Topic: Resident Evil 7 To Come To Switch Via Cloud Play

[Soren]

Wait, wired connections to the Switch are capped? Through the USB ethernet dongles, the bandwidth is limited somehow?

Nintendo has not enabled USB 3.0 functionality yet, even though yes, the port at the back of the dock is 3.0. Because Nintendo.

[Lemonade]

I have the Wii LAN adapter, which is only USB 2 anyway.

Does the Switch even support any USB 3 gigabit LAN adapters?

[pokepal148]

Wait, wired connections to the Switch are capped? Through the USB ethernet dongles, the bandwidth is limited somehow?

Nintendo has not enabled USB 3.0 functionality yet, even though yes, the port at the back of the dock is 3.0. Because Nintendo.

Bahahahahaha that's perfect.

[ThePerm]

Its too bad Bethesda doesnt share tech.

I own Resident Evil 7 on ps4 and nothing screams "Switch can't do this"

Layers of Fear runs on Switch and visually they're not that different.  I think Capcom just needs to port it to another engine. Though maybe they should go unreal over unity.

[stevey]

If you're going to stream, then why not just stream to a PC? This doesn't make much sense unless they're testing the appetite for a full port on the Switch to come later.

Wait, wired connections to the Switch are capped? Through the USB ethernet dongles, the bandwidth is limited somehow?

This YouTube video seems to imply otherwise...

Maybe he's referring to 5GHz 802.11ac wifi being better than the UBS 2.0 speeds.

[Shaymin]

Its too bad Bethesda doesnt share tech.

I own Resident Evil 7 on ps4 and nothing screams "Switch can't do this"

If you're worried about resolution, there's already a version of RE7 that runs at a low resolution whose only defining feature is that you strap the screen to your head.

[ThePerm]

It is more color and effects quality than resolution.

[Ian Sane]

How did I miss these piece of news?  Oh, it came out on a Sunday.

If you establish a business model for companies where they can rent you the game and not buy it then they'll ALL start doing it and we'll get nothing but.  It's not about "oh I think that's reasonable for RE7" it's "I want this to be the new model for the videogame market" with a dash of "and I don't give a damn about how it ruins things for those that don't want it."

[lolmonade]

How did I miss these piece of news?  Oh, it came out on a Sunday.

If you establish a business model for companies where they can rent you the game and not buy it then they'll ALL start doing it and we'll get nothing but.  It's not about "oh I think that's reasonable for RE7" it's "I want this to be the new model for the videogame market" with a dash of "and I don't give a damn about how it ruins things for those that don't want it."

The fallacious sense of "slippery slope" is often used synonymously with [/size]continuum fallacy[/color][/size], in that it ignores the possibility of middle ground and assumes a discrete transition from category A to category B.[/color][/size]

[nickmitch]

I don't think this is a risk that all games would do this, but I really wouldn't like it if it became the norm for ports.  That would suck.

[MASB]

Unless you have a fiber optic connection, USB 2 should be more than enough for any DSL or cable internet connection. If you have fiber, then you'd need USB 3 to make full use of your bandwidth potential.

[Stratos]

Demo is up in Japan and people are posting videos/impressions. Might not be as bad as people are thinking from a performance standpoint, though I'm still hesitant on the entire method.

[ShyGuy]

The method just sounds like a bad way to play games to me. They decide what you get, and for how long. Stay subscribed to a game and end up paying more than a retail copy. Live in a place with lower bandwidth? never get to play it. They want to quit servicing the game in 2020? It's gone forever. Then they can re-release it for a higher price in 2022. Every game can be Games as a Service, the single player "problem" is fixed!