Doom on Switch: The Complete Technical Analysis! 

I'm going to have to agree. I'm also coming from playing this on PC, and the only reason I see myself going back is to play in some user created maps with friends occasionally.

Do you usually play the Switch version in portable or handheld?

BlankManTM I mostly play in portable mode. The only games I really play on the 📺 are NBA 2k18 and Xenoblade Chronicles 2. If I’d have to put a number on it it’s prob 70/30 portable mode.

That’s awesome! I thought it would really struggle with the graphically intense parts in the second half with lots of different enemies.

Justin Millard it has dipped in frame rate a handful of times but as long as you have the motion blur setting on, it looks and plays super smooth and most of the people I let try it thought it was running at 60fps and were blown away that it was even running at all on such a small device 😂

maybe crash in some time. only mr iwata will know

SounDWavex Sempai well

@@pedropablonaranjoa.121 I'm from the future, you can play Resident Evil and Wolfenstein on the same system as Zelda and Splatoon

Westy I’m also from the future to inform you that you can also play The Witcher 3 and Botw on the same system

@@theeOnslaught I'm also from the future. You can play Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, and Super Smash Bros. on the same system.

TISQUESUSA sounds sexual, but it actually isn't.

xBoolin It means that you RIP AND TEAR, UNTIL IT IS DONE.

Simte if you’re not the driver

For when you're mortally challenged by a traffic jam

Good idea! Then after you've done that, you can boot up Doom and play.

Neurotyczny Kot Why would you be on a bus?

fcukugimmeausername Work, visiting parents, going to the doctors, going to yours friend place.... Many reasons to take a buss

CodeNameZ Yeah, but he's on top of the bus.

+ fcukugimmeausername Wow. Your grammar is good. But can't you forgive people for using the wrong preposition? It's not like that english is the native language of everyone..

gNpNct Hey, no harm. I'm not trying to make fun.

Tchitchouan Inouane I agree

JJJUUULLLIIIAAANNN Im have a Switch and I never play it docked....I have a PC for that. If it plays great handheld then thats my test.

I would prefer a lower resolution for a stable framerate even if it's 30fps. Playing doom with drops to 22 fps in every bigger fight is absolutely a no go.

it's a terrible port. they could do much better.

Faizan Ali I think the Switch is very reasonably powered for a portable

darsirious tbh, this game isn't that demanding

for a mobile type architecture yes it is.

darsirious yeah same here, and it’s still super exciting and fun playing it on the Switch... was kind of mind blown playing it at my favorite cate yesterday:D

That's the power of smart programming.

Joshua Minke oh now it's not, ok

Mathias Arends Hansen I totally agree! They are also doing the rocket league port for Switch. I really believe they can port anything onto the Switch, and the more they do it the better they get at porting over to the Switch:D I’m sure companies will continue to come to them for port requests especially after DOOM

Wolf II is going to have to be gimped far more than Doom to run at all smoothly on switch. Even a mid level PC able to run doom at high settings struggles to run Wolf II at its lowest settings. 30fps is a given, but the texture and effects will have to be even more scaled down to work on switch. That's not to say its not going to be playable, but if you can get Wolf II on a PS4Pro or Xbox One X as I've played it, you'd probably be better off to play it there without the compromises it will need on switch to get a washed out fuzzy experience.

I bet the rest of the industry is watching closely this release in particular.

Mikey C something wrong with your PC than. The PS4 and Xbone run Wolf 2 perfectly well at good settings. So a PC should have no issues. Neither will the Switch.

Mathias Arends Hansen not that big a task ... it Vulkan that allows such a thing ... vulkan is built with mobile and low end pcs in mind ...

You might be interested in stuff like the GPD WIN then, especially the next version planned for next year.

There's a really good Nintendo-centric RU-vidr named Arlo who has a video titled "The Nintendo Switch's Unique Opportunity" that goes into this very subject: how awesome for Switch owners and the Switch itself it would be if all the big last-gen games got ported to it so you could play the likes of _Mass Effect_ or _Arkham City_ on the go. Give it a look!

