64bithero@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWhat gaming console you own/owned disappointed you the most and why ?message-squaremessage-square177linkfedilinkarrow-up196arrow-down14
arrow-up192arrow-down1message-squareWhat gaming console you own/owned disappointed you the most and why ?64bithero@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square177linkfedilink
minus-squareOldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month agoIIRC that Tegra X1 chip was launched in 2015 so the Switch launched with an obsolete SoC. It’s surprising to see how much performance they’ve been able to wring out of that old tech for nearly a decade. Color me impressed.
minus-squareazdle@news.idlestate.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 month agoThat’s kinda, at least historically, been Nintendo’s whole thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpei_Yokoi#Design_philosophy
IIRC that Tegra X1 chip was launched in 2015 so the Switch launched with an obsolete SoC. It’s surprising to see how much performance they’ve been able to wring out of that old tech for nearly a decade. Color me impressed.
That’s kinda, at least historically, been Nintendo’s whole thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpei_Yokoi#Design_philosophy