1080p downsampled to 720, 1080 for most games on the Wii U so doubt they'd take a step back.
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1080p downsampled to 720, 1080 for most games on the Wii U so doubt they'd take a step back.
Down sampling is pointless as you lose the battery saving of rendering at 720p natively.
If you're talking about a TV then there's no point at all in down sampling if it is rendering internally at 1080p.
Then how will it work?
720p games that the dock then uses a scaling chip for 1080 on the TV? Seems a backward step when the Wii U was 1080 for most games.
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Wii U games are not mostly 1080p, there are a few but its generally a 720p machine.
Yeh this will be my main use (around the house). The Vita will remain my travel handheld.
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Games could switch resolution when video output changes from portable to HDMI out and vice-versa. Remember in the preview trailer when the guy docks the Switch at home to play Skyrim, there's a delay - artificial, but perhaps intended to simulate the game changing render resolution. This solution seems very plausible, but we'll have to wait and see.
When Smash inevitably releases on Switch it will surely be 1080p on hdmi out, any lower and there will be a bit of an uproar for sure. Smash was a game that really benefited from native 1080 (easier to see what's going on with camera zoomed out), can't see them ever going below that again.
Down-sampling in portable mode from 1080 is a possibility. It wouldn't be as power consuming as say having a 1080 res screen on the device would, but seems less likely than a resolution changing solution for reasons mentioned above.
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There were barely any games on the Wii U that were 1080P. WW HD and Smash Bros are the only high profile ones I can think of.
I could've swore MK8 was 1080, but it isn't. Seems only a few were 1080 as you say.
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I can. 16GB is still a lot of information. And remember that is just the standard size. There is nothing to say 32gb or 64gb or bigger cartridges won't come out in the future.
That would not be a bad thing at all. I have my WiiU/3DS for those games, and older generation titles are easily emulated for a virtual console.
Yeah I ain't fissed about backwards compatibility really. I'll keep my Wii U and 3DS anyway.
Hopefully see a Switch version of MK8 anyway. MK8 on the go would be dreamy.
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So a few mentions of 1 tflop or what ever of power, roughly 2/3 a xbox one?
On the go that's OK, but was hoping while docked to be more than that. Nintendo
On the go that's OK, but was hoping while docked to be more than that. Nintendo
They used to add extra chips in the carts, don't think you can do that now though?
The NES lived for 10 years and in that time progress was very quick, don't think the Switch will live near as long or benefit from any density leap in it's time on the market.
The NES lived for 10 years and in that time progress was very quick, don't think the Switch will live near as long or benefit from any density leap in it's time on the market.
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So a few mentions of 1 tflop or what ever of power, roughly 2/3 a xbox one?
On the go that's OK, but was hoping while docked to be more than that. Nintendo
I guess it depends how they engineer the dock and whether it is a pure charger and signal through or it is capable of being redesign into a smart dock in version 1.5 with extra processing thrown in.