a little wonky looking, but it still had a huge leg up on the competition. It isn't until this generation that PlayStation has had a controller that is even remotely better than the one Xbox has, and I feel like the Switch Pro controller is roughly even with it.

[@shaneosullivan8546]

@@kieran.grant_ Having only recently bought a Pro Controller I'm very impressed by how good it feels to use. Annoyed with myself for not buying one sooner. I still have every xbox controller I ever bought, 12 or so. One is wonky due to being used by the kids, one is dead due to Sekiro. All the rest are perfect.

[@gatonegroloco]

Thing people forget too is they make rechargeable AAs. Keep a big pack so that whenever one set runs out I just pop another set in and the dead set set in a charger.

[@realzneo]

Another great show!! And great audio, even on Alex mic!! Thank you!!

[@mattanderson3927]

Loved the "sustainability" discussion related to Microsoft implementing carbon aware on the Series consoles. For me, I also frame the current state of the Switch within a sustainability context. Efficient, low power operation that with the appropriate design intent, can still generate great results within the constraints. And as a gamer with a current gen console and a switch lite, would be more than happy for switch to extend its lifecycle by tapping into the extraordinary ps360 era catalogue for handheld gaming. Would love to hear from DF more regularly about your thoughts on how we can move forward sustainability in gaming.

[@qwert_au]

I love these directs! I look forward to them. I find that greater than 1080p is not necessary as the quality is already very high. I enjoy the show on a variety of display devices from OLED's, IPS monitors, and my work laptop; really where-ever I find myself at the time and the reality is I listen to it more than watch it. It is important to have the camera's there as I will look over during discussion points that interest me and expressions and body language play a huge part in conveying information and tone, etc., all of which is excellently serviced by the current quality!

[@kieran.grant_]

Exactly! The audio is what's important for this show, not the visuals. 1080p makes the most sense.

[@AndyGilleand]

I think for shader precompilation, some major company like nvidia, amd, or even steam could have an interface for games to hook into, where they can attach a task to run every time it's detected that the GPU driver is updated. So if you have a game installed for a while, and you get a driver update, that background process will schedule a task to run when your computer is idle for a while that will compile all the shaders in the background for each game that's still hooked into that process.

[@mechanicalmonk2020]

The laptop argument is a bit weird considering the Steam Deck has the same issue and gets recommended all the time. The one gaming laptop I had lasted me 5 years which is a really good lifetime. It gave me amazing flexibility without needing a fixed desk space (which at the time I didn't have)

[@sambagogo777]

Well said, Rich, regarding the reliability of Sony consoles. My PS failed within warranty, my PSP failed due to the well known analogue stick issue, my PS3 failed with the YLoD and two of the three Sony memory cards for my PS Vita have failed. Suffice to say I no longer buy Sony consoles.

[@AbsurdistSagas]

19:33 best self aware BESPOKE moment in history!

[@dftknight]

I imagine the Series S is being subsidized by digital game sales, which is why they're reluctant to include a disc drive.

[@opx4real]

I wonder if developing an architecture not so easily emulated is one of nintendos highest priorites for whatever comes next from them.

[@asmodeusr1578]

Given how intensely Nintendo-centric the emulation community is, that'll realistically never happen.

[@BurritoKingdom]

Not really. Remember the Wii was backwards compatible with the GameCube. The Wii U was backwards compatible with the Wii. Now digital backwards compatibility is something they've done terribly. But hardware emulation is an old hat for Nintendo.

[@mechanicalmonk2020]

The power of the console matters here. Both Xbox and PS4/PS5 are on x86, so architecture emulation isn't even necessary but emulating machines that are meant to operate at such performance levels is tough partially due to the hardware that people doing the emulation are likely to have. If Nintendo wants this, all they gotta do is make the next console as beefy as the competition.

[@notlekrut]

They'd waste more money in R&D than they'd lose in emulation. Developing a new arch would be a shot in the foot. They'd have to say bye bye to all existing graphics APIs, and possibly even existing Nvidia GPUs that they'll use or at the very least create a completely new driver from scratch. That's not happening

[@Alcatraz760]

If Nintendo wants an architecture thats not so easily emulated they need to stop cheaping out and build a custom SoC. TegraX1 has more documentation out there than PS4 or XBox One SoC.

