
The truly unique feature to the Switch is its portability. This single controller allows you to play multiplayer games no matter where you are, and Nintendo's library of motion-based games means you can quickly bust you Switch out at a party and play really fun games with friends. Each half is capable of acting entirely independent of one another, including acting as a full Nintendo Wii-style motion controller. When you put a game cartridge into the Switch, that game is immediately available to play.īut separating the two halves allows you to play multiplayer games where each half is a separate controller. You can connect both halves of a controller to the tablet and make your whole console portable, and you can connect both halves to a more traditional grip controller that more closely resembles the Xbox experience. These "Joy-Cons" exist as several different kinds of controller all at once. The first is in the unique controllers included with the console. Nintendo's Switch experience includes three big features you won't find on the Xbox One. It's a great all around entertainment experience from your couch. It's also a capable entertainment platform, with apps for nearly every streaming video service and the ability to play broadcast television through its extra HDMI port. If your goal is to play games that offer a more photo-realistic set of visuals, you'll find the Xbox One is a great deal more technically capable than the Switch.
#XBOX ONE SWITCH 720P#
When removed from its dock, the 720p display built into the display is obviously not as high a resolution as your average television or tablet. In many cases, both consoles will play at 900p at 30FPS.
#XBOX ONE SWITCH 1080P#
Neither console offers a consistent 1080p experience or a consistent 60fps performance threshold with every game, however. The included 8-core AMD GPU and 8GB of RAM can offer more realistic visuals than the mobile-focused nVidia Tegra X1 GPU with only 4GB of RAM. While the Xbox One is indeed much larger, it's also a great deal more technically capable. Because Nintendo's motion control system is baked directly into the controllers included with the console, there's no added hardware to buy in order to access the many motion-based games Nintendo and its partners offers.

The ports to this console are actually hidden inside a plastic flap on the back, and includes a single HDMI port as well as a power and USB port. The Xbox One is a great deal more technically capable than the Switch.
