Is Minecraft on Nintendo Switch Worth It?
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- čas přidán 9. 05. 2024
- Is the Minecraft Bedrock Edition really that bad for Nintendo Switch? In this review, I'll be sharing my gameplay experiences and giving you my honest opinion on its good and bad points. I'll be discussing the controls (handheld, joy-con & pro controller), gameplay, marketplace and performance, as well as some cool features that you might not know about the Console Edition. While some reviewers have claimed that the Switch struggles with Minecraft, I've had a lot of fun with it in survival and have played for over 100 hours in online multiplayer on our own Realms server. Watch to see if the Nintendo Switch version of Minecraft is worth your time and money.
Chapters
0:00 - Intro
0:50 - Controls
3:12 - Experiences & Features
9:29 - Performance
14:00 - Summary - Hry
Hearing people say Minecraft was terrible on the Switch always puzzled me as when I did play it I never found it to be terrible. I got back into it recently to see if it was as bad as people said it was and it’s way better than everyone makes it seem. Sure it can lag at some points but I’ve overall had a good experience with it. If the younger me who only had console edition and pocket edition had this version. He would be on it for hours everyday.
I'm glad to hear you've had good experiences with the game on the Switch. It's indeed odd that this version is looked down on as much. My assumption is that it largely comes from people that are used to the PC version, are pro players or have never played the console versions. It's a fine experience, so I don't understand the fuss either. Funny, considering many of us used to play Minecraft with max 10 FPS a decade ago and still had a blast :D
Multi-player on is is horrid though. I hosted a world for my boyfriend who joined me on his PC. The chunks didn't load at all and the game crashed multiple times. It is barely playable sometimes. So it really sucks.
Yeah, as shown in the video, that's easily the weakest part about the Switch version. I'd recommend your boyfriend to host instead or to get a Realms server. There's one Realms server option for only two people that's cheaper. Then you should have a more pleasant experience.
I have been playing Minecraft on my old 2013 Macbook Air, but that died recently so I've been looking into another way to play. It was really disheartening to hear all these people saying it is terrible on the Switch, but your comment has really helped. I'm used to a bit of lag on my Mac,cause it only has 4 gb RAM, and so I've also never been able to install many mods or have a very far render distance or anything like that. So it's nice to hear that it's really not that different from other console versions.
I'm happy to hear the video was of help! As you say, although there are some limitations, you'll have an enjoyable experience just like on other platforms :)
I believe that Mojang should make dedicated small teams for each version of the game. Bedrock runs well on pc but the mobile and console ports seems have way more issues than they should.
Legacy console edition got cancelled BC of having to manually update everything at once and other reasons I forgor
idk man i have minecraft mobile on 3 iphones and a 200$ tablet and they run the game well :) my switch version lags sometimes but once the world chunks are properly loaded its smooth af
@@ThaHammieJaassee Optimization the switch is mobile architecture but it’s not exactly the same
Mobile runs perfect for me, as I say depends of the hardware
Overall performance for BE on all platforms has been on the decline. One of the reasons could be because of the new *Render Dragon* rendering engine. If you ask me, it wasn't exactly necessary to make a new rendering engine from scratch, but of course Nvidia sponsored the game for that sweet RTX compatibility, which is undoubtedly one of the reasons they put so much resources into that.
Other reasons for performance decline may include the new 1.18+ World Gen, and lack of bugfixes and optimization focus.
Having a team for each platform is definitely a good idea. Mojang already has dedicated groups for artwork, sound design, and all that stuff, but Idk if they do for each platform. I don't think that's very realistic right now though. As big as Mojang/Microsoft is, the BE team is still relatively small compared to the game's size and popularity.
My biggest issue is the chunk rendering, my favorite part of Minecraft is exploring and finding ew places to build stuff but i get so annoyed when it doesn’t load I stopped playing it on switch for that
Yeah it's too bad, I've always said that Mojang are absolutely USELESS just look at things like the chat update, not giving a shit about that, and not optimizing their game at all on hardware that's more than powerful enough to run it. And people say the switch is underpowered. But it's the same version of the game that runs on PHONES so anyone who says that is a fool lol
@@Boba_Fett1980 exactly, they don’t care about optimizing the game, it still doesn’t take advantage of the Xbox series s or x and being a Microsoft Studio that’s so disappointing
@@wicho99w99 right, remember they completely lied about us getting ray tracing shaders on the series s and x ? They should be sued honestly for spreading false information. The consoles have been out for years and are more than powerful enough to handle it... Even the series s is. But we're most likely never getting rtx on Xbox.
yeah i deal with that but i still play it
The mobile version is the first i think so i dont think it has issues if mojang ported the pc version from mobile
Here is a quick summary of my experience on the switch.
