Nintendo Switch Vs Apple iPad - Review By Rod Studios

For far too long, there's been a big controversy around. If mobile gaming should be considered real gaming. Various companies have been pumping out games to broaden their appeal and possibly create the idea that it is gauging the iPad Pro delivers, Xbox One S, Class, graphics, performance and a product, that's 94%, smaller and there's no AC cord required. Well. What I think the argument even exists because of perspective when you look at it from someone who maybe plays more PC and console games than mobile games, it would be really hard to compare the games they're used to with games that are on mobile devices, but for the mobile side, because they're still playing a game regardless if it's candy, crush or Minecraft or any other game on the App Store, they still are a gamer I've seen some perfect arguments and discussions happening, but I think at the end of the day, everyone should just be able to enjoy what games they like. So let's go ahead and take a look at this argument from an objective perspective, I chose two great products to compare in my opinion, which would be the 2019 7th gen iPad and the Nintendo Switch.

Both of them are roughly around the same price and both of them, of course, are portable devices. So how does the world's most popular tablet compared to the world's current most popular handheld hybrid? Well, let's take a look. I think this is a pretty obviously good place to start the iPad costs, a power VR 7xt, gt7, 600, plus GPU, and an eight thousand eight hundred twenty-seven million power battery with two gigabytes of RAM and 32 gigabytes of storage. If we're looking at the 329 version, the Nintendo Switch, on the other hand, has an NVIDIA custom, Terra processor, with a 4,000 130 million power, battery or gigabytes of RAM and 32 gigabytes of storage. That can be expanded with a micro SD card that can be up to 2 terabytes.

The iPad does have the ability to connect to most third-party controllers, including the DualShock 4 for the most part, there's no latency. There could be some hiccups on very rare occasions, but the issues start to rise when it comes to the experience you'll have the iPad obviously doesn't have a kickstand, so you have to buy a case with one of those magnetic kick stands and, as we know, any accessory with Apple or even other companies is worth a pretty penny, and you clearly can't hold this with a controller in your hand, unless you could somehow hook it on top of your controller as if it were a smartphone. But that would be really heavy, and I don't want to drop this thing, and if, by chance you don't have your own third-party controller. That can add up including the case to make that $330 price tag a little higher. Now, of course, one compared to Nintendo's portable hybrid.

It is able to play in a variety of styles, whether 10 held on a big screen or on a table with its own kickstand, and that's a big thing to keep in mind. The switch really has everything you need, even its own controllers. The only other advantage in features I can think of for the iPad is that it does have more multimedia apps, like Disney, Plus and Netflix, as well as having voice call services like discord, because some are not fans of Nintendo's party app that you have to download on your phone, especially in portable mode and in 10, does list of multimedia apps only include Hulu and YouTube for now, Disney Plus is on the way and there's no announcement for Netflix just yet. But all these apps are not the main focus of these two products. Now it's time, I think we, the iPad being on iOS, definitely has a huge list of both mainstream titles and any games.

Some notable games on the iPad include elder scroll, blades, GTA 3 by city and San Andreas' Call of Duty mobile, and then there are also some franchise clones like Nova, which is clearly like a halo sort of game and there's also this GTA like franchise called gangster I'm sure some of you have heard of some of those games. If you grew up with an iPod in the really early 2010s, there are some big franchises that are not found on the switch yet like called Duty and Grand Theft Auto. But the switch itself, of course has an ever-growing list of both exclusive and indie games only found on there. As for the Nintendo Switch, some triple-a games include Wallenstein doom Saints, Row, Witcher, 3 rocket Leagues and all those upcoming games like Borderlands, Bios hock and outer worlds and there's a ton, others I'm forgetting, and I'd, even mentioned all Nintendo's first party games, although the iPad, as well as other iOS and Android devices, do have Nintendo based games. Most of them, which are free, are less advanced.

