FFXIV FOR THE NINTENDO SWITCH

[Bladesinger]

Yay Necros - So, if folks are paying attention to the leaks coming out of China and several development houses including SE - The Switch is RUMORED to house a processing output that now rivals the PS4 PRO - Can't wait for this be confirmed in January!!

[Kosmos992k]

Yay Necros - So, if folks are paying attention to the leaks coming out of China and several development houses including SE - The Switch is RUMORED to house a processing output that now rivals the PS4 PRO - Can't wait for this be confirmed in January!!

LOL This would be a pretty good definition of wishful thinking. Tegra X2 perhaps, since the dev kits feature overclocked Tegra X1 with heatsinks. That said, the optimistic X2 spec suggests it would be on pat with Xbox One & original PS4, not PS4 Pro. Switch is a hand held unit, get real.

[Bladesinger]

LOL This would be a pretty good definition of wishful thinking. Tegra X2 perhaps, since the dev kits feature overclocked Tegra X1 with heatsinks. That said, the optimistic X2 spec suggests it would be on pat with Xbox One & original PS4, not PS4 Pro. Switch is a hand held unit, get real.

Number 1 - you get real -I said processing power, not graphical output - Number 2, this information is coming from gamesindustry.biz and I think I'll listen to the professionals before I listen to some no name on a forum.

It's unfortunate that consumers can't access the business side of gamesindustry.biz - the excitment coming out of there right now over the Switch is refreshing.

[ErdrickLoto]

PS4 FFXIV also runs perfectly fine, last I heard. Doesn't need to be PS4 Pro levels to run FFXIV, just PS4.

[Inori-Yuzuriha]

No thanks .

[Bladesinger]

No thanks .

This should be welcomed by anyone wanting FFXIV to grow - Growth = more funding to the development house which in turn gets us more content

[Inori-Yuzuriha]

Console limitations.

No thanks.

[ErdrickLoto]

Console limitations.

No thanks.

That are already present with the PS4 version...

[Jpec07]

Everyone seems to be focusing on the console's power, while forgetting something:

FFXIV requires an internet connection to play.

Unless I'm thoroughly mistaken, the Switch doesn't have an LTE chip (you'd need a SIM card and a mobile data subscription to use it).

In order to be mobile with FFXIV on the Switch, you'd need to tether through your smartphone or hijack someone else's wifi.

Technical aspects of the console aside, I think that presents a pretty glaring problem with porting the game to the Switch.

[LadyCatastro]

SNIP

It has Wifi connection just like any other console my main man.

So you could use it at a cafe or anywhere else that has free Wifi just like the 3ds, but on an actual console.