I have been playing full fledge console games on portable since psp but ya its nice that nintendo caught up some even if a bit late the party

psp420bam psp don't really play triple AAA games.

Psp had AAA rated games like god of war and tony hawk but consumer opinions do vary

Are you sure you know how big 6-7 inches is as your screen is probably more like 5 inches

The Switch screen is 6.2 inches to be exact.

Any crappy game can look good if you reduce the size of the image.

Looks blurry on my 5.1 inch phone at 1080p60

+C C Your phone's 1080p viewing a sub-720p game so, no duh it would look blurry. The Switch's screen is 720p so the blurriness is far less noticeable.

John Linneman do you have plans to use your Switch "equivalent" PC to do a preliminary test of upcoming game performance?

By is everyone that finds a problem bring up Snap Map? It's not like everyone likes to make maps and could easily be added in a later patch.

Snapmap took up a lot of storage though.

Shibby I could swear that I heard in some vid that numbers are identical. It may have been this vid. Or maybe IGN's review. Not sure. It's easy to miss if you'rent listening carefully enough.

+MysteryMii215 Then they should have the option to download it.

Of course, even in Docked Mode, it's not terrible. Aside from real-time reflections, it manages to retain all of the effects of the other versions. If you can deal with it looking blurrier, it's still a beautiful looking game.

Yup

It's great still great on docked mode.

To each there own i dont play portable much and im playing this with a bright yellow pikachu gamecube controller feels so wrong yet so right

Btw you can turn motion blur off fully or keep it on I kinda recommend have it on to hide the frame rate I think but it’s you’re opinion 😅

Anon 4ever it's usually at around 610-720p 30fps actually

The people complaining about 612p on a 720p screen had better be playing on PC with a locked 1080p+ resolution 24/7 because consoles do the exact same shit.

If you want impressive look at the super thin laptops that have a GTX 1080 inside them! -despite how expensive it is lmao-

The game itself isn't even that demanding. I wanna see the downgrades to Wolfenstein 2, that game has some big frame drops and looks a lot better than DOOM.

Anon 4ever you don't even belive in people that owns the game, you look like some kind of Digital Foundry fanboy, lol.

Infinity Dave yeah, same. It’s a super exciting little system. I was in shock all day yesterday when playing DOOM on it at my favorite cafe.. I was sort of laughing and in disbelief ”how is this game possible right now?!” And having the best time, and a couple of other regulars at the cafe sat next to me also being mind blown and the excitement seemed to catching, they also spoke about how they want a Switch as soon as they can afford one. I feel like it’s been a while since I’ve felt this level of Nintendo magic, and I love that the third parties are coming in now and adding to it:) almost makes me cry even that the old Nintendo days seem to coming back, the 3rd parties are back and Nintendo is once again doing well:’) kind of awesome. And for PC gamers who get to experience everything at the highest quality the Switch is the perfect portable companion and with awesome exclusives.

Infinity Dave Than you'll be pleased to know(if you don't already)that recently released PS4/XO/PC Wolfenstein is also coming to Switch,but in 2018.

Yeah powerful spec isn't everything, development is the most important aspect and Nintendo excels in game development

Psyblader501 I agree there are some great games on Switch. Still I like that I can play Doom on the go. I can't carry my pc and monitor around with me sadly :p

Psyblader501 And you can carry gaming PC around? I suppose there are gaming laptops,but how practical are those,at 5x-10x the price of Switch? You need a table or something to comfortably use it. And then basically becomes a desktop PC. Doom Switch looks AMAZING for a tablet-like device. A tablet with proper physical controls.

