Nintendo Switch 2 - For the Soytendo consoomers to speculate about the successor to the Switch, recently announced for 2025.

Fcret said:
Also does anyone really need this stuff from a game console anymore? Every TV now comes with a billion streaming apps built-in. It was a different story back in 2013 with the PS4 and Xbone but these days I just can't see why a console would need such things.
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And for the schizo, you simply plug in the computer of your choice to the spy TV. You can pick up a 7th gen or newer Intel OptiPlex MFF for under $100 and have H.264/H.265/VP9 hardware decode, and AV1 done in software just fine.

It is true that Nintendo not including YouTube, Netflix, etc. is retarded. But that's a decision they could fix with an update.

For the older PlayStation and Xbox consoles, disc drives were part of the appeal. PS2 including a DVD player was a big deal, PS3 helped Blu-ray defeat HD DVD, and PS5 provides a last gasp for the Ultra HD Blu-ray. Physical media is deceased now though, RIP.
 
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Fcret said:
Also does anyone really need this stuff from a game console anymore? Every TV now comes with a billion streaming apps built-in. It was a different story back in 2013 with the PS4 and Xbone but these days I just can't see why a console would need such things.
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I don't know if you "need" it, but it certainly doesn't hurt to have. A lot of TVs come with limited connectivity now, just one or two HDMI ports, so if you can play your vidya and stream your animes on a single device, it's definitely a plus for some people. Switch 2 also has a nice big screen, much bigger than most phones, so it might be a nice device to watch Netflix in bed on or whatever.
 
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Never Scored said:
I don't know if you "need" it, but it certainly doesn't hurt to have. A lot of TVs come with limited connectivity now, just one or two HDMI ports, so if you can play your vidya and stream your animes on a single device, it's definitely a plus for some people. Switch 2 also has a nice big screen, much bigger than most phones, so it might be a nice device to watch Netflix in bed on or whatever.
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Yeah but why would you need to stream off your game console to a TV when every TV in 2025 has the streaming apps built-in?

The portable bit I can concede on though.
 
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Fcret said:
Yeah but why would you need to stream off your game console to a TV when every TV in 2025 has the streaming apps built-in?

The portable bit I can concede on though.
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I don't know how many people are like me, but I personally did not connect my smart TV to the Internet because it's just another avenue to serve me ads. The software in them also becomes obsolete very rapidly and a lot of the apps stop working after a couple years and most people are gonna keep their TV longer than that.
 
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Fcret said:
Also does anyone really need this stuff from a game console anymore? Every TV now comes with a billion streaming apps built-in. It was a different story back in 2013 with the PS4 and Xbone but these days I just can't see why a console would need such things.
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Back then there was DLNA on the PS3 and PS4 so you could stream all your MP3 and DivX from your PC to your PS that you had connected to your TV. Then you could say fuck off to all the paid streaming app shit, but the Sony bastards removed the DLNA feature from the PS5.
 
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That's mister Chris Wray revealing himself again 🤣
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It was a joke brooooo 😂

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Kiwi Andy said:
After putting a decent amount of hours into MK World, this video is 100% accurate, the game sucks due to baffling design decisions. There is gold under the hood but it is covered in shit at the moment.
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The two things that I keep noticing from all these videos is not just how empty the open world looks, but how similar it looks to 8. Sure, if you pause the videos around and do side by side comparisons (What basically Digital Foundry did in their review), sure, you can see some improvements in textures and LODs, but in the moment to gameplay, they look almost identical, I would dare to say 8 looks a bit better.
 
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Armor King said:
The two things that I keep noticing from all these videos is not just how empty the open world looks, but how similar it looks to 8. Sure, if you pause the videos around and do side by side comparisons (What basically Digital Foundry did in their review), sure, you can see some improvements in textures and LODs, but in the moment to gameplay, they look almost identical, I would dare to say 8 looks a bit better.
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See it with your own eyes on a nice 4k set with HDR, it looks and runs phenomenal. The tech is not the issue, it looks way better than MK8 to me. The lack of content, weird design of races and the empty open world are the main issues. There is no fucking point to the open world, it only makes the game worse without benefits. While all of this could be fixable, it becomes a joke with the long development time, unlimited Nintendo resources and price of the game. I would be very pissed if I had not gotten the MK World console bundle.
 
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Kiwi Andy said:
See it with your own eyes on a nice 4k set with HDR, it looks and runs phenomenal. The tech is not the issue, it looks way better than MK8 to me. The lack of content, weird design of races and the empty open world are the main issues. There is no fucking point to the open world, it only makes the game worse without benefits. While all of this could be fixable, it becomes a joke with the long development time, unlimited Nintendo resources and price of the game. I would be very pissed if I had not gotten the MK World console bundle.
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Oh I'll try it, I'm just waiting for the emulator.
 
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Fcret said:
It's a bit of an odd launch happening in the middle of the year. Right now it feels very similar to the Game Boy Advance - emphasis on back-compat, enhanced versions of older games, and a mixed-reception Mario Kart.
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Well that's not good, because the Switch 1 also had an emphasis on enhanced versions of old games charging full price for them. What happens when Nintendo runs out of old games?
 
Kiwi Andy said:
After putting a decent amount of hours into MK World, this video is 100% accurate, the game sucks due to baffling design decisions. There is gold under the hood but it is covered in shit at the moment.
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Definitely seeing more of these video crop up

Figure most people got this game through the bundle. Imagine the feedback when people are spending $80
 
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Fcret said:
Supposedly there's going to be another direct soon-ish and we might actually see some interesting titles come out in the second half of the year.
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We need that badly, the lineup is so dire.

Never Scored said:
I don't know if you "need" it, but it certainly doesn't hurt to have. A lot of TVs come with limited connectivity now, just one or two HDMI ports, so if you can play your vidya and stream your animes on a single device, it's definitely a plus for some people. Switch 2 also has a nice big screen, much bigger than most phones, so it might be a nice device to watch Netflix in bed on or whatever.
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Right, it's not strictly needed but it should have streaming apps, why not. Hopping over to YouTube in the same device to look up something about a game is very convenient. It should have a browser too, but those are being phased out it seems.

Dammit Mandrake! said:
Why is that bad? Mario Kart 8 looks great.
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It does, but a 2025 game shouldn't look like an 11 year old game from 2 console generations back.
 
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