I agree that Windows is trash, but that won't keep me from correcting you. PS2, PSP, PS3, PS Vita, PS4, and PS5 are built on FreeBSD components which is apparently a totally different OS from Linux and PS1 probably also relied on FreeBSD as well. I think theDS and DSi, I know the 3DSes, and apparently the Switch 1 all use FreeBSD as a base for their system OS. Switch 2 likely also relies on FreeBSD. Android is a more complete OS than many core Linux distributions. It's good to know we...
There are already several games on Switch 2 coming up short in side-by-side comparisons. Cyberpunk 2077, Fortnite, and HogLeg are just the first examples with the first game in this list only having better image quality due to DLSS and slightly more stable performance due to that lower resolution than last gen systems enabled by DLSS, but having simplified models at mid distances and fewer NPCs roaming around than on PS4 or Xbox One.
In this case Digital Foundry is right. They didn't adequately explain or sound remotely confident when showing Switch 2's "visual" benefits in that HogLeg comparison was related to loading. Yes, sometimes two massive world segments can be connected by a smaller individual loading zone like how Jak 2 handled open world zones on PS2. There is a small room that in itself is it's own discrete loading zone that you wait inside as the next massive portion of the map loads in....
It's pretty clear that Switch 2 isn't more powerful than PS4 Pro. Is the base model PS4 being beaten? Well, Switch 2 is hardly ever actually being compared to the base model PS4, but seeing as how it's yet to outperform PS4 Pro in basically any other way than loading data into RAM in video comparisons. I have to assume the individual developer being interviewed has very little experience with PS4 and Xbox One.
Switch 2 sits somewhere close to Xbox One and PS4 and I'm not talking about last generation's enhanced models either. The evidence is provided by the video. Switch 2's native rendering resolution doesn't even compare favorably to last generation systems. Loading content much faster and is about the only real next generation thing about Switch 2 compared to last gen home consoles.
Why wpuld that be surprising? SanDisk created the standard amd has the most expensive cards.
Doesn't improve HDR above 450 nits.
It's not impressive when PS4 Pro at It's lowest resolution bounds is holding on to 30FPS just about as well as Switch 2 in performance mode. The advantage at stress points could be more than 300% favoring PS4 Pro. So, while the games don't look all that different at a glance there's a world between them computationally speaking. Given the differences it can seem like I'm only proving your point, but there are similarly capable systems running the same games at the same ene...
It will only get worse from here. The PS4 version of Fortnite probably still looks significantly better than Switch 2. We already see PS4 looking better in No Man's Sky, and Hitman and there are shared assets between PS4 and Switch 2 in HogLeg trailers. Switch 2 is firmly in last-gen territory computationally speaking.
Cyberpunk 2077 doesn't even look or run significantly better than it did on PS4 Pro here and that's including Switch 2's 40FPS performance mo...
It would be a flex... if it were true.
It's not true.
I've watched the video the article refers to and even commented on it. People rightfully pointed out things I missed and upon further inspection I noted things that we all missed on our first passes. Ultimately, Switch 2 often has worse textures, geometry, and performance on top of the much lower native rendering resolution. Switch 2 is way behind Xbox One X on every level if it's firmly behind the P...
"Cyberpunk 2077 Outperforms PS4 Pro and Matches Xbox Series S on Nintendo Switch 2"
Bait.
From the video description:
PS4 Pro: Dynamic 1188p 30fps (from 1080-972p)
Nintendo Switch 2: Docked: Quality Mode: Upscaled 1080p30 with DLSS (720p~635p) Performance Mode: Upscaled 1080p/~40fps with DLSS (635~540p) Handheld: Quality Mode: Upscaled 1080p30 with DLSS (635p~504p) Performance Mode: Upscaled 720p~40fps with DLSS (540~480p)
Xbox Series S: ...
Not only are they saying that, but they're also saying that Nintendo's far smaller selection and the wait for future GC games is worth it while PS' much larger selection isn't. The only justification they can put forth for such lunacy is that Nintendo's subscription service is much cheaper over an entire year and to that... well it's opinion based. Personally, I don't have a lot of nostalgia or love for a lot of these games being released either way, but I've b...
So, you're saying that PS is in a different league?
@FinalFantasyFanatic
That seems true only if you use Steam Guard. If you opted for T2A via SMS the article suggests it's time to make the switch to Steam Guard and of course change your password.
@Christopher
Where are you getting that from?
The linked article above says, "The seller claims this is a “fresh” leak and says it includes usernames, passwords, two-factor SMS logs, message contents, metadata, delivery status, and other sensitive details." Which sure sounds like they might have a lot of other information. If this leak is legitimate I better stop hearing people falsely say PSN is the worst secured digital storefront (even though that hasn't bee...
@CrimsonWing69
It wouldn't matter if 99.999+% are buying digitally. If the game passed QA and is playable from beginning to end before subsequent patches, then that full game should be on the disc in its entirety and if it's too large to fit on a triple layer 75GB BD-ROM then the requisite number of discs should come in the retail box to finalize the installation on the target HW. This should be the rule for EVERY PUBLISHER, but especially where there is no mention on the pac...
Indeed. Eventually, people will wake up to the economic reality of decoupling our currency with tangible commodities like gold, trading it in for infinite growth in the form of GDP.
Missing the forest for the trees. Asking less isn't going to make games better either. What is wrong is that there are too many suits trying to play with math to beat the market before the market makes a decision.
Ideally, the value of your currency would be more stable.
I agreed, but I'm going to be specific about what I agreed with. Microsoft has the best PR team on Earth capable of bamboozling hundreds of millions of people. This is their one true accomplishment. Everything else you think MS accomplished was the result of their fantastic PR team's influence on you.