JHDK I'm also looking forward to LA Noire and Wolfenstein 2 on Switch

JHDK mine too! Doom to me is incredible on Switch, mind blowing to play it on the go! (Played the other versions as well)... and I also love playing it with the pro controller when docked, it’s as if the pro controller was made for DOOM. I love all the versions of DOOM, and the Switch version is the portable fantasy come true version for me

5persondude me too, can’t wait! I absolutely loved LA Noire, being a fan of old film noir movies and murder mysteries, stuff like ace attorney. And the Switch seems to be more and more exciting each month! Can’t believe we get LA Noire, Skyrim and Resident Evil revelations 1 & 2 still this month and next month Xenoblade Chronibles 2 (chronicles x was a masterpiece)

It is! I've watched the hands on video more than 20 times because it's so comforting to watch Digital Foundry impressions on The Switch

Digital Foundry Excellence. As always!

MetroidFREAK21 Plus portability

MetroidFREAK21 all at 20fps

well duh.... its doom

30fps** stop lying to yourself David Francois

Joshua Werner nope, watched the video, 21fps

Yes, but still switch uses an ARM soc. Steam deck uses a laptop hardware AND still a portable pc

@@tomianz-1242 battery life will be an issue too on the decks and ROG ally type of PC handheld. The Switch 2 will likely aim for that kind of fidelity and then some at a smaller form factor and 2-3x the battery life.

No kidding. I'm a huge fan of Nintendo and the Switch, and I obviously had my doubts about this portjob. I knew the resolution would be lower and blurrier, I knew the framerate would be cut in half or more, I knew the joycon sticks would be a subpar method of aiming...but it's still fun. It's still Doom. It's pretty great. I know not every modern game is released with such a scalable engine as idtech 6, but I want more of this.

This comment gave me a good laugh

Beautiful.

Tyler Werbenjagermanjenson You'll get Wolfenstein The New Order in 2018.

Lycon Xero I think they can even improve it a little more , like they can reduce even more the texture on very demanding areas and make it run a smoth 30 fps

Lycon Xero I can't wait to play it, this looks awesome and I haven't played DOOM yet just a demo but I like DOOM and this looks like a good place to play, for me at least

gilberto caldeira Yup there is plenty of work to still be done, I wonder how much time they were given to port this

If I had to guess... I would say you are lying. I am a Switch owner and I'm not "dying" to play this game on Switch. I am curious, but I will in no way shell out actual money to play this garbage port.

i think they will fix resolution and fps problems

I use to think the same thing but now in the future witcher 3 bioshock and now eternal on the way they owe us more now if anything

Hopefully Snap map is added as free DLC I'm sure its only missing due to it being non essential and time constraints.

"and really does show the Switch is quite capable in the right hands" You realize panic button wasted the switch's power on both games they ported, right? rocket league and doom barely use the dock power for higher resolution.

Renato Ramos de Oliveira Correia I think Panic Buttons main priority being a porting company is to develop stable games in portable mode out of the gate once they've been able to successfully do such at a later point they'd likely invest time in further polishing if the budgets support the idea.

Renato Ramos de Oliveira Correia Have you seen Doom? It has a lot of effects and shit. Unless they dramatically reduced the game in all aspects, it would have no chance at running at a higher frame rate.

Yeah that describes my thoughts on the game as well, a technical masterpiece but not something I will be getting a as I already have it on PC.

Carl Orell Battery packs, Car chargers, Plug it in when you stop, etc.

Carl Orell It’s also much longer than 2 hours

It's two hours minimum, most of the time the battery lasts much longer.

Don't bother with Battery Packs. You should look up Power Banks that are compatible with the Switch.

Carl Orell Here’s my problem when people complain about the switch’s battery life 1. Power banks exist 2. get a switch car charger or cars like mine already have house plugs inside it 3. If you are going by plane, train, etc.. then there’s a good chance they have plugs as well 4. Airports have plugs if you are waiting for a flight

That is the roadblock between me and any Switch games. I already have Mario Kart 8 for Wii U -- I'm not spending another £50 to have it again... Sonic Mania at £15, though, was an obvious buy.

thecowofbeef you forget that this version includes all dlc unlike the other platforms.

