Games above technical specifications

A new generation of consoles is always an exciting time, and Nintendo has just punch at the table with the Nintendo Switch 2 Presentation 2. We have gone counting live And all I can say is that the rhythm has been thrilling. After a brief start presenting the console, they have passed to an avalanche of games in a movement very different from that companies such as Sony or Microsoft have accustomed us.

When one of those two companies launches a new generation of consoles, they dedicate a good portion of the event to extol the technical virtues of the machine. It is logical: a new hardware implies that we will see more advanced games in its technical section. However, I still remember presentations such as Xbox One of the E3 2013 in which we saw few games … and a lot of graphic demo.

Nintendo has opted for a different approach: the technical theme has been ventilated in a jiffy talking about four or five characteristics and then has passed to the Marabunta de Games. The little girl is that these games are worth more than a thousand words about teraflops, SSD speeds and memory bandwidth.

I explain myself.

Without technical surroundings: that the games speak

In one seen and not seen, they have commented that the screen has 1080p resolution, HDR compatibility and games at 120 Hz and that the dock has 4K output. Also that integrates a more efficient fan to dissipate heat. And ready. They have not delved into the pixels of an image, nor have they talked about bandwidth or anything like that. Nintendo is clear that:

• If we are jugs, we already know what those numerites imply.
• If we are not juggers, it will sound to another language.

How to solve the ballot? In this case, with games. And they have solved it in two ways. The first has been using the future ‘Metroid Prime 4 Beyond’ as an example. Nor is it that they have deepened a lot, since they have limited themselves to commenting that Switch 2 will have an exclusive version and have not shown comparative between visual modes, but this image:

Background gameplay is all clear that we will have two different modes both in desktop and laptop. Again: Nintendo knows that we have been seeing games with two or more visual modes since 2017 and we do not need comparative at this point.

But, really, the main course has arrived when the third -party games have shown. Nintendo Switch is a console with a spectacular catalog, with a demential number of titles, but if something must be said of it is that franchises that are present in PS5, Xbox Series and PC are missing.

For the power of the system, an ‘Elden Ring’, a ‘Star Wars Outlaws’ or a ‘cyberpunk’ were unthinkable in the hybrid console. Well, I have not put these three random names: they are titles that have been confirmed in the Nintendo Direct for Switch 2.

Not only them: ‘Split Fiction’, up -to -date version of a ‘Hogwarts Legacy’ that visually dragged into Switch, ‘Hitman’, ‘Yakuza 0’ and even the recent ‘Borderlands 4’ have confirmed their presence in Switch 2. Nintendo has not wanted to drown in a sea of ​​technical specifications and has been limited to more earthly issues.

A “‘Zelda: Tears of the Kingdon‘It will be better more resolution in switch 2 “, but Without comparing pixels as we saw in the presentation of Ps5 pro. Also a “Switch 1 SD cards are not worth 2 because they must be extreme due to the loading requirements of the games”, but without going into details.

Nintendo has overwhelmed us with games that speak, by themselves, the technical muscle of the machine. It could have been lost in a sea of ​​specifications of the new Nvidia Tegra Chip, of the rumored presence of the AI ​​escalation (of which they have not said a word, so we do not know if there is climbing with the or not) or in other technical issues, but they have opted for another way: that the games speak.

And it seems to me a great idea, especially when we come from a generation of desktop consoles in which, except for some exception, the graphic jump between the previous generation and the current one did not marked too well at the time of the launch of the new machines.

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