[@Evandro_Filho]

Hoping that the t239 powered Switch successor comes sooner rather than later.

[@eliadbu]

switch based on Ada Lovelace architecture and new arm cores would be great, the ability to use DLSS/DLSS frame generation and even some RT effect will usher it to the next generation of consoles.

[@dante19890]

Won't happen. It will most likely have a gimped orin chip

[@ZackSNetwork]

@@dante19890 It’s not launching until 2024 the earliest. Original devkits were based on Orin but, they were cancelled. In 2024 Nvidia will have their new Blackwell architecture. So a Switch success using Lovelace architecture is definitely very likely. Nintendo has new management and aren’t going with the use old technology strategy anymore.

[@dante19890]

@@ZackSNetwork highly unlikely. Nintendo will try to cut cost going with a cheaper chip. Orin even if it's pretty old is still the flagship tegra chip

[@elecjack1]

@@ZackSNetwork Just not seeing that happen. The Thor SoCs are going to be the latest and greatest if they do launch on time in 2024. There will be high demand for them for the 2025 models of vehicles. I don't think Nintendo will want to pay a higher price to try and get millions of them for a new console and I doubt Nvidia would be ready to supply that level of them as they just are hitting the market. However, with the release of the Thor chips, demand for the Orin SoCs will drop and so will the price. Blackwell won't even play a role in it as it won't start releasing until the end of 2024 at the earliest for x86 platforms and an ARM SoC isn't even on the horizon yet. Orin is still the most likely candidate. Perhaps Nintendo and Nvidia will shock the world, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

[@dante19890]

@@elecjack1 100 percent

[@lukemoonwalker8444]

The deal Nintendo accepted (it IS binding if MS buys ABK) is 10 years of CoD support for Nintendo Hardware after the purchase, expecting the next hardware to release in 2024, it means they'll have CoD games for a whole generation and the beginning of the next one. Assuming the deal goes true , of course.

[@useless1]

Tbh i think even 10 years from now there will still be switch games being produced (similar to psp)

[@casdf7]

i repaired my old ylod ps3 when i was 15 (man was i proud of doing it) - you simply only applied a new thermal paste and also heated the cpu and gpu to around 200 degrees. I don't know why this helped but it fixed mine and it is still running. Best thing i ever did.

[@marciamakesmusic]

Rich is always eager to credit good switch ports to "intelligent and passionate developers", which certainly isn't untrue, but I think the success of these switch ports has less to do with intelligence and more to do with being given the proper time to work on the port instead of being forced to push something out.

[@AltimaNEO]

32:50 this is why I stopped paying too much attention to game previews. You can never really tell what they're trying to sell you. Once the games out, I can watch a lets play and get a better idea of the game is for me.

[@camredding]

I personally bought a Switch OLED in 2022, as my launch switch well and truly died this year. Repair guys were unable to save. RIP old Switch. Because it worked out this way, I can see myself being a late adopter of the new Switch if it launches in early 24 which is what I am expecting.

[@saricubra2867]

The original Switch has the worst build quality of any Nintendo console that i ever experienced. My Gamecube and Wii still work fine after all of these years.

[@wanderingwobb6300]

@@saricubra2867 DS lite stands out to me for having notoriously bad hinges and L/R buttons.

[@Ozzianman]

@@wanderingwobb6300 Except for worn out d-pads and bite marks from when I was a kid (If you have ADHD, you probably know that compulsion to chew or nibble at everything), my DS Lite still work fine.

[@wanderingwobb6300]

@@Ozzianman My original DS lite from when I was a kid ended up fine I suppose by my sister's had both of the aforementioned things break and I knew other people who had the issue growing up too. These days I use a DSi LL anyway though.

[@Ozzianman]

@@wanderingwobb6300 Tempted to get my hands on a DSi LL did to how cheap they are. Playing DS games in native Res mode on a N3DS XL is fine, but having a DS with a bigger screen on that resolution would be nice.

[@EVPointMaster]

For controller batteries, I wonder if it would work to include 18650 Li-ion cells, or similar. They have the advatages of Li-ions batteries, but are also standardized and readily available. You should be able to swap them out if you need to and also charge them through the controller.

