It's stronger than a Wii u in portable mode even using a port from a different architecture.
I wonder if you're a dead set troll
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Factor 5 reacquires Turrican license (Interview with Factor 5 founder)
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It's stronger than a Wii u in portable mode even using a port from a different architecture.
I wonder if you're a dead set troll
mavericktopgun
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If a device with old gpu/cpu and 512 mb (256mb) RAM can run those games, I guess a 2017 machine with more cpu/gpu power and 8 (16) times the ram can do it too.
efyu_lemonardo
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I gather from this that Julian has a devkit.
Hopefully he's assembling a team of wizards as we speak. Even a small indie title from these guys would be much appreciated!
Perhaps Shin'en can work together with him?
Hopefully he's assembling a team of wizards as we speak. Even a small indie title from these guys would be much appreciated!
Perhaps Shin'en can work together with him?
ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
Why do you take them serious in the first place?
Sora the Cat
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Of course it can, and better than PS3 too.
Without any kind of doubt. At higher resolution while docked too.
- Factor V Media Production GmbH renamed to Factor 5 GmbH
- legal fights in the US have ended
- Own Softgold and Rainbow Arts licenses, source code, etc.
- Plan to re-release old titles sometime in future
Factor 5 GmbH was liquidated in 2011. The company was reformed under a new name (Factor V Media Production GmbH) and now they've taken on that name again.
Why no Switch streaming apps at launch?
- OS/dev tools of Wii U were a mess - only came together 4 weeks before launch
- Switch OS and dev tools great to work with, usability on same level as PS4
- Nintendo focus on OS speed and games
- Porting streaming technology no issue, would've been ready on day 1, delay of streaming apps simply a strategic decision by Nintendo
- Nintendo is talking with streaming providers right now
- legal fights in the US have ended
- Own Softgold and Rainbow Arts licenses, source code, etc.
- Plan to re-release old titles sometime in future
Factor 5 GmbH was liquidated in 2011. The company was reformed under a new name (Factor V Media Production GmbH) and now they've taken on that name again.
Why no Switch streaming apps at launch?
- OS/dev tools of Wii U were a mess - only came together 4 weeks before launch
- Switch OS and dev tools great to work with, usability on same level as PS4
- Nintendo focus on OS speed and games
- Porting streaming technology no issue, would've been ready on day 1, delay of streaming apps simply a strategic decision by Nintendo
- Nintendo is talking with streaming providers right now
It can't, because nobody will port GTA 5 or similar games to Switch 😬
Well that's reassuring. I wonder if they have a web browser in the works as well
Interfectum
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You don't know this.
ArchedThunder
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Factor 5 LIVES!!!!!!!
Oh yeah, also basically telling us what we knew about the Switch's power, but some people will still act like it's sub 360.
Oh yeah, also basically telling us what we knew about the Switch's power, but some people will still act like it's sub 360.
MilkyJoe
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He can't definitive you tell you that Aliens won't land tomorrow, but it's a safe bet it's not going to happen.
I thought that they published it, but owned and developed by Factor 5.
If I'm wrong... well... that sort of sums up Factor 5. Great developers, no usable IPs.
exactly. Maybe we will see some early ports this year but console sales will decide if these games are viable on Switch. I think nintendo should try to create their own 'western' IP to show the system is viable. I guess my phone can also handle a TLoU or GTAV port but won't receive it because people wouldn't consider play it ...
Vindicator
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Great news, they should rerelease/remaster Turrican 1-3 on PSN/XBL/3DS/Switch while making a new 3D sequel.
What if Nintendo delayed the video apps like they delayed MK8, to fill in the release gaps? /halfjoking
efyu_lemonardo
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Perhaps Nintendo can pay Factor 5 to port Wii U, 3DS and legacy games to Switch?
ethomaz
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It is probably not.
ArchedThunder
Banned
Yes, it is.
efyu_lemonardo
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Zelda performance alone indicates that it is
It definitely is. It doesn't run fast rmx at a higher res, with better graphics and more stable frame rate, or Zelda with vastly better performances, because of divine grace. It does because it's more powerful.
And the statement reads a lot like "it's halfway between", which is what other people have been saying and ignored by the usual armchair engineers.
tkscz
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If anything, closer to the XBO than the Wii U.
The GPU is a modern asset Maxwell based GPU, while the Wii U has a 2010 based VIWL5 AMD CPU (something around the HD Radeon 4000 series) and the XBO has an GCN based mordern GPU (based on the HD Radeon 7000 series). To give a better idea, API wise, the Switch can do things on the level of DX11.1 (maybe 12, we don't know what the costume API can fully do yet), while the Wii U tops out at DX10 with some assets from DX11 (of course Nintendo can't use DX as that's a Microsoft copyrighted API).