It used to run very well before 1.16.
Since then more and more issues started showing up.
What used to be quick loading chunks became slow. I kept crashing because of simple things, like opening a chesy or using a firework. More weird issues kept showing up like randomly getting disconnected, or weird game crashes or huge lag spikes.
What used to be a flawless, speedy experience for me, turned into a nightmare. To the point I switched to Laptop.
I’m curious have you had any issues with saving and quitting the game? Cause I’ve had issues where it doesn’t save or after it’s done saving apparently the game is still playing and I’ve gotten killed or found myself in unfamiliar places that I don’t remember going to
yeah that update changed how the game renders, which is RENDER DRAGON. People hate it because there's no shaders now and it's laggier
Minecraft for Nintendo Switch ran much better back when it launched in 2017/2018. I think the 2021 Caves and Cliffs update greatly diminished the performance, and they even lowered the max render distance from 14 to 12 chunks on the Swich version with that update.
That I can agree with, I've had much more loading time and small bugs since 2021. Can't even load into my sonic the hedgehog Mashup that I paid for without the entire game crashing.
huh? My switch’s max chunks are 8…
@@ajayisbetter Are you playing on Realms by chance?
@@mazda9624 no, I just create a world and the max chunks I can do is 8
Not surprised tbh. The switch is 5 Years old and was even at the release not as powerful as some smartphones.
The game evolved (for the cost of needing more resources) but the switch obviously didnt.
Playstation and Xbox are a lot stronger, so you have more room (performance) to play with.
Obviously I dont think Minecraft runs on the xbox now better than 5 years ago, but because of the higher performance its still okay I think.
But on the switch it was probably already at release running at almost 100%, so no wonder it gets worse with every update.
Thanks for making the video. I was here a while ago saying how my Macbook had died and I was unsure about buying the Switch version. I just wanted to report that I ended up getting the Switch version recently and haven't had any problems wth performance or anything like that. As you mention, the controls do feel really weird at first. I'm still not used to them. But considering how long I've been playing on PC for, it's not surprising that it's taking a while to get used to.
How's it holding up?
Thank you for the video. I think most of the blame are on the companies that do a bad job optimising the game. Sometimes I think that they even don’t do the test on a physical consolo before releasing it.
It's basically unplayable now. Opening a chest, your inventory or other similar menus takes forever, and it also takes forever to load blocks when you place or remove them.
This might be more of a Bedrock Edition problem than specifically a Switch problem, but you literally can't build a tower/nerdpole too quickly or else the game will just kill you.
@@maxwellhowland8246 I went from switch to PC and a lot of problems went away. The nintendo switch is not a powerful device, so lag and bugs exist.
I think this is more so a bedrock thing, I play on ps4 and this happens alot, it took me a whole ass minute just for it to load the settings
@@Bundle_Exists nah I play on ps4 and xbox series x and neither have this issue. Didn't get this on my phone either. Your ps4 is mabye slowing down
@@maxwellhowland8246 I don't think so, I found Bedrock Edition to be more performant with fewer issues on PC, so these definitely seem like Switch/console specific issues.
This is exactly the Minecraft switch video I was looking for! Thank you for taking the extra step and going above and beyond. Testing things like digital vs physical copy of the game as well as hosting vs joining a realm. I am sold. Thanks for the informative video!
This video is amazing 🥺 thank you so so much for so much input on the controls and everything the switch can do with Minecraft and how it looks in handheld and playability
Happy to hear you liked the video! I'm always looking for new topics to make videos on, so let me know if there's anything Minecraft or Nintendo related that would interest you :)
Love your video, explained my thoughts on the game exactly. I’ve played the OG Kindle Fire version when I was in middle school so working around those few loading and lagging issues does bother me. Plus I can play the game anywhere I go with wifi on a realm or anywhere in my own world!
Thank you for the video review/perspective.
On my world (before I gave up an moved to an iPad with a controller) I used to get below 20fps with constant 30+ second freezes where all the mobs could still move and attack, but I couldn’t. This was a 140mb world BTW. It’s 250mb on my iPad now, and I hate to think what it would be like if I had continued with the switch.
