PLEASE Stop Porting to Inferior Hardware

[frosty roost]

Yes, this sounds harsh, asking the developers to stop porting to hardware less powerful than something like a modern Xbox or PlayStation. However, I have a good reason.
The Nintendo Switch, despite being made for gaming, has a processor/graphic card combo used in low-end phones and tablets. Because of the relatively weak hardware, HN games that have come to the system have had content stripped, their graphics lowered even further than the minimum on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation, and more bugs. I propose that instead of trying to put the games on as many platforms as possible to try and make more money, the games should instead be limited to PC, Xbox, and PlayStation. Not only will it allow the games' quality to remain consistent on all platforms, but it will also mean that updates on the different platforms can be synchronized in their release.

[vivid lake]

are you saying they should scrap the already released switch port? 💀

people spent 40$ on it

the game shouldnt be ported to phones tho

[frosty roost]

I'm not saying that, but if that were to happen, then people should be reimbursed

[vivid lake]

unlikely

also your not giving the switch enough credit

games can run well on the switch

and look decent enough

they just need to be properly optimized

[frosty roost]

games made by Nintendo run well and look good because Nintendo knows the hardware like the back of their hand
third party developers don't know every little feature

[vivid lake]

Im just saying it can be optimised well enough

I feel like the switch can definetly run hn2

[frosty roost]

it probably can, but not enough developers know how to properly optimize their games

I mean, look at HN1 on the switch
the graphics are at an even lower setting than you can go in normal verisons of the game (PC, Xbox, and PlayStation)

some buildings in the background are floating until you get close to them

[vivid lake]

which is just wow

that is just lazy porting if im being honest

the switch could definetly run hn

[frosty roost]

the neighbor's AI in the switch version is even worse than in the normal version
and worst of all, the game never got updated

[vivid lake]

yikes

if it was really that laggy couldnt they removed some bg houses or something?

seriously hn1 has no excuse to look that bad or run that poorly

[frosty roost]

it isn't even laggy, it runs like 30 fps most of the time
but in order to get it running at 30 fps, they needed to make the graphics quality worse than the lowest it can go in the normal versions

[vivid lake]

yikes

they couldnt even like try to optimize the game without lowering the graphics?

[frosty roost]

whenever the neighbor climbs up the ladder to the train station with the crate hanging off the side, rather than running or walking through the elevator door, he just endlessly jumps into it

[vivid lake]

wait we should move to #hello-neighbor

I dont its appropriate to discuss it here

[loud dragon]

Yeah but there's like zero reason to exclude people because they have bad consoles. If they can port it, they'll port it, and I fully support that

[vivid lake]

the switch aint even that bad

I just think the game shouldnt port the game to mobile

[frosty roost]

HN1 on Switch looked like dog crap, and HN1 mobile only looks slightly better because of the updates. These platforms shouldn't be ported to if the quality of both the graphics and the game itself is even worse than normal

[vivid lake]

hn1 on switched could have looked fine

its the fact it was a rushed and lazy port

[severe wren]

Ikr, look at mortal kombat 11, it didn't need cloud edition like resident evil, and it was able to be ported way better while running some issues, which can be stopped when playing the game more than 24 hours

[zenith wyvern]

The switch is way less powerful than you guys think lol

[vivid lake]

im a switch owner

the switch can deffinetly run hn1 and make it look not shit

the people porting the game are just lazy

[zenith wyvern]

hn1 yes definitely

hn2 absolutely not

Im surprised they got it running tbh

[frosty roost]

I am too

[vivid lake]

then why are you against porting the game to switch like at all?

[frosty roost]

because not only do I have a PC, but I don't want to buy an inferior version of the game

[vivid lake]

what if they dont have any other choice?

[frosty roost]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

I doubt they would want to play a dumbed down version of the game they really want

[severe wren]

The freezing AI is less powerful than you think lol

[frosty roost]

your comeback is weaker than you think

[severe wren]

your statement is weaker than you think - 🥸

[frosty roost]

(Insert probably something irrelevant) is weaker than you think

[vivid lake]

your conversation is weaker than you think

[loud dragon]

But the game itself isn't "Worse" if you care that much about pixels yeah it's worse, but most people don't really care about the graphics

[vivid lake]

the graphics are so bad that buildings are floating in act 3

[loud dragon]

Buildings float in every version even on pc max graphics that's another discussion entirely

[frosty roost]

no they dont

[frosty roost]

The switch version doesn't only have worse graphics, the game also plays worse too

[prisma sparrow]

Have to agree with this after delay and delay just for 2 patches