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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth demo available now on Switch 2 and Xbox

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Toots said:
Actually cool to have it on sale on preorder, when we are used to nintendo never lowering game prices.
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Nintendo employs a lot of people. And those people have mouths to feed. If Nintendo lowers prices on games etc. it would directly be taking food out of peoples mouths.

Edit: Can't believe I have to edit my post: /S
 
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Signalis said:
Nintendo employs a lot of people. And those people have mouths to feed. If Nintendo lowers prices on games etc. it would directly be taking food out of peoples mouths.
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Under Iwata, I may have agreed with you but nowaday, you can be sure that extra money isn't for "these people's mouth".
 
Amazing. Just finished Remake last night. Not that I need to play the demo -I pre-ordered the game like a month ago. So I can just wait for the full release.

...Or can I?
 
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Signalis said:
Nintendo employs a lot of people. And those people have mouths to feed. If Nintendo lowers prices on games etc. it would directly be taking food out of peoples mouths.
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I should feel sorry to set them starve to death not owning a swich 2 then? Or how does this work? Other than you aren't selling shit and you need to lower the price to sell something... is not selling something expensive better than selling it lowering the price? Or are they eating the hardware and sotfware that aren't selling.
 
I'm playing it on PS5 Pro right now, 55 hours in.

I'm going to download the demo on Switch 2 purely out of morbid curiousity regarding performance.
 
Own it on PS5 and Steam. PC version is a mess (for me). Will definitely play the Switch 2 demo and most likely buy it for a portable version. Excited to try the demo later. I was impressed by Remake on Switch 2.
 
Very curious to see how this runs on the NSW2 and the Series S.

Also if the 60fps mode on the Series X offers a better IQ than the PS5 performance mode.
 
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Will download the Xbox version later today, I don't expect them to have put in any extra work but it would be nice if they improve the shitty up-scaler in the Performance mode.
 
kevboard said:
it's not as powerful as the PS4 Pro tho... so what exactly are you trying to say?
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"Since the adventure unfolds in a vast world after the escape from Midgar, loading stress is an extreme bottleneck," Kitase said. "We felt we needed the specifications of PlayStation 5 to overcome that and travel the world comfortably"

Yoshinori Kitase
 
LordOcidax said:
"Since the adventure unfolds in a vast world after the escape from Midgar, loading stress is an extreme bottleneck," Kitase said. "We felt we needed the specifications of PlayStation 5 to overcome that and travel the world comfortably"

Yoshinori Kitase
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well, he was obviously wrong.

just fyi, the Series S' GPU is around as powerful as the PS4 Pro's GPU, while every Switch 2 game exhibits about 50% of the performance of the Series S, essentially without exception.

and we also know that the Switch 2 is around half as powerful as the Series S when it comes to the CPU as well.

but I guess denying reality is fun if you're a fanboy
 
kevboard said:
well, he was obviously wrong.

just fyi, the Series S' GPU is around as powerful as the PS4 Pro's GPU, while every Switch 2 game exhibits about 50% of the performance of the Series S, essentially without exception.

and we also know that the Switch 2 is around half as powerful as the Series S when it comes to the CPU as well.

but I guess denying reality is fun if you're a fanboy
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That's the FF Rebirth producer…
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LordOcidax said:
That's the FF Rebirth producer…
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and he lied or was wrong... that's what people do occasionally.

it's literally not even debatable anymore that the Switch 2 has half the CPU and GPU power of the Series S. and the Series S has around double (let's say 2.3x) the GPU and CPU power of the PS4...

to quote Atari:
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LordOcidax said:
"Since the adventure unfolds in a vast world after the escape from Midgar, loading stress is an extreme bottleneck," Kitase said. "We felt we needed the specifications of PlayStation 5 to overcome that and travel the world comfortably"

Yoshinori Kitase
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Faster loading is one of the best things about this gen.
 
kevboard said:
and he lied or was wrong... that's what people do occasionally.

it's literally not even debatable anymore that the Switch 2 has half the CPU and GPU power of the Series S. and the Series S has around double (let's say 2.3x) the GPU and CPU power of the PS4...

to quote Atari:
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kevboard kevboard knows more a about the FF7 Rebirth development than the actual FF Rebirth producer confirmed.
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Poor Square had to use real DLSS on the Switch 2 version instead of their revolutionary reverse DLSS they implemented on the other console versions (where you take an image above 1080p and make it look like 480p).
 
LordOcidax said:
Dude, is ok to take the L sometimes… Is going to be ok.
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it's objective fact that the Switch 2 has slightly better CPU and slightly better GPU performance than the PS4. it has been proven in dozens of games that it's roughly around that spot.

anyone denying that at this point should unironically be consdered delusional.

the only ways the Switch 2 exceeds the PS4 in a meaningful way is that it has RT acceleration and ML acceleration. hence how it can run games at insanely low resolutions (due to its PS4 like GPU power) and still look ok in motion.
 
Fbh said:
Poor Square had to use real DLSS on the Switch 2 version instead of their revolutionary reverse DLSS they implemented on the other console versions (where you take an image above 1080p and make it look like 480p).
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never underestimate the power of unreal engine to make games look like shit 🤣

(still insane that they didn't implement FSR2/3 here, even after the criticism the PS5 version got for years at this point)
 
That looks pretty good on Switch 2. I always assumed this would be revealed at the June showcase for a July release date. Along with FF7 Remake going into Gamepass after the first 6 games.
 
Tobimacoss said:
That looks pretty good on Switch 2. I always assumed this would be revealed at the June showcase for a July release date. Along with FF7 Remake going into Gamepass after the first 6 games.
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It's been known for a while that it will release on June 2nd
 
kevboard said:
it's objective fact that the Switch 2 has slightly better CPU and slightly better GPU performance than the PS4. it has been proven in dozens of games that it's roughly around that spot.

anyone denying that at this point should unironically be consdered delusional.

the only ways the Switch 2 exceeds the PS4 in a meaningful way is that it has RT acceleration and ML acceleration. hence how it can run games at insanely low resolutions (due to its PS4 like GPU power) and still look ok in motion.
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Switch 2 has 3 Teraflops of GPU compute when docked, without DLSS being added on top.
 
I downloaded the demo on Switch 2 with the intent to shit all over it as i've already finished it on PS5 and PC, buuutt I'm actually impressed.

It looks really good for a handheld. Would easily recommend it to new players. Looks and plays great.
 
kevboard said:
it's objective fact that the Switch 2 has slightly better CPU and slightly better GPU performance than the PS4. it has been proven in dozens of games that it's roughly around that spot.
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Oh wow

Kevboard taking the torch from subzero83

kevboard said:
anyone denying that at this point should unironically be consdered delusional.

the only ways the Switch 2 exceeds the PS4 in a meaningful way is that it has RT acceleration and ML acceleration. hence how it can run games at insanely low resolutions (due to its PS4 like GPU power) and still look ok in motion.
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"if you took a PS4 and completely changed its architecture and power efficiency"
"ahh but it needs better CPU for Phantom Liberty"
"ahh but it needs SSD and I/O for Phantom liberty"
"ahh but it needs higher VRAM for all the higher texture quality"
"ahh but it needs RT cores for ray tracing in SWO"
"aah but it needs more modern GPU for mesh shaders in AC shadows"

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