Resident Evil 7 Is Coming To Switch….In A Weird Way
The good news is that Capcom is porting Resident Evil 7 to Switch, at least in Japan. The bad news is…everything else about it. “Biohazard 7 Cloud Edition” is its native name, and it solves the issue of this graphics-intensive game appearing on Nintendo’s underpowered hardware by loading the game from somewhere else. Capcom’s servers render the game and stream the visual data to your Switch, which just displays it on the monitor. Remember when “cloud computing” was a buzzword? You might wonder why we haven’t seen it used in more games. It remains an issue for several reasons. The biggest problem with cloud-based games is the same problem with video streams that buffer or websites that lag. Everything depends on the strength of your connection. Lag is ten times more unacceptable in a video game, and can make the difference between escaping a monster or having to replay the last ten minutes. Then there’s the oxymoron of Switch being a portable system, yet this being a game you will