The CPU is an ARM A57, which is much better than the GameCube based (but upgraded) IBM Power CPU the Wii U has, and even has advantages over the Jaguar CPU the XBO has.
The Switch has 4GBs of LPDDR4 RAM with 3.2GBs of it usable for games. LPDDR4 is faster and more efficient than the 2GBs (only 1GB usable) GDDR3 in the Wii U but not as fast as the 8GBs (5GB usable) GDDR5 in the XBO, but closer to XBO than Wii U.
People on GAF treat FLOPs like they are the only thing that matter, but FLOPs are no different from Bits back in the day. They give a basic measurement, but miss a lot more detail that only the architecture can give you.
Polygonal_Sprite
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Great news! I always thought it was only 1/3 of Xbox One. Amazing for a tablet!!
Gotdatmoney
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Yes. Literally better than those systems too.
That's not how hardware works :/
ethomaz
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X1 @ 384Mhz = ~190 GFLOPS.
That is about 50% over Wii U power accounting the nVidia vs AMD flops performance.
Wii U has weaker CPU and less memory (I guess) but the GPU power is about these 50% better in Protable mode.
Edit - Seems like my clock for Swtich was wrong... fixing.
Sora the Cat
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Sorry but this isn't something subjective. It's a fact to everyone who knows a little about the Switch design.
He mentions his team has had Switch devkits since the very beginning, to develop the video streaming apps.
What is quite an interesting tidbit: Factor 5 (in its various legal incarnations) as technically very proficient low-level developers (right now especially in video streaming), get consulted all the time by hardware manufacturers to test and give input during hardware development.
miller.skippins
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I think the video streaming development is under the company name SmoothVOD Inc. nowadays.
efyu_lemonardo
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There have been tons of threads explaining why blindly comparing FLOPS is about as useful as blindly comparing clock speeds.
Actual performance in shipped games is a more objective metric.
There is no realistic scenario in which Switch is at 700 Gflops with FP32. Come on.
hence weaker than Switch, no mental gymnastics needed
ethomaz
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You can argue that NVIDIA GFLOPS is stronger than AMD GFLOPS and I agree.
Even so Switch GPU power is a bit better than Wii U... like 20-30%.
No where close to XB1 sorry.
Zelda is already technically more advanced that the linear games with little to no physics (and even fixed camera in the case of gow) you mentioned. It also implements certain effects that no other open world had last gen.
Yeah because there totally isn't any advantage in going from VLIW5 to Maxwell and from ~DX10.1 API to Vulkan. Also fp16 is useless and the switch doesn't run the gpu at 384mhz when undocked, getting to ~190gflops (which is already more than wii u) on top of all the other advantages.
Sora the Cat
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So you dont know how hardware arquitecture works. You don't compare only by speed.
I think the stylized art style we've seen so far on quite a few of the current/upcoming Switch games is throwing people off on the actual capabilities of the system. I'd bet...some development team, somewhere out there, is creating your standard gray/brown/realistic game that is going to surprise quite a few people.
Milly Osworth
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Here we go again...
Good to hear F5 is back though!
Good to hear F5 is back though!
Factor 5 being alive is great news!!
So that should mean they are looking into developing for Switch, right? Maybe an original title seems too much, but I would totally buy a Rogue Squadron/Leader remaster.
So that should mean they are looking into developing for Switch, right? Maybe an original title seems too much, but I would totally buy a Rogue Squadron/Leader remaster.
ethomaz
Banned
If the clock is 384Mhz then my bad.
Switch Portable run a bit better then Wii U... probably ~50% better.
Nowhere close to XB1.... close to Wii U.
ricardo_sousa11
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What were the options?
Thats kinda like saying a tricicle is something between a bike and a car...
Thats kinda like saying a tricicle is something between a bike and a car...
tkscz
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Like I just said, FLoPs are not the best way to tell what a system is capable of anymore than Bits were back in the day. Architecture is far more important than FLoPs are and Switches Architecture is well above what the Wii U has. I laugh at anyone saying that a VIWL5 based GPU is as powerful or more powerful than a Maxwell based GPU.
primasaurus
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Interesting and good
efyu_lemonardo
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Isn't Xenoblade X coming?
Interfectum
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Yup, for sure.
People think simply because Zelda is stylized and runs at 900p on TV mode that the Switch can't handle even basic PS3/360 ports. I'm not sure if they are just trying to temper their expectations or trolling.