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Re:Nintendo to Double Production of Switch Console by givinguflac on Friday March 17, 2017 @01:41PM (#13896101)
BOTW absolutely does not 'run poorly' or anywhere even close to it. I'm approaching 70 hours with the game and haven't come across a single performance issue.
Re:Nintendo to Double Production of Switch Console by overcast on Friday March 17, 2017 @01:49PM (#13896188)
I'm not going to argue with you. Day One reports were issues with serious frame rate drops, specifically with the docked version of the game. This has been discussed, analyzed, and recorded to death. Breath of the Wild has framerate issues.

Digital Foundry covered this extensively

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhoiGxl6bnE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpqaTdflkNU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yFON2UON3k

Re:Nintendo to Double Production of Switch Console by 794CD01 on Friday March 17, 2017 @02:00PM (#13896312)
Yes, it has been covered extensively, to the tune of nearly a hundred reviews, averaging to a score of 97 on a 100-point scale: http://www.metacritic.com/game/switch/the-legend-of-zelda-br...

If you're going to pretend to make authoritative statements on the basis of "it's been discussed to death", then you should say, "Breath of the Wild, whatever its issues, is one of the best games ever made".

See how unconvincing this approach is to someone who disagrees?

Re:Nintendo to Double Production of Switch Console by overcast on Friday March 17, 2017 @02:21PM (#13896532)
I'm not sure what you're arguing here. Are you giving me proof that there are no performance issues, based upon the overall metacritic scores being high? Just about every Nintendo game I can remember has had performance issues, remember the NES? "Nintendo slowdown" was part of the game play! I gave proof above, I didn't say I was authoritative. Stop your condescending attitude.
Re:Nintendo to Double Production of Switch Console by 794CD01 on Friday March 17, 2017 @02:43PM (#13896725)
That the "it's been covered extensively, see how these random internet people have written at length about the viewpoint I agree with" line of argument goes both ways, but more against you than in favor.

The only condescending statement here is the one you made: "This has been discussed, analyzed, and recorded to death. Breath of the Wild has framerate issues."

Re:Nintendo to Double Production of Switch Console by overcast on Friday March 17, 2017 @02:48PM (#13896764)
No, that actually is a fact. With proof from multiple sources, and frame rate graphs. Until you show me otherwise, it's objectively factual. While on the other hand, game scores are ENTIRELY subjective. Of course, game scores have absolutely nothing to do with the performance issues, so I still don't understand your argument.

Next you'll tell me humans never landed on the moon. I'm done!

Re:Nintendo to Double Production of Switch Console by 794CD01 on Friday March 17, 2017 @03:26PM (#13897156)
The framerate itself is an objective measurement, but the word "issues" is a subjective assessment.

If you want to provide facts, say what the framerate is, don't say that there are framerate issues. To continue my comparison, it is a fact that a certain reviewer assigned the game a certain score. Whether that is indicative of the quality is opinion, as are the reviews themselves.

Re:Nintendo to Double Production of Switch Console by overcast on Friday March 17, 2017 @03:55PM (#13897414)
I did say what the framerate is, right at the very root of this thread from which this all started. I'm sorry I even brought it up at this point.
Re:Nintendo to Double Production of Switch Console by aaron-lebo on Friday March 17, 2017 @02:09PM (#13896407)
What's the argument?

It can be one of the greatest games ever made by subjective and objective measures and suffer performance issues.

The only way BotW does not have performance issues is if you consider sub-30 fps acceptable.

Re:Nintendo to Double Production of Switch Console by 794CD01 on Friday March 17, 2017 @02:45PM (#13896742)
>What's the argument?

If you can't see one, why assume one exists just out of sight?

>The only way BotW does not have performance issues is if you consider sub-30 fps acceptable.

The popularity of the game implies that most people do.

Re:Nintendo to Double Production of Switch Console by monkeywork on Saturday March 18, 2017 @03:02PM (#13902912)
holy shit you are annoying as fuck. go back to reddit with this grade school trolling. even if you had a point it is long over shadowed by your tone and lack of reading comp.