64bithero@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agoWhat gaming console you own/owned disappointed you the most and why ?message-squaremessage-square179linkfedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down15
arrow-up190arrow-down1message-squareWhat gaming console you own/owned disappointed you the most and why ?64bithero@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square179linkfedilink
minus-squareOldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·16 days 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-down1·16 days 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