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"30fps the vast majority of the time" in 2023 is just laughable.

It's not in my opinion though. I have a Gaming PC and a Switch. My gaming PC has a 6900XT and so I expect to be playing every game at 1440p @ 60FPS at a bear minimum - some games come out and surprisingly have trouble with that.

The Switch is old hardware that was under-powered on release, therefore, I expect that I'm not going to be getting 60FPS.

Basically, it's down to expectations. The Switch is absolutely great at what it does, and I appreciate it for that reason alone. My expectations are greatly different compared to a gaming PC/PS5/etc.

My biggest gripes with Nintendo is the god awful way they handle people using their IP to make YouTube videos, etc.

> My gaming PC has a 6900XT and so I expect to be playing every game at 1440p @ 60FPS at a bear minimum - some games come out and surprisingly have trouble with that.

You can't even compare an open market in which small teams have to cope with the myriad of possible configurations, ofthen lacking the technical skills for optimizing their software down to the bit with the supposedly top product of a trillion dollar company writing software for their own devices - and failing to make it decent.

But with your pc you can play at 1080p ultra and have 60+ fps, on the switch you can't

Not when you add "on a complete system costing less than $300" to that sentence.

and "from 2017"

The standard in 2023 is "broken at launch" and "sub 30 FPS in latest hardware".

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