Nintendo Switch news: Console's processing speed lower than expected; new pre-order ads unveiled in Australia
"Nintendo Switch" is still two months away from rolling out, but pre-order ads have already started popping up in Australia.
In a recent post via Reddit, a user named Meelow100 shared a photo of several Nintendo Switch pre-order ads sitting on the shelves at a shop in Australia. The said ads have yet to reach the U.S., but a local Gamestop employee in New York told iDigital Times that more definitive information about the hybrid hardware will be revealed soon after its launch next week. "Pre-order ads and other details have not arrived as of yet, but we will know more as we get closer to the Nintendo Switch presentation and its impending release date," the employee told the media outlet.
Under the hood, the Switch reportedly has a processing speed far below than what many tech-savvy consumers were hoping. Ubisoft's former senior rendering lead Sebastian Aaltonen offered some bad news about the console through a Beyond3D forum, and he mentioned that the Xbox One easily outmatches the Switch when it comes to processing speed.
"Around 50% of modern game engine frame time goes to running compute shaders... 25.6 GB/s is pretty low as everybody knows that 68 GB/s of Xbox One isn't that great either... Switch certainly fares well against last gen consoles... Too bad last gen consoles already got their last big AAA releases year ago," he said. "Xbox One is a significantly faster hardware. Straightforward code port is not possible. Content also needs to be simplified," he went on to say.
Despite its lack of processing power, many third-party game developers have already announced their support for the upcoming device. Rumor has it that Ubisoft is currently working on a Rabbids–Mario crossover RPG for the Switch. In addition, the company is also reportedly bringing the next "Assassin's Creed" installment to the console.
Nintendo's official presentation for the Switch will be held on Thursday, Jan. 12, at 11 p.m. EST.
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