Very nice and well put together video! You explain calmly but detailed all the pro's and cons and that in the end it's fine and still Minecraft to be enjoyed to its fullest :)
Yes! Love see someone fill in the hole for a missing video. Good video!
I play the Switch edition with my son in local co-op using 2 systems rather than split screen, although we could play on PC or Xbox One. The overall experience is positive and it's fun. I absolutely agree that travelling by boat is by far the game at its worst performance, but beyond that, there's nothing that strikes me as particularly bad about this version. As you said, it's poorly optimised, and as Minecraft Dungeons also runs poorly at times on Switch, it's a Mojang issue over a hardware issue.
thank you so much for your detailed review! it was very helpful :)
I never really play on the switch anymore, but when I used to play, I would turn off the clouds and fancy graphics and controller. Hence those usually made the game more smooth.
Thank you for this video! It is very complete and helped a lot!
The only real problem i have is the nether loading. Thats never fair but then i get exclusive packs and creative fun maps it makes me overlook it.
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00:00 - Intro
00:50 - Controls: General
02:20 - Controls: Touch controls
03:12 - Singleplayer
03:39 - Multiplayer: Regular Server
04:31 - Multiplayer: Split-Screen
04:50 - Multiplayer: Realms Server
06:55 - Multiplayer: Featured Servers (Mini-Games etc.)
07:19 - Marketplace
08:09 - Mash-Up: Super Mario World
08:27 - Mash-Up: Walt Disney World - Magic Kingdom Adventure
09:29 - Performance: General
10:03 - Performance: Loading Issues
12:47 - Performance: Startup Times
13:19 - Performance: Other issues & Performance Summary
14:00 - Summary: Is it worth it?
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you don't, you just have to put this exact comment in the description
thanks man
du bist niederländisch oder? cool obwohl ich deutsch bin verstehe ich viele texte auf niederländisch 😂 sehr ähnliche sprache
@@TheAndy71brown what ?
Nicht ganz, ursprünglich aus der Schweiz, aber nun in den Niederlanden. Klingt tatsächlich ein bisschen wie betrunkenes Deutsch manchmal 😆
The only downside i see in the switch version is the chunk rendering, which is pretty slow, but at the same time it can become an OP "feature"
So i was playing in my world on the switch version and while chunks were loading i was litterally able to see whats underground, and in the end i found a mineshaft
That's part of the switch 'experience' sadly. sometimes it gets in the way while exploring the map.
I was glad to see this video in my feed the only videos reviews I found on CZcams post this video were reviews that came out around the time it first released for switch. All were negative but I’m curious to see what you have to say. I already bought it just before I saw this in my feed and I had no issue of course it’s a bit slow at rendering when traveling fast in a boat so I imagine it would be simpler with carts too other than that plays fine in my 8 h of playing
What I dislike the most is that nothing syncs between devices.
P.S. what determines the hardware I play games on depends on what the game was optimised/meant for first, because all other alternatives are just taped together, it helps deciding what device to play it on and makes the experience better imo. So even if everything is fixed with MC Console / Mobile, I won’t care because I don’t want to juggle devices.
In fact this is the problem with most software in general… I mean I have an entire document dedicated to my opinion on this kind of stuff that I hope to turn into a video… but I know I won’t 😞
I had a long term survival world on the Switch. It ran quite okay before 1.16 but, after more and more updates especially after 1.18 with the new generation. It ran terrible, flying with a elytra is very painful
Do you mean frame drops or the chunk loading issue? I'm actually curious about what flying with an elytra must be like. Probably getting stuck on invisible walls and then losing all momentum?
@@smallthoughts_nl Yes extremely low chunk rendering. Even when I put it to 5 chunks. When you try to fly normally you crash into invisible walls, and in the worst case you can die from kinetic energy. A phone from 2012 can run Minecraft better than the switch. I am so glad I changed to Xbox and PC. But I can 100% confirm the pain Switch Players have.
I don't know how mojang keeps neglecting performance on minecraft for nintendo switch. The game just doesn't feal stable at any time and compared to other games on switch and it crashes way way way more for no reason. I have minecraft for Wii U and that game is so much better with performance, render distance and stability. It is a shame that minecraft runs better on older weaker hardware then the nintendo switch.