[@KingfishWatch]

Gaming laptop can be a great console-like thing if you manage your expectations accordingly. I bought Ryzen 7 5800h + RTX 3070 laptop two years ago and so far its good, giving me experience which is on pair or better with Xbox Series X, Alex's PC Optimization videos were a great help where i can usually figure console like setting on my own and throw it on my laptop reliably or going focusing 2k or even 4k resolutions (played that way Guardians of the Galaxy in 21:9 "cinematic" 30 fps with all setting on ultra+RT on very high, great experience)

[@JudeTheYoutubePoopersubscribe]

Yup I'm getting better than series x performance on my i7 11800h and rtx 3070 laptop. Especially in games that support dlss I can turn on way more ray tracing in games like cyberpunk than the console can. Dying light 2 rt mode on series x is 1080p 30 with only the ambient occlusion. I can play at 60 with reflections and ambient occlusion.

[@aaz1992]

THIS!!!!! I have the same cpu in a 3080 laptop. And it's way better than a Series S. I have it upstairs as a desktop replacement with a 4k 144Hz external monitor, and the built in 1080 360hz screen is awesome for travel. Amazing deals on laptops right now because new gen is coming. I will be upgrading to a 4080 laptop this summer

[@xBINARYGODx]

@@aaz1992 THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@blastard8980]

Actiblizzard didn't say they would bring CoD to switch, they said Nintendo. They are most likely talking about next console. Rumors are so effing loud that at this point it would be more surprising if Nintendo didn't announce the new console this year than if they did.

[@PFS97]

The thing with the Series controller is, I personally use rechargeable AA batteries in it but in order to recharge them I need to take them out and recharge them, if they could be recharged inside the controller it'd be extremely convenient That said, I don't know how feasible it is

[@juu226]

You know that you can have second pair charged and ready for swap?

[@corey2232]

Did your recharge pack not come with 4 AA's to begin with? I bought a 4 pack + charger for like $25 ages ago, and all the batteries still work. When 2 die, replace them with the 2 on the charger & recharge the others. It'd be nice to charge while playing, but doesn't bother me much either.

[@bulletpunch9317]

@@juu226 he still needs to take them out

[@PFS97]

@@juu226 In fact I do; still, every time I open the back of the controller it feels like it's going to break because of how tight it's closed, it does not feel great

[@PFS97]

@@corey2232 yeah, it did and in fact I always keep the second pair ready to be put in the controller, but I really don't like the feeling of opening the battery compartment since it closes so tightly that I always wonder if I'm going to break it when changing batteries

[@ScrapKing73]

The liquid metal issue was asking for trouble from the start, since they sue using Cyberdyne/Skynet/T-1000 technology!

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

I think the 9th-century Baghdad setting for AC Mirage will be a major point in its favour. They can go back to the aesthetics of those original games that people fell in love with, that has been absent since AC Origins (and rightfully so, due to the settings of the games which are also portrayed beautifully)

[@mattmexor2882]