But isn't all the DLC free now? I'm in the same boat I can't justify spending $60 when I can get the ps4 version for like 25. Even though I'd rather buy this version

dnizus all other versions come with all the DLC too

other tomperson I had the same thing. I bought mania on switch because it was at the same priceand there weren't too many shortcomings

BLGaming All the demons would burn instantly tho, that’s no fun

I think the Switch just flat out won't turn on if you are going to play Doom on the church, so, uh, be careful about that.

@@TDRR_Gamez nah Doomguy is instant heaven material. I mean come on he is tackling Satan's army head on.

@@glub1381 He's a Saint

The worst version XD

gtamikesvideos Does that make you happy?

gtamikesvideos The only version on the go

Its fantastic.

19HajimeSaitou91 I do it , and i spend it well

Aulty Ault DOOM is Very linear, this Switch version it's on par with Killzone mercenaries GRAPHICS so I don't see it as that impressive, now if Witcher 3 was running on the SWITCH that would be the feat of a lifetime.

Mordecai R Lmfao, no, just no, Kill Zone Mercenaries looks like a sub PS3 era game at best, it looks good because is played on a small OLED, it's a technical achievement on its own, but if you come here saying that Mercenaries look as good as DOOM Switch, then you're either trolling (lame trolling) or you need glasses, stop making yourself look silly.

DOOM is linear?? Mercenaries looks better? I beg you pardon? Dude, have you even played the new DOOM once? No, you have not, idiot. It has the same free-roaming architecture as always (besides DOOM3) and improved on it. You realize that there are people on this planet who played that game last year, yes? Stop trolling or be a man and say that with your real name.

+Mordecai R One of the best looking games of _all 2016_ with a non-linear level layout almost reminiscent of Metroid is a "Linear shooter with the graphics of a Vita game." The amount of bullshit here is almost too much to handle.

Phillip Scott I'm only laughing at your nonsense mate

Nick Mack There is only one flaw to this version of the game besides missing snapmap, and thats the price, 60 bucks for a game that you can get else where for like 30 or less is a pretty steep buy

But, there are no portal devices in the market?!

Mad Pistol it is BELOW 720p, this isn't 2006!

In 2006, not even a super high-end PC could run DOOM, and yet, we're playing it on a souped up tablet now.

Your comment just shows the hypocrisy from switch users really. Im not hating on the switch but this just shows that regardless of the poor quality in comparison to other devices, it will still be good because someone uses the word "portability" The device still does well though.

Portable PC devices did it before, though so this isn't something new.

Nintendrones hate on games they don't get and when they do but at a lower res and framerate they praise the hell out of it despite being the worst version of it. (But muh portibility, nah no one leaves the house with the switch)

Axiom I had the same thing

Axiom perhaps the fov option was messing something on the game and they removed it so that they could fix it

i dont know how you can break FOV without breaking the camera but if it was removed, it was most likely more due to performance (wider FOV=more things needing to be renderered)

Axiom You bought this on Switch for $60? L.

Blessed Red ive never played it before, not an L.

You can see in the video here the frame rate dropping constantly and significantly. You're either lying or you need your eyes checked.

bruce livingston You can stop insulting. The latest update has cleaned up a lot of Slowdown and Audio Bugs. So no, he is not lying nor blind.

The game drops to 20 FPS in fights and it even slows down in the process. The guy even recommends playing the game at lower difficulty to reduce the number of enemies, to make the game run better. When this "technical stuff" influences the actual gameplay that is when I draw the line, IMO games should not be released in this state.

I understand your point of view but I remember playing games on snes, ps1, ps2, dreamcast ect that had huge slow down when there were explosions or too many things happening and It didn't bother me at all. I didn't even know what fps was and I just thought it was part of the game. Ikaruga is my favorite shmup of all time and when you defeat a boss the final explosion gives you around 10 fps and I love it :P maybe it's just me but I don't mind it at all.

AntonioR Software really? I've played for 10 hours and have seen 2 noticeable drops on the second difficulty level. I don't care if the game is 30, I just don't like drops, and so far I have been pleasantly surprised.