We need 4j Studios back. They done so well with Legacy Edition
@@JK2002- that depends on which phone you're talking about. There aren't and weren't that many people that have 700-1000$ phones, most people have 100-200$ phones that are obviously weaker than Switch. And ofc phones run Minecraft at max resolution, while Switch runs it at 720p. For instance, I also noticed some problems at my A51 after 1.18, which is in fact a mid-range 2020 phone (though it turned out to be not a gaming phone since it has noticeable input delay)
There are a lot of little problems, but there were two major problems and one outside influence that really made me stop playing the Switch Edition. The first problem was that the game kept logging me out on my Microsoft account, and it's a massive pain to log back in, because you can't do it from within the game. When you aren't logged in, you can't play your maps from the store, which was a deal breaker for me because I play Skyblock the most and I was using a generic store bought Skyblock map. The second major reason I don't play Switch Edition anymore was the 1.17 (I think) update. It was whenever it was that the Y height was changed. All the maps from before then on the store could not be updated beyond that, so they would always be stuck at that update. They did this to avoid breaking maps that were designed with the old Y height, but it also meant that the main map I played on the Switch was essentially a time capsule.
I am often on the road, so portable was the only way to reliably play, even though I prefer Java Edition. I played PE back when it first released, but I don't like the touch controls these days and switching from the switch to PE wouldn't fix the marketplace mapanyway. I have the Vita Edition, which is also portable, but it's stuck all the way back on the update aquatic, so I had no real alternative to the Switch Edition when on the road.
But all that changed when my Steam Deck arrived, which meant that I had another way to play Minecraft on the go. I put Java Edition on it, manually recreated the Bedrock controls with Steam Input because I didn't know there were controller support mods for Java Edition, and have been playing that ever since. I actually went into creative and recreated my Switch Skyblock map block for block so that I could continue the map that I had spent so much time on. Haven't looked back.
Personally I thought getting Minecraft on the switch my experience was fine. I decided to build a mega Japanese village with multiple building. Later down the line my world got very slow. The world would only load my chunk that I had my village and struggle very hard to load any other chunk and sometimes my game would freeze up and had to wait minutes to move steve. I switched to playstation Minecraft and had no issues on that platform
I think what it comes down to is that the people who say they "don't have issues" just haven't explored/built enough to get to that critical mass where it starts affecting them. All Switches/versions of the game are going to be the same, so it's just a matter of world size/complexity.
I think we played different versions... honestly, buy Minecraft on Switch was one of my worst purchases ever. I enjoyed it a lot when I first downloaded it. Playing it on a decent size screen while lying on my bed was quite a great experience, and I have hundreds of hours with the game on my Switch (really, more than 800). Actually, the game almost felt like a good port.
The problems came when my worlds were above 100 MB of space - which is not that much, if you're a player who likes to play on the same world for several months. Then the problems became so notorious: a lot of lag even when playing offline, the chunks taking a lot to render, the FPS dropped below the 25 frames most of the time, and the autosave taking like 5 minutes to complete, lagging all of your world in the process, just to repeat it after a minute or so (you can't disable it).
Another thing that I really don't understand is the volume of the save data. It's HUGE. The game barely reaches 1.2 GB of space, but then I realized that only the save files were 1.8 GB, more than the game itself. And I gotta say it again, my worlds were never above the 100 MB, and had no texture packs installed. So, why was it so huge? Even when deleting my save files, I entered to the game to see what was the initial size of the save data. I didn't create a world, just opened the game: the size was already 275 MB. For literally nothing.
I'm so sorry to write all of this, maybe just a few will read it all, but I'm so tired to see that the game is on the best sellers tab every week even when it is such a bad port. I ended up buying the PC version for my laptop, and it's an infinitely better version (it ain't a powerful laptop, but runs Minecraft Bedrock almost at 60 FPS with 10 chunks of render distance).
Your video was very good, and I really enjoyed watching it, but I think it represents only the bright side of the game on Switch. However, I would suggest you to verify all what I said here and, if you find this to be true, make another video to inform to the people about this awful port. Maybe that will help to reach Mojang so they can finally fix this version.
Yeah, I also bought it on 2020, and it was actually a good experience back then (1.15 - 1.16), pretty enjoyable to say the least. It had its issues, but nothing compared to what it is right now. Today you just can't invest your time in a world because you know it'll become unplayable after a few weeks of progress. I hope the Switch community would someday unite to make Mojang finally take us seriously.
I never had any problems. But I haven’t played my world in 1-2+ years.
@@_coolden282 Actually, some months ago I joined a realm playing on the Switch because my laptop had some problems and had to be formatted; surprisingly for me, I actually enjoyed playing it on the console. It wasn't perfect, but I had a great time I hadn't have since 2020. So yeah, probably there've been some fixes over the years. However, to anyone looking to buy it on Switch, I would still recommend to buy it on other platform if you have the chance. Just to be sure.