The original Switch came out in March 2017 using a Maxwell 2 GPU architecture. The Maxwell 2 architecture was released in the GTX 980 in September 2014. So the GPU architecture was 2 1/2 years old at the time of the Switch release. The Switch 2 will presumably come out in March 2024 at the earliest. If it were to come out in March 2024 and use an Ampere GPU architecture, which was released in the RTX 3080 in September 2020, it would be using a 3 1/2 year old architecture. Additionally, the Apple A8 came out using the TSMC 20 nm node in Septemeber, 2014. The Switch came out with an SoC using that node in March 2017, 2 1/2 years later. The Orin chip you mention uses Samsung's 8 nm, most likely. Phones based on the Snapdragon 730 that used Samsung's 8 nm came out in August 2019. I don't know how much the Tegra X1's 20 nm was changed from the one Apple used or how much the Orin processor's 8 nm is changed from the Snapdragon 730's, but an 8 nm Orin-based Switch 2 would come out 4 1/2 years after the initial products using Samsung's 8 nm process. I know Nintendo does not like to chase technology, but I'd find it surprising that if Nintendo did go the route of introducing a mostly-derivative Switch 2 with updated technical specifications they'd choose to introduce a product that trails in those technical specifications with respect to the current state of the art even more than the original Switch did. For one thing, the original Switch was a gamble and the Switch 2 should have a lower probability of having a very low production run. Therefore Nintendo is more likely to order a more custom chip and be willing to take greater, rather than lesser, risks with the technology. For example, porting an Ampere GPU-based SoC to TSMC's 7 nm process would perhaps be a minimum. But if they were to slide the time scale of the GPU architecture one year forward from the original Switch instead of one year backward they could use a Lovelace GPU-based SoC, which will have come out 1 1/2 years before a possible March 2024 release of the Switch 2. The 5 nm process it would most likely be produced on would have been first used by Apple in a September 2020 product, 3 1/2 years before the Switch 2 SoC would use it. That would still be a full year larger delta than the original Switch displayed with respect to Apple's use of the 20 nm node (3 1/2 years for Switch 2 vs 2 1/2 years for Switch). So a Q2 2024 Switch 2 release seems to me to more likely point towards a Lovelace on 5 nm SoC than an Ampere on 8 nm SoC. Besides, from what I remember, there was never any reason for the speculation that the existence of the Orrin SoC model found in the Linux code had anything to do with Nintendo at all. Most likely it's just a variant of the Orin SoC for use in forming Orin NX and Orin Nano SKUs. Nvidia can't possibly have so many partially good 12 CPU core and 2048 GPU core chips to use for their 6 and 8 CPU core and 512 or 1024 GPU core SKUs, so they definitely need a smaller SoC to use for those SKUs.

[@Dd-fb2tj]

You wot mate?

[@jimmyjiang3413]

I think another way for successor would be signing a new partnership with AMD once again to use custom chips based on latest announcement of Ryzen 7040 Phoenix with XDNA AI engine. This would also bring feature parity with competition, including NVMe SSD, VRR, HDR, hardware accelerated ray tracing support, temporal super resolution, spatial audio, eARC, analog triggers and advanced haptics. NVMe would help future Zelda titles to achieve no load screens when restarting from game over death and transition between dungeon and surface. Mario Kart would benefit analog triggers, etc. Graphics would be improved even at 1080p, like ray traced reflections and shadows.

[@ricepony33]

Software wise, could the Switch 2 use DLSS in docked mode only to save battery power? I like what Alex was saying about the VRR 40fps mobile mode too.

[@Kcalien]

VR switch yes

[@STuffSuperRandom]

This video was uploaded a minute ago. Why is there a comment from a day ago?

[@icedcapplord710]

@@STuffSuperRandom Paetrons

[@anasevi9456]

It will never get DLSS, the Tegra gpu core it has is based off of maxwell and was considered a typical Nintendo dumpster dive for pennies on the dollar chips much as they had done with the already 6 year old no one wants uArch that went into the 3DS in 2011. Even FSR2 support only goes back to pascal, Switch ways borderline obsolete in 2017, now it's just laughable. But that's not what one should buy a switch for. Bought my Switch for classic 3d games and 2d games to have portable and Switch exclusives. Anyone who buys a Switch for Doom Eternal or Witcher 3, or some other wheezy mutant port is a mor0n.

[@Deliveredmean42]

@@anasevi9456 Well... There is always the Tegra sucessor.

[@SeanTSC]

Rich - my launch PS3 actually caught on fire. Sony also charged me $150 to get a refurb replacement from them too lol. Also had two RRODs on X360 Elites, thankfully MS replaced those for free.

[@ScrapKing73]

The PS360 generation was the worst for quality we've yet seen, or hopefully ever will. Nine years and counting, and the Xbox One/PS4 have proven to be nearly bomb-proof in comparison to the PS360 units. And two years and counting, so far so good with the Xbox Series (and the PS5, pending how the liquid metal thing plays out).

[@RoryCMahan]

When the Switch was first shown, I really thought they were going to use the modularity of the dock to release periodic hardware updates across a unified platform as necessary, but here we are . . . years later.

[@Deinorius]

In what way? What modularity? It's just a dock that sends video data to the TV.

