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NBA2k18 on Switch is "identical" to PS4 (in game modes, not visuals)
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LordOcidax
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Mihael Mello Keehl
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I feel like one thing not gonna be in it. Graphics dont count.
Jubenhimer
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TheGreatMightyPoo
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Will be a short thread.
FonkyByNature
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Hopefully, this and Fifa 18 sell well so we can get more serious support from 3rd parties. This is great news !
Astral Dog
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Probably, some sacrifice had to be made
TheGreatMightyPoo
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No buy if true.
Kingpin Rogers
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So visuals are the same as well? Impressive.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
The USGamer article is terrible honestly. Like it directly quotes a tweet from Kat Bailey (who runs said site)... that shows the game is not identical in any way other than being feature complete. That is not the same thing as being identical.
It looks straight up bad compared to the other versions.
It looks straight up bad compared to the other versions.
NBA 2K has been 60fps since the DC days. No way I'm getting this at 30fps.
The hardware is good enough to be representative of the experience that some devs want while selling well enough to give developers confidence that their investments and efforts might not be wasted after all. I think we're slowly approaching a point where the switch will eventually receive all the 3rd party support it can reasonably get given the capabilities of the hardware once Nintendo is able to keep stores supplied with the console longer than a day.
PhoenixDawn
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Amazing, as long as it still runs smooth and has all of the modes I couldn't care less if the graphics are significantly pared down. They obviously have to be considering the hardware, and especially portable mode. Definitely excited to jump on this at launch barring some major performance or other issue coming up.
I don't think there's anyway they would go with 30fps, they've never done that before have they? They would almost certainly remove some of the other graphical effects instead of cutting the framerate in half.
I don't think there's anyway they would go with 30fps, they've never done that before have they? They would almost certainly remove some of the other graphical effects instead of cutting the framerate in half.
3rdamention
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That would mean it definitely isn't "identical" lol.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Why would anyone expect otherwise?
The "identical" is a poor word choice by that article author. The only things identical are the modes included.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
FIFA looks a lot better than 2K does on the switch. I think EA made the right choice not trying to make a bad version of Frostbite work on the switch out of the gate
dragonflys545
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They gonna put them VC micro transactions too? I mean they have to right?
Because NBA 2k has been 60fps since forever. Why would anyone settle for less? I'd rather take lower end graphics than losing 60fps. FIFA looks WAY better than this, too.
lol..there is no way this is true - the PS4 is a much more powerful system. Yeah, feature wise and game mode wise the Switch version might offer the same....but the big boy version will look better, dont kid yourself.
2K was featured in reveal Switch trailer just like Bethesda with Skyrim....so i hope they at least tried their best with the Switch version.
2K was featured in reveal Switch trailer just like Bethesda with Skyrim....so i hope they at least tried their best with the Switch version.
The 2K engine is still basically the same one from last gen, while frostbite was made for current gen consoles.
2k16 was pretty well optimized on my PC last year as well
It is the year 2017, and people still post console war nonsense like this
In terms of Content it is, graphics and performance would have been impossible.
TheGreatMightyPoo
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Taking all things into consideration, FIFA will be the better port.
Blue Ranger
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Any videos yet?
lovely ladies
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It must be a very recent build, it has Thomas on the Cavs unless she did the swap herself.
https://twitter.com/The_Katbot/status/903295113304170496
https://twitter.com/The_Katbot/status/903295113304170496
JetSetRadio
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Shouldn't be news, switch plays in the same league as ps4/xbox. It's not a wiiu situation.
PhoenixDawn
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I think there's an event where they will be showing off the Switch version (among other things) more later today around 3:30PM EST so hopefully we can get further confirmation and information about this then.
Seems like EA made the better choice as FIFA definitely looks better than this. Frostbite no doubt could run on the Switch, but mirroring performance of PS4/Xbox One is a different story on top of that engine.
PhoenixDawn
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Also has the new Celtics Kyrie cover image so it's definitely a new build I think.
Can't really argue, but that's a camera/off-screen shot of handheld gameplay which I wouldn't expect to look the greatest and certainly not on par with PS4.
that looks rough as fuck.
Ahh, okay. Yeah, feel free to not port your old engine if you can't make it hit 60 yet, lol. I'm still pleasantly surprised EA went ground-up and didn't just go with Ignite.
No idea what you are talking about but the Switch version wont look as good as the PS4/XBO version. Its common sense, the games wont look "identical".
Not talking about the article but the notion that the graphics would be "identical" between Switch and the other consoles...this just isnt happening.
Skittzo0413
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I feel like that would be bigger news if every other NBA2k has been 60fps, no? Wouldn't other people be mentioning that?
MaverickHunter_Ace
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I guess that means we can also expect the same server logging in issues that have plagued the last release.
They probably used last gen as a base and went from there. I was more hopeful about this game, but I'm thinking maybe I won't be picking this up.