AntonioR Software I haven't noticed any drops myself besides 2 or 3. Somehow they made it seem like a very smooth 30 fps even though it isn't.

AntonioR Software I’ve played gta 5 on a laptop from Walmart buddy nothing bothers me anymore

TheConst4nt the performance drops in this game are situational, and the frame pacing could eventually be patched out. The downgraded graphics are not very noticeable while playing the game. Seeing still images will obviously show it, but while everything is moving it’s hard to tell. I️m sure with time and persistence developers will be able to put open world games on the switch. Hell gta V runs on the ps3 and xbox 360, which are both less powerful than the switch. Plus, this is a portable. People shouldn’t expect it to match the power and performance of a dedicated home console

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LOL NO. This game ran at 60 fps and it runs at mid 20 fps on switch on the lowest settings possible. So no MH: World or RDR 2 on switch. Keep dreaming Nintendo manchild.

pat sary great. Can you link me to another video with a 6 inch tablet that’s running doom better than the switch?

pat sary well I️ wasn’t expecting mh world since Sony payed off capcom to keep it ps4 exclusive. And I️ wasn’t expecting it to run as well as the other *home* consoles. For a portable device to run Doom at 30fps and rarely less than that is impressive

5ean 5ean just 100% it

Fact, and so many other juggernauts are lined up waiting its too much! Lol

hyped for xenoblade and trying to 100% mario before then

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nintendo circlejerking fangays 10/10

Gemtem no reason to I'm on the go too much

obviously looks pretty good, its the best looking portable FPS ever created until Wolfenstein 2 for the Switch will release.

FJM8940 yo igual!! DOOM portatil es épico!!

Please don't bother with these children, they will eventually grow up and realize what they're doing is nothing but a sham

Dimitrelos300 that wasn’t the point. The point was it’s ridiculous how most people on the internet feel like they need an allegiance to one gaming area and they can’t appreciate what other people enjoy. Whatever you can play on is fine, it doesn’t matter if you have spare money to waste or not

What I've found hilarious is that as soon as PS4 fanboys all heard about the One X (scorpio) they all started claiming they had beastly $3500 PCs and so the X was clearly a waste of money haha Such a fuckle bunch of fanboys I have never seen. And they can, and should, all be utterly ignored. Play where you want on what you want, but don't damage control clear and obvious flaws when they are plain for all to see.

Umm. I have a PC... It has a Ryzen 3 1200 and an RX 570... I also have a Switch. However without a doubt my PC will make any Xbox One look like a Brick on the street.

The main thought that pops into my head when I first saw this video was "is it worth it"? I don't reckon the Switch is garbage in regards to being a portable console, but I do find it lacking. The fact they managed to put DOOM on a little machine like that is impressive, but the bad frame pacing and the overall framerate itself gives me a headache. Maybe because it's a fucking hot day over here and that's probably the main cause of my headache, but watching the Switch struggle did contribute to it. Don't get me wrong, it does shine in a few areas but you can do a bit better with the $470AU you can spend here. I will agree though, there is a fuck tonne of children mindlessly insulting platforms for no exact reason other than being loyal to a particular company or because they are a part of the "PCMR". A lot of people actually explain their criticisms about consoles in a "somewhat" respectable manner, but how loud the toxic part of DF's comment sections can be, it kinda overshadows that a little bit.

Katphood Plays A Game not even close The switch is more like the new 3DS.

Yeahhh!

And that certainly ain't a bad thing.

Katphood Plays A Game Not that I'm not loving by switch, but it seems to be a bit to early to make that call.

Katphood Plays A Game yea no

Connor Berry You still haven't played skyrim?

Skyrim is soon to be 7 years old mate. You can run it right now for basically free (get a key for a $ or something) on pretty much any PC built after 2010.

Skyrim is 6 years old literally today (11/11/11) so where are you getting "soon to be 7 years old" from?

