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.

  • ZephyrXero@lemmy.worldEnglish
    111·
    1 year ago

    Compared to the X1 chip from 2015 the Switch uses, the Steam Deck is a pretty big jump in power

    • atocci@kbin.social
      2·
      1 year ago

      It’s a huge improvement over the Switch. I’ve tried the same games on both platforms before, they always perform leagues better on the Deck.

    • Shadywack@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      That’s a real good point, I should have clarified that it’s not a jump compared to what’s currently available. It would be a massive upgrade for existing users if the software leverages capability, but it won’t be a portable handheld that’s going to be able to render contemporary scenes at 4k.

      • ZephyrXero@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        I think Nintendo itself doesn’t need much more power than they’ve been using, but if they want to keep their 3rd party devs, the new system will have to be able to run Unreal engine 5 games in some sort of stripped down performance mode. Over half the new AA & AAA games currently in development all run on UE5