I main on switch, and its really good. Doesnt lag, from my perspective. The only problem i have is the chunks taking forever to load. Other than that i like it
i have a realm on switch, I already have pretty big constructions, nothing too crazy but big and there are several houses. Also im building an automatic storage system which for now is working fine. After months of playing with friends, the neighborhood started to get laggy the first load, but after that it works fine.
the fps are not the best but also not something it bugs me, tbh i would recommend it to everyone except for hardcore players which expect high performance and huge servers. been playing on my switch since more than two years.
my only real complain is when the game starts, it takes its time to load your avatar and signing in into your microsoft account
The switch version on its own is fine. But if you reach near the storage limit on the game it can mess up everything. Because I had low storage on the game, now it tends to crash and freeze up a bunch making it really hard to play. I assume if I get an SD card or something to help with my storage issue it should fix this but at the moment its unplayable for me lol. But before I had any issues I had a great time with it. 👍
By crashing, you mean that the game stops, there's a notification about the storage limit, and you're brought back to the Minecraft main menu? If so, I've had that happen as well with the Disney World map. Perhaps an SD card does indeed help, but I found it odd considering there's still space left on the internal storage. I'm not sure how to adjust it so Minecraft can use up more space. If someone knows a fix to this, I'm curious about it, too. It's a really frustrating issue.
@@smallthoughts_nl yeah!
@@smallthoughts_nl seconded
being honest the only thing i hate in this version is the lag in the splitscreen, the chunks taking forever to load when i go a bit fast and on how tiny the chunk limit is
With my Nintendo switch playing Minecraft, sometimes the chunks take a long time to load other times they load really quickly I would have to say it depends cause I play single player so it could depend on the world so who knows because I rarely have to wait a long time for things to load so who knows.
I am just surprised how good the old console editions were compared to this which is on something more powerful unless I’m remembering wrong, but I just wish 4j studios was still making the console edition because I bet they could do a better job from doing it on a lot of consoles and the only thing bad about the legacy console edition are finite worlds and no cross play which could probably have been added at some point
I got it in 2020 and it was the first time since I started playing MC for like 10 years that I best the dragon I just loved being able to play it anywhere even though it can be laggy and stuff it's enjoyable and no terrible like most reviews say
Minecraft Bedrock has had controller latency problems ever since version 1.18.30. It's not just the switch that is imprecise it's the games fault. It is currently fixed in the newest beta 1.20.30 so keep an eye out for the release.
It's annoying really. Not only did the rendering engine change make the game slower for no discernable advantages but the controld have been compromised too. Bedrock really needs an optimization update, the switch should still easily play the game without problem.
My brother gave me his Nintendo oled, because he bought a new console he said i can buy minecraft so we can play together in a server. I wanted to see reviews on it and i saw lots of negative ones, but now i saw yours i might consider buying it 😊
thank you for giving this indepth review and bringing light to the issues. ive also played for around 100 hours and the issues that persisted just made it feel poor and is probably why i swithced to pc
this just feels so peaceful i love the way the video is put together and how minecraft is on the switch
great video mate keep up the work
I have like 300 hours in the game but
After a long time of playing the world gets very laggy and broken so I think I’ll move on to pc one day
You deserve way more subscribers, I wish you luck
i have both switch edition on my switch lite and pocket edition on my ipad, i much prefer pocket edition since it runs better overall, i can import custom skins from my photo gallery, and it's way less annoying to log into my microsoft account or access the marketplace. this is just my experience though, seeing as my ipad is a 9th gen ipad which has generally good performance overall anyway.
Amazing video, like a profesional CZcams channel
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Thanks a lot :)
As of late 2022 or early 2023 the Nintendo Switch has been my primary way of playing Minecraft. Personally control wise I think it really does depend on preference. I might go back to mobile but I almost always rely on my switch for gaming so it just makes it that much easier instead of switching between devices. I was starting to deal with more lag on my phone & when you I made the move to my switch it did help with that lag. I still do have some lag spikes here and there but it’s not as bad as people make it seem.
I started playing minecraft in 2012 on pc, but this has become my new favourite way to play. I just love the portability and convenience of it. Pocket edition always suffered from poor controls, so the switch edition is IMO the best version to just pick up and play whenever.