Get very excited for Skyrim VR you mean

Marcel Krebs I actually have it on PC. I just want to experience it on switch with portablility and such. Some people aren't into that tho so it makes sense

Frankie de Rossi yeah, when you’re actually just playing DOOM on Switch it’s still the same awesome experience regardless and it’s portable

I would've preferred 60fps, but I do agree I was impressed. Graphically, I think it looks comparable enough to its competitors. Not as much of a gap this time around. Though, that's not counting the Pro and Scorpio.

I love how Nintendo has tricked people into congratulating them LMAOO!! Just release an unbelievably underwhelming console from the get go and anything they manage to get running on is it some kind of achievement?! It's 2017, maybe not release such weak hardware to begin with? Keep praising them though, the wool has been drawn so far over these idiots' eyes

+Frankie de Rossi Congratulate Panic Button, not Nintendo

joe rhodes I get what youre saying but this isnt the same 'praise it even tho its weak' like the wii U. The Wii U was a console yet it was behind in ps4 and xbox one. The switch is tenth the size of the ps4 and weighs 10 times less. And its still more powerfull than the Wii U and closer to the xbox one (which ran this game at an adaptive resolution which could hit 720p with framedrops into the 40's) So yes the switch is impressive given its size, I cant wait for the future because the gap between console and handheld will only grow smaller thanks to the Switch

MRTOWELRACK the Xbox one s and PS4 are cheaper, and it’s like $15 on every other platforms

Unless portability meas EVERYTHING, get it on ps4 or xbox one X. Doom deserved a better port, on hardware that was more capable. They should have waited till it could be done properly instead of churning out this 612p 30fps soupy, washed out port. Or, done it as some sort of cell shaded conversion. THAT would have been awesome.

lmao at these two replies ^ where were you idiots when Borderlands 2 ran at 10-15 FPS at 540p on the Vita? This is a huge jump for a portable.

Lol ^ This is the best comeback I've ever seen xD

The Vita is weaker than the Ps3, and people complain about the Switch not stacking up to the Ps4? I would love to see the Vita attempt to do Doom 2016, and Remote Play doesn't count because that's your Ps4 putting in the actual work.

Not to mention no one wants a 74GB game on the Switch which probably results from high res textures.

this game looks pretty dang decent for 4GB of ram just imagine 6GB of ram if that end up making it xbox one level and ps4 level god damn with that 1080p 60fps

RAM does not Increase FPS. Its more of a stabilizer Certain games have requirements and Doom requires 8gb of Ram This is a technological feat none the less because of how this game is still able to run especially using 15W My PC uses 650W and still can't maintain a steady 60FPS... Although settings are maxed out and resolution is at 1440p ;P

It was probably necessary to avoid having to cut levels in half, which probably would have been a more glaring omission. Not to mention, it would have taken a lot more time and cost a lot more to do.

Actually, the issue is a bit more muddy than you think. Yes, some texture compression would have to be used, but not to the extent you think it might. The Switch has 4GB of RAM, compared to the PS4's and XO's 8GB. However, all three take up a portion of the RAM for system use. PS4 and XO take up around 3GB each, while the Switch either takes up 1GB or less. Put like that, the Switch isn't that far behind, with at least 3GB of shared RAM available vs 5GB on the others. With lower-quality textures and simplified level geometry (abusing LoD assets, for instance), you probably could fit most PS4 games on Switch in terms of memory consumption if you optimized it correctly.

RoboLegends 😂😂

heheheheh

Being on a cartridge probably contributed to the slightly faster loading times.

Are you talking about OG PS4? Because PS4 slim need half the power. Consoles in general are very good with power consumption thanks to optimization because they achieve much more with the same hardware.

Either, because the Switch on average consumes 11-15 watts versus the OG PS4's 148 watts and the PS4 Slim's 122 watts.

the switch is nowhere near an Xbox one in specs, maybe the Xbox 360

I don't see DOOM 2016 running on the 360, it couldn't even run a faithful port of DOOM 3 without cutting out features or making the map smaller. The Launch 360 is over 150 watts and the launch XB 1 is over 100 watts. And your point about graphics to watt efficiency is? Are you saying the XB1 and 360 is more "power efficient" than a Switch?

