The same person who leaked the existence of Metroid Dread assures that a Spanish developer has received the development kit for the successor to Nintendo S...

The same person who leaked the existence of Metroid Dread assures that a Spanish developer has received the development kit for the successor to Nintendo Switch.

  • kaseijin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I don’t see what the big deal is even. Developers can just continue using the same tooling, and just target a higher graphics budget. Surely Nintendo isn’t so crazy as to introduce some backward incompatible changes?

  • Leyla :)@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Nintendo essentially rebranded the GameCube for 3 console generations, I assume they’ll do the same with the Switch. Don’t expect anything better than a slightly out of date Android tablet by the time it comes out. This is great for devs though.

  • Shadywack@lemmy.worldEnglish
    02·
    1 year ago

    Judging from the leaks, it looks like it will be more inline with Steam Deck capability as opposed to a leap forward in computational power.

      • jiji@kbin.social
        1·
        1 year ago

        A leap forward from the Switch, yes. I think they were saying the “Switch 2” will not be a leap forward in the general sense of what’s available.

      • Shadywack@lemmy.worldEnglish
        01·
        1 year ago

        With a good portion of its capability hamstrung by abstraction layers. That said, Switch 2 doesn’t look to be a 4k device when docked.

        • rDrDr@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          I played Hogwarts Legacy on my Steam Deck at 4k upscaled from like 480p or something. I think it was upscaled to 1080p with FSR 2.0 then again to 4k with FSR 1.0. It was like watching a slideshow of impressionist paintings set in the English countryside.