[UPDATE] Rumor: "upgraded" Nintendo Switch to launch early next year

jt_1258 · Aug 24, 2020

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Such rumors have made the news every so often: Nintendo plans a new Switch model. Back in 2019, The Wall Street Journal reported that Nintendo was working on two Switch models: one with enhanced features targeted at avid gamers and the other towards more casual gamers. Later that year, we saw the launch of the Switch Lite but we have yet to see the "enhanced" version. Earlier this year Nintendo said that it has no plans for a new Switch model in 2020. So maybe they have plans for one in 2021? That might be the case according to a new report from Taiwanese newspaper, United Daily News.

According to translations from Resetera and Google translation of the news source, the new Switch model will begin production in Q4 2020, with an expected launch for Q1 2021. The biggest changes to the upgraded model will include improved 'interactivity' and display quality. United Daily News cites its source as numerous hardware manufacturers that work on parts for current Switch models. But as always, take these news with a pinch of salt.

Would you like to see an upgraded Switch model akin to the DSi? Or would you rather have Nintendo's new console compete directly to the PS5 and Xbox Series X?

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tbh though it would likely be a 1000 dollar console if they tried to make a switch that actually competed with or at least came really close to either of the two

Owenge · Aug 24, 2020

I saw what happened, you can't hide the truth

Chrisssj2 · Aug 24, 2020

Raytracing or gtfo rly.

Purple_Shyguy · Aug 24, 2020

Realistically what kinda output could a 1.5 switch do? With a $399 price point and available tech?

900/1080p in handheld? More games just hitting 60fps rather than 30?

JuanMena · Aug 24, 2020

Switch with 4K res, no battery, no handheld mode, running by plug wall.
If it's not that, then I'm not interested.

masagrator · Aug 24, 2020

So it won't be more powerful, but higher quality. OLED display, controllers with additional customizable buttons or touchpads on back and bigger NAND?

Chrisssj2 · Aug 24, 2020

JuanMena said:
Switch with 4K res, no battery, no handheld mode, running by plug wall.
If it's not that, then I'm not interested.

No handheld mode haha your kidding me right. This thing main force is being a handheld aswell as console.

jt_1258 · Aug 24, 2020

JuanMena said:
Switch with 4K res, no battery, no handheld mode, running by plug wall.
If it's not that, then I'm not interested.

unlike being portable mode only with the switch light being docked only would without a doubt make some games unplayable or render portions largely unavailable that make use of the touchscreen with no easy way to work around say issue

MarkDarkness · Aug 24, 2020

Nintendo's track record on this is shady at best... DSi and New 3DS were purchases that did not give much ROI, I'll tell you that much.

Also, the need for a brand new exploit...

Clydefrosch · Aug 24, 2020

every single year, some fucking outlet is trying to sabotage switch holiday sales with this rumor ffs

ZoNtendo · Aug 24, 2020

Clydefrosch said:
every single year, some fucking outlet is trying to sabotage switch holiday sales with this rumor ffs

This kind of rumor happens to any products from any major tech company.

The RTX 3080 got a new rumor/leak every 2 weeks since the beginning of the year

Anyway here's the specs I am expecting, and nothing less:
4k120fps, RTX, 64GB of DDR5 RAM, 1TB SSD

BlastedGuy9905 · Aug 24, 2020

Rumor: Rumored rumor to be rumored in rumored rumor release date rumored to be rumored tomorrow.

deinonychus71 · Aug 24, 2020

Chrisssj2 said:
No handheld mode haha your kidding me right. This thing main force is being a handheld aswell as console.

No handheld would offer quite a bit of significant advantages and would add to the family of switches, without making consumers feel that they got cheated by buying the current switch.
- This would allow the switch CPU to run at native speed if the concern about battery/form factor is dropped.
- Better wifi/built in ethernet support
- Internal memory using swappable SSD/M.2 factor: Now that would really be pushing it but gosh is this needed in some games.

Regardless of whether they drop handheld or not:
- Better resolution: Could be enhanced through AI to reach 4k, like the nvidia shield pro currently does. Not sure how feasible that is for gaming though.

BlastedGuy9905 · Aug 24, 2020

Chrisssj2 said:
Raytracing or gtfo rly.

you're one of the at least 4 rare specimen who actually think funny light go bounce is essential

banjo2 · Aug 24, 2020

BlastedGuy9905 said:
Rumor: Rumored rumor to be rumored in rumored rumor release date rumored to be rumored tomorrow.
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Trust me, I have a friend who has a friend who has a 4chan account

Silent_Gunner · Aug 24, 2020

Owenge said:
I saw what happened, you can't hide the truth

FR tho, what happened?

Bladexdsl · Aug 24, 2020

and here we gooooooooooooo.......

Chrisssj2 · Aug 24, 2020

BlastedGuy9905 said:
you're one of the at least 4 rare specimen who actually think funny light go bounce is essential

Go back to Direct x 5.0 and pixelshader 1.0

masagrator · Aug 24, 2020

deinonychus71 said:
No handheld would offer quite a bit of significant advantages and would add to the family of switches, without making consumers feel that they got cheated by buying the current switch.
- This would allow the switch CPU to run at native speed if the concern about battery/form factor is dropped.
- Better wifi/built in ethernet support
- Internal memory using swappable SSD/M.2 factor: Now that would really be pushing it but gosh is this needed in some games.

Regardless of whether they drop handheld or not:
- Better resolution: Could be enhanced through AI to reach 4k, like the nvidia shield pro currently does. Not sure how feasible that is for gaming though.

Shield Pro doesn't use AI to upscale. It has just software render solution based on made before base with machine learning. It's not good for games, because it's straining CPU/GPU.
For DLSS we need to wait for Volta SoC which will not happen on Switch lineup.

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