Holy shit I never realized this xD

I don't notice anything either, but it's best to leave it off. The game looks cleaner that way I think

It would be far more expensive.

I'd pay $30~60 more for 4gb more ram.

Not sure if that would be the difference, it's a handheld system after all.

@@LetoZeth Not all people think so. 320$ sounds better than 360-390$.

you mean Half life 2 on the original Xbox ? the game ran well on 360

Thang Nguyen The game targets, yet doesn't usually meet, 30fps with inconsistent frame-pacing on Xbox 360. It runs far better than original Xbox, yet nowhere near as well as on PC.

A better comparison is Half-Life 2 on the Nvidia Shield.

MetroidJunkie Maybe, but I have no experience with how that actually feels in motion. I've played HL2 on The Orange Box a number of times, though.

Well, Half-Life 2 was on the Original Xbox but I hear it suffers from slowdown, especially in areas with a lot of physics interactions.

It'll give you maybe 10-20% boost in performance, better battery :]. GPU is mostly identical :D. Only the CPU is a different thing. And the x2 is a lot more expensive compared to X1.

hydzior Battery performance is up 50% at the same performance as the X1. In term of how much more GPU performance it would or wouldn't add, I believe that nvidia might be a bit to positive. But 30% wouldn't be a practical impossibility, but you would lose the extra battery endurance. As for price sure, can't argue against that.

What would the use of going for the X2 be when people would then complain that they didn't go for the X3 or whatever comes next? Technology just moves too fast.

@Zachary Jones If by Tegra X3 you mean Tegra Xavier it isn´t out until sometimes next year, over a year after Nintendo Switch was released so its kinda unrelevant. Tegra X2 was already released and I did state why, 2 hours more battery life on the go would be awesome? Better performance while docked to be even more relevant for 3rd party? Two great obvious points imo.

88oscuro not worth it, trying to sell a tablet for more than $300 is bad

It's not amazing. You can get the Witcher 3 to run on a tablet, too, all it takes is dropping the graphics and framerate to awful levels.

Nick Motsarsky You kinda predicted the future with your comment

@@nickmotsarsky4382 - I think it is amazing when taking it’s release time into account. The Switch wasn’t even a year old yet, and early games for a system often aren’t as impressive as the later entries. So it’s definitely impressive to me that it runs this well on hardware that was pretty new for 2017. (And by that I mean it’s a new platform that has it’s own nuances)

@@TheRogueMaverick I have a Switch Lite and it's a great system, but the fact that Nintendo underclocked the Tegra chip really pisses me off. It could have been so much more with a 1Ghz GPU instead of 768Mhz..

@@nickmotsarsky4382 - That’s true. However, I wonder how much it would impact battery life. The original launch model could get 2-6 hours depending on the game and system settings. Any more power and we could have been looking at 1-4 hours, if that. Now for being docked, on the other hand, it’s less clear why it was done that way.

The last dedicated handheld system, the Vita, couldn't even run Ps3 ports without some very noticeable sacrifices. Now, we have a handheld that looks very similar to a Ps4 game, that's pretty awesome.

@@VGamingJunkieVT That's very exagerrated. More like a Xbox One game in 720-900p with a few noticeable graphical differences and unstable 30 FPS.

@@max-dy3vs Hey, apart from resolution and framerate, it looks very similar to the Ps4 version too.

Ziv Riger Honestly, the frame rate is very good. Obviously, I'm not going to argue that 40 is better than 60, but the switch version is stl very good. To me, the actual frame rate number doesn't matter as much as the consistency. The other console version drop and stutter very frequently, while I have experienced only 2 noticeable drops in about 10 hours of play. (This may not be entirely accurate as I have experience some lag while playing online, but that is most likely my terrible internet connection) I would much prefer a most stable 40 FPS than a very inconsistent 60. I can't notice the difference when playing normally, it's frame drops that ruin it for me.