[@andrekohler5792]

I think it would be great if the Switch 2 would feature a dedicated GPU built into the dock. They could mitigate the price increase by selling the dock seperately from the mobile unit.

[@seraaron]

Personally, I would love to see a 'Super Switch' of sorts. Something that improves on everything that the original Switch was, enabling devs to make new games with better hardware in mind, but which also has complete backwards compatibility with normal Switch cartridges, and synced up eshop purchases. Like what the 'new' 3DS was to the original, allowing us to get games like Xenoblade Chronicles on a handheld in 2015 (which, looking back is honestly still kind of a miracle).

[@jesseshaver2262]

I think 6 years in is too late for that. It’s time for a successor. Sure, do cross gen for a while, but then fully commit to the new system. Which should be called Switch 2. Keep it simple

[@henryhughes5832]

The PS3 YLOD issue discussed around 1:09:00 was mainly caused by NEC Tokin capacitors failing, not solder issues. These caps were infamous in laptops that used them, specifically from Toshiba. Displaced Gamers did an excellent video on the subject pointing out that the whole solder issue, which did cause the 360's RROD issues, was being incorrectly attributed as the cause of the PS3's one without actually doing any research on the matter. And most of the "research" came out of one german report that X-rayed a single board. Assuming the caps dying didn't damage the Cell or RSX, the best approach to fixing these systems is not a reflow or reball, but replacing these known-defective caps.

[@PrayTellGaming]

The Switch doesn't need a successor, it REALLY needs one.

[@vini16f]

To think that more than 6 years have passed we have no updates on Metroid Prime 4, with the Switch being released on the promise we would get that game, I wonder how well it is coming along.

[@theseabass]

I think part of the reason Nintendo has been extending out the Switch generation is partly due to potential production issues with a new model. Currently, the Switch is being made on 14nm, which is very low cost these days, and there isn't much competition for production capacity for orders of silicon from other companies as well which allows them to produce a lot for cheap. They probably extended the current switch timeline simply to wait out some of the production issues that were present the past two years, allowing the tech to get cheaper and capacity to produce the silicon get larger.

[@emlyndewar]

They want the next console to last another 6 years too, and I’m just not sure the current nvidia low power offerings are what they need.

[@jimmyjiang3413]

@@emlyndewar I think it would be difficult and AMD is the only choice for them, unless Intel can do their work with Meteor Lake and Arc Battlemage and later.

[@Paakli]

We have 4K TVs in every living room and you play your Switch on that. So a big YES.

[@WMCheerman]

How great would it be for a low powered grace-Lovelace handheld, one can dream.

[@Matt_MR]

Very disappointed that we didn't get a port of Sonic Adventure 1 and 2 for the Switch.

[@existentialselkath1264]

I've never understood the problem with using AA batteries in the xbox controller. Using rechargeable AAs, you aren't creating ewaste, you can swap them instantly for a full charge, you can use them in other devices too, and most importantly nobody is throwing out a controller when the batteries reach end of life. Its arguable more convenient, and it's almost certainly better for the environment. While you 'can' replace internal battery packs, the average consumer probably won't (just like phones).

[@TheBean87]

Bang on, plus the options are there, people who like battery packs can use them an people who prefer rechargeable AAs can use them.

[@ShinyMooTank]

I don't understand why people hate AA battery compartment? It's a universal standard and people can use rechargeable batteries or battery packs. It's user friendly and easy to repair especially when we are pushing right to repair.

[@juu226]

Looks like those people who see problem with AA batteries are not aware that there are recharchable batteries avaliable - cheap and easy to find, easy to replace for new after end of lifecycle. Internal battery in DS i bad solution, that is why I am using Xbox controller for PC for years.

[@lancealex382]

Controller battery, Ideal solution. Manufacturers provide rechargeable battery compartments which can be easily accessed. The key part is they're provided as part of the cost, not extra!

[@nikitos3558]

All they need to do is to just care for the hardware they put in for a second and to stick with the hybrid idea and they will be successful.