This really can be applied for really any game on the iPad or other such mobile device. Even though you have access to a free awesome game like gangster 4, it won't look as pretty as a game you'd find on the switch and support for a new game, wouldn't be, as common you're, more likely to see a new Mario karts on the switch than on iOS, and that also translates to third-party support. Even though there is an Elder Scrolls game on the iPad I doubt that we would ever see something as powerful as Skyrim on there just because the iPad is not as powerful as consoles. That's really what limits mobile gaming. The only way I could see you really having a console like experience on an iPad would be to stream a game on a service like Steam link or Remote Play.

But that depends on your Internet's, and you would need an internet connection. So all of a sudden that option doesn't really feel super mobile, as you would see on the switch. In conclusion, comparing these two was an interesting experience. What it really came down to for me was all about power. There's, no doubt that the Nintendo Switch is more powerful than the iPad at running games.

When you compare a game like Saints, Row 3 to gangster 4, it's made pretty clear, which one looks better and Saints Row 3, ironically, is older than gangster 4, but runs and looks so much better. Now, as I've said before, you are getting this game for free, but it still feels like half a game and the gangster series as I remember, growing up playing it's on my iPod touch as a kid really doesn't have a story that feels appealing like you'd, see on Saints Row or Grand Theft Auto. The iPads list of games feel more like you'd play these for a short period of time, maybe in between classes in college or taking a short train ride or something, but it doesn't feel like there are tons of depth that you'd feel on the switch with its list of games. I've invested so much more time into breath of the wild when compared to really any game on the iPad, maybe except Minecraft when I was younger, but that's about one of those only few games on the iPad that truly is comparable. There are definitely more triple-a games on the switch that look and perform a lot better.

Now they do cost money compared to the iPad having more free games, but they feel less like microtransaction homes and more like while games and like I said before you do have the ability to stream games onto the iPad with Steam or PlayStation or even Xbox in the future. But you need an internet connection which I mean defeats the purpose of it being mobile. Not everyone can afford to have a hotspot or even a 4G iPad, and you can't hold it in your hands now. I know some people are going to say that most iPad games have on-screen controls, but for me that feels like a really uncomfortable way to play, and it gets in the way of the gameplay. The iPad exclusively is just a device that you'd set on a table and play, but the switch, on the other hand, has the ability to be played on the big screen on your hands or on a table also in the box.

It already comes technically with two controllers, so you can play if another friend, but with the iPad I. You just don't have that same experience. That gets to my final point. The Nintendo Switch is a gaming device. First, the iPad isn't everything product, it doesn't profession in gaming, performance or its game list, because Apple and other companies that make these devices want to focus on a more broad range of things that you can do a fit they're, not just appealing to the gaming audience.

Their audience is really everyone. They want to appeal to musicians, to people who just wants a light device to watch, videos on and stream things and to people maybe doing schoolwork and all this other stuff. Gaming is just one genre for Apple, but for a company like Nintendo or Microsoft or Sony, their consoles main focus is gaming, so they're going to be optimized to be incredible. The iPad and other devices like its stand far better as a light gaming device for those who wants a more free and cheaper gaming experience. The switch is a device for the more casual and core gamer.

It's for those who want higher quality games with more depth and don't mind paying thirty to sixty dollars per game, which is not unheard of because that's what the industry is about, especially when you're paying for that quality. Because of that you don't have to experience microtransactions or ads being thrown into your face every few seconds but yeah. To conclude, the really only downside to mobile gaming is just its limited abilities for me personally. I couldn't play on this, because I want to have all sorts of options and ways to play, and I want to have that list of games that you would find on the switch. It's just not something that can be done on the iPad.

With that being said, there still is a good list of games, even most that are free that are available on the App Store, and it's great to know that there's people out there who enjoy them a lot of people, and it's okay to be one of them, and it's okay, not to be one of them. So thank you guys for watching, and I will see you in the next one.

Source : Rod Studios