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macspoofing on Oct 20, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Nintendo Switch – New Video Game System [video]

Having horsepower doesn't hurt, no matter how much Nintendo PR will try to spin it that way.

vegabook on Oct 20, 2016 [–]

More horsepower can hurt because it's more expensive to produce content for (textures/polygons/realism expectations), and more money on the line for the studio means less creative risk taking permitted.

macspoofing on Oct 23, 2016 | [–]

Possibly true in 2002 - not today, not since indie developed games got popular.

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