[KennyBlanken]

> the power to run pretty much any modern game (albeit with worse graphics)

To be specific: 720p and severely degraded effects, textures, models, anti-aliasing, etc - and you'll be lucky to get 60fps.

The Switch has about as much horsepower as a ~6 year old mid-tier Android phone.

[styfle]

The nice thing is that most games don’t _feel_ underpowered on Switch. Sure the graphics don’t look as good but it’s not laggy in the games I’ve tried.

For example: Immortals Fenyx Rising is cross platform, but it feels smooth. I would rather play on Switch than other consoles so I can occasionally play while traveling. It’s really nice to have the same game, same save point, with same controller on the TV or on the go.

[Agentlien]

My job these last few years has mainly been focused on trying to get games running smoothly across all platforms and finding workarounds or optimizations for switch has been the biggest part of it. It's so incredibly weak in comparison to any other modern console. It's literally a mobile SoC from 2015.

As a user, however, the switch is by far my favorite console. It might not look as flashy but I can play almost any game I want anywhere I want.

[msh]

Nah. It got the power of a really high end 6 year old Android phone. And with the fan it can provide more power than the same soc in a phone form factor.

[hajile]

Theoretical power and actual power in phones are quite different. Phones throttle their chips down to nothing very quickly.