Quote Originally Posted by era1Ne View Post
I don't want an switch port, if this would hold the vision of Yoshi and his team back for 4.X or even beyond, but this is a decision only they can make. For an handheld the console ist decently powerful.I wouldn't rule this out completely, because MMO are very, very RAM and CPU dependent and those parts are much stronger in the switch than the ps3 was. RAM would be the biggest boost the switch has over ps3. The GPU is better aswell even in dock mode then the ps3 gpu. Could it run Heavensward? Yes imo, but we don't know the bottlenecks of the updated engine for stormblood, so nobody can really comment on that one before the stormblood release. So while i can understand your concern about the switch beeing not good enough or holding ff14 stormblood back and your comparison to shield, i don't undestand your ps3 example, because the switch is more modern and better in cpu, ram and gpu.
Trying to compare a Tegra (what's actually in the Switch) against the PS3 architecture is a real apples to oranges comparison. In a straight nuts and bolts comparison, PS3 is more powerful in computing terms, but less flexible because it's memory starved. Switch's CPU is not more powerful than the one in a PS3, but it's GPU is roughly on par with the RSX - although as it's a more recent design it has the edge over RSX. Now, before Nintendo fans get all defensive on behalf of Nintendo and Switch, remember we're comparing a hand held tablet device against a bespoke console design.

BTW, Switch upclocks itself when docked, so the GPU actually runs faster while docked, your post implies the opposite. The biggest advantage Switch has is the obvious one, memory. In all other respects of hardware performance it's approximately on par with PS3 when docked.

The truth is Nintendo Switch is underpowered compared to Nvidia Shield, and certainly doesn't come close to PS4 even. It's a handheld device that's about as powerful as an 11 year old video game console (PS3), and that's not too shabby for a hand held device. But, it's not an MMO machine.