Knockout City is Velan Studios' dodgeball-esque team-oriented online multiplayer game. Originally unveiled during a Nintendo Direct and again shown off at the PlayStation State of Play, all fans had to go off of was a gameplay trailer for Knockout City for about a month. But now a beta is live, and a flurry of details are available, including the performance information for the Nintendo Switch.
Right now a cross-play beta for Knockout City is live and will run until tomorrow, April 4, 2021. The cross-play nature of the beta and game means that Velan Studios should hope to make it as fair as possible, so the Switch performance, in particular, is rather important.
As revealed by Nintendo Life, the Nintendo Switch version of Knockout City will have two different options, Quality Mode and Performance Mode. Quality Mode is the default setting and will include extra graphical fidelity. While docked it will run at 1080p resolution and at 30fps. Meanwhile, in handheld, it will run at 720p resolution and at 30fps. Performance mode has a lower graphical fidelity but a higher frame rate. It also requires a higher and more stable internet. While docked it will run at 810p resolution and at 60fps. Meanwhile, in handheld, it will run at 540p resolution and at 60fps. In general, Performance Mode would be more suited for competitive play and the better option for cross-play.
Cross-play functionality is becoming more important to the gaming community, as games like Fortnite, Rocket Leauge, and Apex Legends implement it. However, with the Nintendo Switch being a console that is less powerful than the PC, Xbox, and PlayStation, it is possible that games that use cross-play functionality are at a disadvantage on the Switch. Apex Legends does not perform as well on the Nintendo Switch, for example, and that is a trade-off that developers, Nintendo, and the gamers themselves have to choose to accept.
Knockout City releases for PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One on May 21, 2021.
Source: NintendoLife