[@clementrousseau3571]

They actually care a lot about the hardware they put in. They need to make a benefit out of it from day one because the very core of Nintendo is gaming, whereas Sony and MS have much more going on from films to TV to cloud to PC OS - all of which can absorb some hardware loss in their gaming branch. Nintendo is just starting to diversify. So yeah, they’ll always cheap out in the end. But for good reasons.

[@Tron08]

My primary gripe with the Microsoft controller is it costs the same as its competitors that offer rechargeable batteries, gyro, speakers, etc. Basically paying the same for less features. Would prefer if it came with a rechargeable battery back that can be removed and supports AA batteries like how the 8-bit-Do Pro 2 does.

[@rocstarang5747]

You make pretty reasonable points. It never occurred to me to just include a removable AA battery shaped pack 👍👍

[@JohnSmith-bt4lf]

I've always felt that desktop-replacement style gaming laptops only make sense for people with truly mobile lifestyles, e.g. military people deployed abroad, long haul truckers, etc. The problem with such laptops is that they're not only expensive, but don't work particularly well as *laptops*. They're extremely heavy and thick and generally have below-average battery life. They often cut corners on the trackpad to lower costs. They're a pain to carry around and to actually use unplugged without an external mouse. And when you do sit down and plug in to play games, the fans are loud as hell while an ungodly amount of heat comes out through the keyboard. I've personally seen some Asus ROG laptops melt plastic parts because of the heat. If your lifestyle isn't super-mobile, e.g. a college student staying in the same residence for 1 year, then for the cost of a desktop-replacement laptop, you could buy either a real desktop or a console, AND a cheap laptop with genuine portability - and still have some cash left over for buying games. That is how I did it in college - I had a $800 desktop and a $120 monitor in my room, plus a $450 laptop that had integrated graphics with 8 hours of battery life. At the time, to get a gaming laptop with comparable performance to my desktop, I would've had to spend at least $1800 on something that weighed 10 lbs and got maybe 3 hours of battery life at best. With Dropbox, syncing school assignments between my desktop and laptop was very seamless. Since my schoolwork wasn't resource intensive, that $450 laptop was perfect for what I used it for (editing documents on campus, often without a charger).

[@MsMarco6]

That's not so true anymore, desktop class laptops have become a lot lighter and sleeker over the past few years and cost has been pretty comparable to desktop, the old style massive desktop replacement really doesn't exist anymore. For example I bought a legion 7 with a rtx 3070 for about £1200 earlier this year (other 3070 laptops were going as low as £900) and it only weighs about 5lbs and is the size of a regular 16" laptop. Bear in mind this was during the height of the gpu shortage so a 3070 desktop would've cost similar amounts and once you price in a comparable 165hz hdr monitor it would've been more expensive so getting a desktop plus laptop definitely isn't the cheaper option anymore. Yes performance isn't quite the same but it isn't far off at all (about 3060 ti equivalent) and the portability more than makes up for it, not because I take it outside but more the ability to use it on the sofa or in bed or the kitchen, I hate being chained to a desk being able to use my PC wherever I want is important to me I grew up with laptops and so am far more comfortable with them. And thanks to the Mux switch I can disable the Dgpu when unplugged and get similar battery life to a regular laptop when I need it. At the end of the day I think laptop people and desktop people are just different. I much prefer having an all in one experience which I can take anywhere both in the house and in the world and i'm happy sacrificing a few percentage points in terms of performance for the quality and convivence. And it really is only a few percentage points nowadays especially in the mid range, a 3060 laptop and desktop only have a 5% difference for example and for a similar price why wouldn't you choose the laptop? After all a laptop can do everything a desktop can do but that definitely doesn't work the other way around

[@10whiten99]

After hearing about Suicide Squad as an apparent live service I’m very worried about it, and is another example of a game’s announcement and subsequent trailers not actually communicating what it would be like. People are saying we always knew it would be multiplayer or co-op, but this is not the same as the kind of loot/numbers driven multiplayer game that it appears to be. Gotham Knights did not communicate this well, and the Avengers just went heavier with the live service aspects than anyone expected to the point that no one could be bothered to play the game. I don’t understand why studios seem to like this live service, RPG-style number driven games. It can’t be enjoyable to develop many of these bloated and sometimes ridiculously complex games.

[@fourlights]

Richard pondering which 5 star restaurant to book this weekend from the thumbnail.