I found this video in search of common issues I had with the switch version. And playing on split screen with my kid, definitely found us these same performance issues. It's basically unplayable in split screen if you have a kelp farm running, lagging to the point where it's basically 1 frame every 5 mins. Even with the OLED. Things get worse when in split screen 2 players get further apart or are in separate dimensions (nether/overworld). God help anyone who wants to play creative and spawn more than 20 mob eggs. I definitely think 1.17 is the issue. Tho last time I played bedrock was when it had world borders.
I got Minecraft on the switch yesterday it was the greatest experience ever
for me the issue is that its kinda overpriced, i have it on my phone from my cousin account and it runs very smooth and the switch version runs the same and looks the same so i kinda ignore it
Ik speel Minecraft bijna exclusief op mijn computer en soms op steam deck. Leuke video :)
I put 100’s of hours on the switch but lately its been unplayable even on new worlds. If i walk 10 blocks in any direction the world is just blank abyss and takes minutes to load just a couple blocks in any direction. I love it so much i bought it on ps5 and cant believe how much better it plays. Java on my comp is great too. In the past i got my money worth but id recommend it on any other platform as its pretty much unplayable on switch for me as of late.
Good video, straight to the point.
I say, pretending this video didnt make me instantly buy the game.
Thanks, nice to hear about it :) How's your experience with it so far?
Ive played this version for a couple hundred hours, its great being able to take it anywhere. Now i play the java version on my steamdeck oled, its surprisingly playable (90fps 20 chunks with the fabulously optimized mod)
From what I'm understand is that it runs the same way as a phone or tablet bc I have it on my iPad and most of those issues is the same, so the only thing they should complain about is the price on my iPad it's $7 as for the switch it's $29 unless they plan on updating and try fixing the problem than it better on the phone or tablet
Jij can dit zo goed! Jij maakt Engelse filmpjes en zo echt
Hartelijk bedankt! Ik hoop het was een beetje te volgen 😄
i came from minecraft on iphone 8 with a ps4 controller so the switch was a big step up for me and i had great experiances with the game iyt was the first one i bought foir my switch unfortinatly i moved to ps4 and xbox one and it is hard to go back due to the 30 fps
Thank you for making this video, was on the fence, to many people shit talk the switch just to do it, the switch is capable of some crazy things lol
the chunks are not loading when i move fast issue is not exlusive to switch version tho i have a very powerfull pc but i still encounter these type of things especially when i use boats
13:18 yeah this happens in pc bedrock when you alt tab in pc and come back again almost all the issues you said are just general minecraft bedrock issues not switch :3
As someone who used to play Java Edition with a really crappy and slow computer... Nintendo Switch Minecraft performs fine (lol).
Third party games struggle a lot one Nintendo Switch. The system is designed for optimization. Its cheaper to manufacture and runs smoothly so long as you actually optimize the game for the system. The people who make Nintendo games are masters at making the best of limited performance, which is why games like Odyssey, Breath of the Wild, and Mario Kart look so good and can handle so much at once. Meanwhile, A Hat in Time, Minecraft, Minecraft Dungeons, Subnautica, and other third party games have noticeable bugs and occasional performance struggles because they weren't designed for the system... in the case of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, those games were made by Gamefreak. Nintendo owns part of the franchise, which is why they only show up on Nintendo consoles... but despite that the team that makes them is very small (the size of an indie game company essentially) and they are _not_ very good at optimization due to their small team and rushed development time.
I love Minecraft been playing it since the beta's. But god am I not a fan of the Dutch translations. For me its always English. Very nice review tho its nice to see people experience the early spirit of Minecraft that most of us wish we could go back to!
They just released a bug fix for the lag on switch. Thank you
I play minecraft for the first time ever on My switch I loved it I put over 100 hours of gameplay now I have an Xbox and play it there
I’m having fun with it on Switch but the load times when getting into my world can take up to like 45 seconds. That being said, I never played Minecraft before on any other platform. Might end up getting it on my laptop if it crashes or whatnot
If youre planning on typin alot in chat for mc on switch. You can plug in a keyboad to your switch and type with that
are you from the Netherlands/Belgium and btw nice video
Yes, I live in the Netherlands and thanks!
