the Switch has more GPU power than a PS3 even in portable mode, and about 1.8x the GPU power in Docked mode (not taking architectural improvements into account which also come into play)
yet the PS3 runs it at 720p
not a great port whatsoever. what happened here is clearly just a PS4 game reduced in settings to function somewhat passable on the Switch, instead of a game that's actually adjusted to work as good as possible on it.
the PS3 version is proof of that as are Atlus' other games on Switch.
I wouldn't give them an easy pass here just because it's not terrible...
one should expect better ports than that on the best selling console by a long shot. you should expect them to adjust the game to run at the Switch's native resolution, given the pinsharp look the game is going for, which it should have no issue doing on the Switch at all if it wasn't for the fact that they clearly just reduced settings of a version of the game that was originally designed for a console that is more than 4x as powerful,
instead of tailoring it to the hardware by drawing from the original version that was designed for a console that is on the same level of performance as the Switch's Portable mode.
it's happening just way too often with the Switch that ports come out that just slap lower settings on the game and reduce resolution down until they hit 30fps, which often looks just half-baked and cheap.
the worst about all of this of course is that people then start calling some of those cheaply slapped together ports "impossible ports", when anyone that's ever watched a video by Low Spec Gamer knows is complete bullshit as Doom 2016 runs absolutely exactly the way you would expect it to run on Switch equivalent PC hardware.. in fact I myself did that experiment on my old cheap 500€ Laptop that's on paper less powerful than the Switch and ran the game exactly like the Switch does... crazy I know
I think on the best selling console in recent history, which has a real chance to become one of the top 3 best selling system of all time, we should expect more in-depth porting efforts than "slap 480p30 at ultra low settings on and ship it"
wow, that became a real rant... sometimes I just can't stop myself