[@screamsilver89]

I’m honestly worried for Tears of the Kingdom as even my TV struggles to cope with the low resolutions of Switch - On a LG C2 85”

[@neilwilson5785]

Thanks for your support of AA batteries in controllers. I use 2600 mAh rechargables on my controllers, and it is a great solution.

[@TheJazzbassjazz]

The most common issue with YLOD ps3 are with the NEC/TOLKEN caps that needs to be swapped but the issue wasn't clearly understood until recently

[@KoolMB]

Sadly the switch will continue to sell as long as there are people out there still settling for poorly optimized games and ports.... The Pokémon Scarlett/Violet incident has opened the eyes of some, but unless Zelda: TotK runs like hot trash no one will complain and Nintendo won't do anything.

[@TrentMac]

I love the ability to change out the battery in the XBOX controller, who wants to have a controller with an internal battery that fails and you have to throw out the whole controller.

[@TheLingo56]

Crossing my fingers for a summer Switch 2 announcement. New hardware from them feels like it should be close, either this year or next year. The only thing is that usually you get lots of new hardware leaks leading up to an announcement. But, besides potential SoC details leaking a few months ago, there hasn't been much leaked about a Switch 2 yet.

[@NeoCyrus777]

The Switch's chip was 2 generations outdated at launch... about 6 years ago.

[@Dairunt1]

One little thing that I don't see talked too often about a Switch 2, I hope it has a smaller factor. Something more in line with the Switch Lite; it's a bit cumbersome to take my Switch with me without a backpack. It can't fit in my pocket. Having a Switch as small as a Switch Lite, but with an OLED screen, detachable Joycons and being able to dock would be the best of all Switch models. It'll all depend if Nintendo prefers portability over power.

[@NostraSamus]

Nah, switch lite is too tiny. Plus, you can separate the joycons and put them in different pockets, making it even more portable than the lite. Not a fan of the lite form factor, and there's no way to have a larger screen with that size. Tiny portables with tiny screens are annoying.

[@Dairunt1]

@@NostraSamus The Switch Lite has a 5.5" screen with LOTS of bezel. I think you can fit a 6" OLED in there; just like the regular Switch went from a 6.2" LCD to a 7" OLED. 6" would be almost the same as playing handheld on a regular Switch, with just a bit of less pixel density so it might be beneficial. And nothing would stop them from releasing an XL model with a 7" screen and a bigger battery.

[@NostraSamus]

@@Dairunt1 the Switch Lite was not popular though. Not only because it can’t “switch” but smaller chassis means smaller battery in most cases. If anything, a new Switch will likely increase slightly in thickness. The market dictates, so they’re not going to try anything similar to the switch lite because it is underperforming.

[@jaimemrls29]

Sonic Frontiers switch port is a perfect example of hardware holding next gen games and experiences back.

[@DDT-lr3zz]

Greed and laziness also are holding back games

[@charleskuhn382]

My favorite moment of the week ❤️

[@AltimaNEO]

Also the liquid metal thing smells like bull. I mean PCs are vertically oriented and those don't suffer from leaking liquid metal, by people who use it.

[@KIager]

My guess is it's only damaged/dropped units. Liquid metal doesn't leak over time, it's either contained or it's not.

[@judgemanning3352]

I used to be 100% only Switch gaming but recently started playing games in my backlog on PC (GTX1070). If the Switch version doesn't run at 1080p 60FPS and it's avaiable on Steam, I'll get that version instead. Have my PC connected to my HD TV and getting great performance.

[@lt6532]

Well, the Orin NX (and Nano) will be released this winter. I wouldn't rule out a spring 2024 release for the Switch 2.

[@skieth9999]

I think 2 TFLOPS + DLSS in Docked mode would be pretty spectacular.

[@gerboog]

Lol that would be more than the steam deck. Forget it.

[@paddipat]

@@gerboog only in docked mode seems possible. When in handheld mode, you just clock down. Or isn't it that easy like I think?