Fun fact: So, some ppl call your country Holland, right. In my language, Netherlands is Olanda
That's funny to hear! It makes historical sense. Some people don't like that term a lot, as Olanda is more of a region instead of the whole country. Ideally, they'd like to hear Paesi Bassi 😋
To chat quicker, I connected a keyboard to the switch, mouse doesn’t work tho. When I lost my desktop pc during COVID, I used my switch as a substitute and worked perfectly fine.
great video dude!
this is how the game works. the bedrock edititon is exactly the same on every device. i remember having the issues you are having with the switch on my old android phone with a slow cpu. the game will not lag that much but the cpu will struggle loading the world hence why the delayed loding in on servers, it has always been like that on bedrock edition and i dont think they could do much other than making you invincible while you are still loading in
I'm planning to buy one, soon that's why I've been searching some review's if it's worth it or not and i think i am definitely gonna buy it
so is it worth it ??
@@shaofordI’ve had it on my switch for years and it is my most played game, I’ve spent hundreds of hours on it and the worlds are incredible. It is super chill and as someone who has access to the pc minecraft experience it is so much better cos i do lots of travelling so i can play on the way. It will be the best money you’ve spent on video games in ages. Hope that helps :)
@@Buster18 thank you!
@@shaofordont its badly optimized i am a little biased since i dont like bedrock in general but this is really bad get it on an xbox or smthing
It's not a solid 60 fps though, from what I can see it looks and runs better than it did before. Solid option I guess if you just want to have fun and can deal with the fps issues. Just get a Series S, the fps slider goes up to like 360fps ( if you have the appropriate monitor or tv ) .
Yeah it's a shame it isn't solid 60 fps. Turning down render distance increase frame rate though
Yes if you do the DNS hack on the switch you can play on any bedrock servers.. Its crazy that it requires such a weird work around for you to play servers that you play on the pc. The reason i dont play normal servers on the switch the ones it gives you is they are ruined, destroyed worlds etc.. But having the ability to play other servers i can go on servers i like that i play on pc and have like another version of me playing the game in a different place with different stuff or join my own base lol.
I have these problem with the windows 10 edition while in full screen if i press the windows key or open a differend window like a browser i get the same disconnecting issue or if i "Host" the server on the windows 10 edition my friends get disconnected
I didnt get minecraft of the switch because I have it on my phone and my computer and also my 3ds but the fact you can play multiplayer without buying realms is kinda cool so idk maybe I'll try it out
I always disliked the bedrock edition for how scummy the marketplace is and how the game is a copy and paste from each console without the love and care that was put into each console port from 4j studios, but I will say I have warmed up to the game doesn't mean I don't see the legacy no pun intended that it trampled but it could've been worse, I plan to buy a Nintendo switch copy tomorrow
Yeah, the marketplace could really profit from a cleanup and more quality control. It's an odd experience to say the least. I got a bit curious and looked into the versions from 4J Studios that you mentioned. They look very nostalgic and cool, but in what way are they unique to each console? I suppose the copy and paste feel could be the result from the crossplay feature.
@@smallthoughts_nl there specifically made for each console unlike the bedrock port.
I swear it used to run good but i just went on my old world a week ago and its so slow
My solution for the controller typing is just using the touch screen which is what i use most often
This is the dream for a minecrafter honestly,a version of Minecraft that you can take on the go with built in controls?!sure you can connect to a phone using a ps4/5 or Xbox controller but it’s not like your going to casually carry that controller with your phone,I have a 4 month survival world and I love it,even quitting my ps5 and pc world for a while just to play this
I had great experiences playing on switch until the caves update. It seems that when the system has to render in twice the vertical distance, it's too much for it. My 12 year old just got into it, and let me tell you SPLIT SCREEN IS ALMOST COMPLETELY UNPLAYABLE. Any time the game is autosaving (every 2-3 minutes), you have about 30 seconds where block changes are not shown. You can't see any changes to blocks you've placed or mined. This can result in at minimum frustration, and at most death.
Finally someone who agrees that switch version is great, servers are also amazing
I’m a switch player and I feel like this version has its pros and cons, the pros are stuff like portability and multiplayer capability, but I feel like the bad stuff slightly overpowers the good stuff as there’s extremely slow chunk loading when traveling at high speeds making elytra with rockets feel not much faster than sprint flying in creative and I’m more of a free to play player so I’m not a big fan of the many micro-transactions as one of the only free things to do is single player and play with a few other people
I Play minecraft on the switch and it’s fine I guess… HOWEVER my biggest and most frustrating issue that I have with it is the chunks taking 1000 years to load and it’s incredibly annoying. Even when I die and then respawn, I would have to wait for an annoyingly long time for the chunks to load in. Sometimes it wouldn’t even let me move until the chunks load.
