10% Switch Boost
Nintendo boosts Switch production
Nikkei has reported that Nintendo is planning to increase Switch console production rate by 10% to 22 million units. Switch is sold out in many territories and second hand units sell at inflated prices, so the demand is definitely there.
Like many other hardware manufacturers, Nintendo has suffered from supply chain constraints resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Animal Crossing: New Horizons has turned into a phenomenon, and the millions of people quarantined at home clearly have an appetite for Nintendo games.
- The flagship console is sold out everywhere, but Switch Lite appears readily available
- The time spent gaming has risen by 45% in the US according to Nielsen
Nintendo’s statement: “We hope [suppliers] will be responsive to the production increase, but for procurement of some parts, the outlook remains uncertain, and we can’t forecast exactly how many Switches can be supplied.”
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Daily Fact
But can it run Crysis?
Now that Crysis Remastered is coming to PC and consoles, we will finally get to know whether the Switch can run it.
Crysis set a whole new standard for real-time graphics – and system requirements – in 2007, and is still melting PCs to this very day. Powered by CryEngine 2, the game pushed hardware well beyond its limits back then and can even give modern hardware something to chew on.
Developer Crytek made their name with FarCry in 2004, which was built on the first-generation CryEngine. FarCry was published by Ubisoft, who kept the name and open-world motif for the sequels but not the original game’s heady mix of genetically engineered monsters and tacky Hawaiian shirts.
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