[@Plathismo]

John dunking on Elder Scrolls Online at 32:10 is great. I actually have played it, and yes, it's "filler" as far as I'm concerned. Todd Howard explicitly stated in an interview that the existence of ESO has made them more comfortable with the monstrous gap between Skyrim and ES VI (which won't be out until 2027-2028, I suspect) and for that reason I curse that game.

[@carlharrison6476]

Geforce Now is very impressive. I use it to play Destiny 2 on Steam Deck and it's such a good experience, I wouldn't install the game natively even if I could.

[@kostiantynhlyz]

Hey, everyone. Just wanted to comment on the "4k Direct" thing - what I do most of the time, when I watch these vidoes, is put them to an actually lower resolution (like 480p or such) and play some games while the video is playing in the background. That way I save some performance (and bandwidth of course).

[@Dosnmeda]

I still believe a Pro model would be the best way to handle it. That way Nintendo would retain its huge install base for its first party titles (which still perform well), and give players with higher demands for third party titles a way to play those games at an improved performance. This premium hardware would probably help Nintendo to maintain its momentum throughout the next two years and help it become the best selling platform of all time. Then, once that has been achieved, I can see them launch a brand new system.

[@RizwanZia]

Regarding the question: "Why AA batteries are still used by XBox Controller?". I totally agree with John's point of view and many people are not able to understand in general. AA batteries are a "better choice" and I have been using AA rechargeable batteries myself with those already for years (4-5). I bought 4 Eneloop Pros and those have served me so well and still on-going. Having built-in lithium-icon batteries is not a feature but rather a limitation. I own PlayStation3 and PlayStation4 controller and it is a "pain" to find lithium ion battery for those online. It would essentially mean to buy more proprietary stuff from a particular company. Good work here Microsoft!

[@sozisalad5011]

As usual another great Df direct!!!

[@crobinson2624]

I don’t understand it, how can people be asking for a Switch 2 when there has never been so many great games to play on a Nintendo console. There is nearly 4500 games on the Switch. I got games sitting on my shelf I haven’t even opened yet, games I have downloaded I haven’t even started yet. Go to the eshop and just start scrolling through all the games and I bet you will find 5 you should pick up right now and play. Not to mention we still have quite a bit of new Nintendo games coming such as Pikmin 4, Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, Advance Wars remaster, Kirby Return to Dream land Remake, Metroid Prime 4, 3 more waves of DLC for Mario Kart 8, DLC for Splatoon 3 and Pokémon Violet and Scarlett (because you know it will happen.).

[@Baldur452]

Happy new year

[@paradigm2841]

I followed a business course taught by a Ubisoft Montréal head in early 2020 and he was adamant that player engagement was the most important metric to optimise. I think this obsession with quantity (vs quality) is part of the answer of where they went wrong

[@volatilelyle5170]

If the Switch 2 has half the performance as the Series S with DLSS capabilities then the switch 2 would be insane

[@kieran.grant_]

Yeah, and if it has half the performance of the KFConsole with DLSS and FSR that would be even _more_ insane!

[@synthaxx7313]

Steam already does shader precompiling on Linux, and they can do it without the game running. You can see this on the Steamdeck as well in the constant downloads for games that don't have any official updates. Those are shader packs that are downloaded and computed before running the game.

[@blink_mamba9595]

If the Switch can't load the eShop properly, then yes, it needs an upgrade. Buying games on the console is a pain. I just want to give them my money and they're not making it easy.

[@Alexthelion93]

And yet, you are still giving them your money. If you want a change, you'll have to make the first step yourself. Take initiative and stop supporting Nintendo, as difficult as that might sound to you. If more and more people will do this, they will eventually be forced to change their practices. It's cold business, nothing more.

[@blink_mamba9595]

@@Alexthelion93 not difficult. Haven't bought a game in more than a year 👌

[@davidagiel8130]

Yes, Switch released mid-gen 8, so it makes sense to have the next gen Switch mid-gen 9. But, the market has changed now, with gaming mobile phones, steam decks, and other 6800u handheld PCs, Nintendo cannot release weak hardware again. They have the most popular console form factor, there is no risk all they need to do is make it as powerful as possible so you have third-party support. For me, I don't see the point anymore, a handheld PC will be my next device, no need to wait and hope for ports to come to Switch, with a PC you have the largest selection of games and emulators already available.