Great video brother
My biggest problem with Minecraft on switch is no gyroscope controlls, the wii u version had those for aiming.
Hearing people say Nintendo switch version sucks just gets me sad because i got a Nintendo switch for christmas in 2021 and the only game i wanted is minecraft and its like the littearly same
Every version of bedrock has issues imo. I'm playing it on an Xbox One X and there's still performance problems and bugs.
@@spiral7399 well I dont lag on my Nintendo
@@NJ_UF I've played the switch version in split screen, it definitely does. Stuttering and fps drops are constant. It's the same across all versions.
@@NJ_UF stop lying to yourself, i guarantee you it has lagged
It depends bow big you want to do stuff in it, like my world is unplayable but thats becuz my main hub has too many villagers
One issue I’ve had with minecraft switch is that you cannot play locally with people on other platforms, I bought the switch version to LAN with the XBox and you can only pretty much cross party play on realms servers! Although this is more a Nintendo issue than a minecraft issue
I am a seasoned player on the switch and let me tell you there are many times where you can pready much not be able to play the game for 4 months your game will run fin for around 200 hours and then it will just lag like crazy and when I played on pc it felt so much better
It's crazy how it used to run pretty well on switch, but with updates not really being optimized for the switch, it has made the game a laggy stuttering mess that just makes it unplayable.
I have almost 200 hours on the switch version of minecraft and here is my honest opinion and why now I play on my low end laptop that barely reaches 30 fps:
- The loading times for chunks and nether made it being really hard to continue with my survival world in which i have many things far one from another, since traveling was just waiting until the chunk loaded for more than half the time, and the nether shortcut was an immediate death
- There are a lot of crashes. Right now, the current version seems more stable and with not so many crashes, but as someone who has the switch version of the game since 1.14, crashes have been a usual thing, and even when an update fixes most crashes, sooner or later there will be another update that breaks the game again
I don't blame the switch for being underpowered or anything in this case, but rather the game itself. Look at the Wii U, a console with the same power or maybe even a bit less. It has a completely different version of Minecraft made by 4J Studios instead of Microsoft and it NEVER gave any of the problems the switch version of the game has. So I believe that's enough proof that, in this case, we shouldn't blame the switch's hardware, but the game itself, as the exact same game that runs on the switch with so many problems runs almost flawlessly on my low end laptop
there used to be a massive lag spike every time it saved but it gone now. other than the draw distance it no different than any other bedrock game
like the lag spike was so bad i died a couple times
i got minecraft for the switch last year from my friends after i said i didnt want it so yea thats nice:) Ive played it for 5 hours in total and havent touched it in months haha.
I say its worth it. As far i seen theres really not anythibg wrong with it. Its just that people cant play with a controller or argue that it isnt 120+ fps. Im glad that you did this review
You misstyped u said anythibg ik you mean anything
has a shit tons of performance issues and bugs
@@Crusty783 ^
The you appearing without you seeing yet is a general bedrock bug, idk if it happens in single player (I have no way to know but I play on pocket edition) but it does happen when I play with my friends, their minecraft still says locating server but I can already see their character, but it's uninteractable
Also what you said about the old iPad I actually have two, a 2010 one (literally unplayable, crashes every 2 mins) and a 2018 one (not so old, but still old) and the 2018 one only gets up to 4 chunks and when I put them I'm like whoaaa I can see so far so for me even 16 chunks is a lot lol
As someone who has Minecraft on Xbox I do encounter some of the same problems except for the chunks not loading
i have no idea why people call the switch version terrible, sure, when you play multiplayer with like 60+ people in the lobby and other stuff like that it will of course lag, + it has its own textures that are most of the time very detailed and its a handheld, its very impressive that the game can run on a smooth 60fps without any lag when playing with 10+ people on a realm!
The only problem I have is chunk load takes so long to the point I switched to the ps4 version
Thanks for this.
good job bro Thanks
The thing is Minecraft Bedrock on the Switch just feels like a much inferior version to every other version of Minecraft Bedrock. There are better ways to play Minecraft Bedrock, and heck, there's a better version of Minecraft that's also on Switch (which you can't buy)
2:00 Fun Fact! you can plug a keyboard into your switch dock and type messages on it!
That's the most unconventional tip I've ever heard that’s both practical and impractical at the same time 😆
I’m impressed. I stopped playing on the Switch because I encountered too many crashes and lags on small worlds and expected it to only get worse with a growing world.