The occasional frame rate issues with Doom Switch are nothing compared to FFXV on PS4 and its frame-pacing issues. It's much smoother overall, actually.

lol, great idea

skilarbabcock yep... Also you must set chromatic aberration off... Looks Much Better now, even in portable mode

Tomás Anzaldi yeah I was shocked at how much clearer it looked after I turned CA off

CartoonWarStudios What's CA

It looks even better after the patch on both handheld and console

skilarbabcock chromatic aberration

Burrito Eater What? The snes port IS very impressive.

well it's running at about the same resolution and framerate :D

I'd compare it more to the GBA version of Doom II. It had to take some concessions, but the experience is more or less intact. The only major difference is a couple of the levels got cut in half but all of the content is technically still there.

Draggobuttboi SNES DOOM drops to 07 fps on the more demanding areas, the Switch version only drops to 21 fps. It isn't the same at all.

Draggobuttboi also DOOM Switch runs at 720p 30fps with adaptive resolution, and the SNES DOOM only runs at 256x224p (with a windowed screen for improve performance).

iau the specs of switch are out there i have one and i knew it wasnt powerfull in the first place but not even the xbox one x or playstation have two titles that have 10 zelda and mario

As if the Tegra hasn't been out for some time already.

iau lol no, even the XBOX ONE and PS4 look way better than Switch, PC completely smokes the Switch at max settings lmao but hey the Switch is portable so it's ok.

Hanifi Pekince Mario and Zelda aren't 10s, many people gave it 7 to 9s And 10s Also ps4 does have 4 games that many People gave 10s, uncharted 4, Witcher 3, The last of us and Overwatch and Horizon zero dawn.

I imagine they were just giving their opinions. I would personally put BotW at 9 or so. I am about halfway through Mario, and it is mostly excellent.

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It's due to the CPU, it's quite good for mobile standards but pumping out 60 frames per second can be quite difficult, especially if the system is being pushed to the limit.

azteking if doom can run on switch then rdr and gta 5 will have no problem

Red dead redemption 2 ain't happening the other two would be great

re hash not really, Killzone mercenaries looks like a ps4 game.

Think there might be something wrong with your PS4, mate.

Mordecai R it looks like a game between ps3 and ps3 era

On the Vita's 5-inch screen, the only thing that really stands out is the dithered pop-in and the dynamic resolution bringing it down from 544p in firefights, but it sticks to it's native resolution much more often than Doom on the Switch, so I'd say it's very comparable

MrGamemaker8 the vita couldn't run doom at 144p. The Vita is between a ps2 and ps3. Any games that we're not first party looked like ps2 era games. Look at borderlands 2 or black ops declassified on the Vita. Doom is a 3rd party port. So doom on the switch has everything going against it.

Video literally tells you it looks bad due to blurry visuals..

I feel like that's the case with most games. The graphics are what draws you in, but after some time you get engrossed in gameplay and stop noticing them that much. They become background noise. I also own both PC and Switch versions and the graphics aren't the problem. The frequent slowdowns though, they're really freaking annoying

DirtyMack yea I noticed it at the argent tower when what's her name jumped into the energy stream. It was like holy damn! Slow down city. But for the most part the game runs ok.

Papi2K Gaming stop lying to yourself this game looks like Shit In the Switch specially on a screen bigger than 7 inches.

It does NOT play fine. Did you even watch the video?

I tried similar settings to the Switch on my PC and it was fine. The only difference is that it still runs at max 200fps and not 30fps because I don't wanna play an fps at 30fps.

You should stop expecting 90% of 3rd party games on the Switch.

pat sary I don't remember saying that I was expecting 90% of third party games to come to it. Stop making things up.

Mighty Hadi watching people playing games is EVEN more of a waste of time

Yeah! Why would you suggest to people to watch people play games?

It's about as hard to look at the comments as these muddy Switch textures.