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

haxan · Aug 24, 2020

pedro702 said:
yeah becuase dsi and new 3ds have lots of exclsuive games for them... more like 2 or 3 ...

LOL I hope this is the case, I don't want them to really release a new upgraded system that would take the spotlight from the original switch

HarveyHouston · Aug 24, 2020

Sooo, Nintendo... MAKE UP YOUR DURN MIND ALREADY! Are we getting an enhanced Switch unit or not?!?

If Nintendo does what they did with the Wii U, they'll sell this new one at the same price as the original, and bring the original down in price. Otherwise, this may be their most expensive console ever. Bundles were bad enough, adding the price of the games to the price of the unit itself, making it $359 instead of $299 in the U.S. - WTH? Why even have a bundle, if it's not going to be cheaper?!?

stanleyopar2000 · Aug 24, 2020

Higher graphical fidelity, better processing or feck off. This is most likely a desperate minimal attempt to remove modchip compatible units from store shelves. Everyone remember the N3DS?....1 game utilized the hardware. Let's not even discuss the DSi

HarvHouHacker said:
Sooo, Nintendo... MAKE UP YOUR DURN MIND ALREADY! Are we getting an enhanced Switch unit or not?!?

Nintendo doesn't want to shoot themselves in the foot by saying that their current console will be obsolete soon so they're hoping you'll get impatient and buy the current one now and then having to buy the second revision later. They're probably watching their sales metrics like a hawk and once they finally see a plateau then they'll confirm.

gudenau · Aug 24, 2020

I hope it has Thunderbolt. That would be wicked.

Silent_Gunner · Aug 24, 2020

At this point, they should just close out the Switch as being their main unit of focus by either the end of 2021, or at the start of 2022. Clearly, they have something new in the works if that Suikoden Kickstarter page snafu is anything to go off of.

If they want to leave a good taste in people's mouths, they'll have a bunch of software launching for 2021, or getting more marketing exposure for release the following year, with some ports and new releases sprinkled in there, with momentum ramping up towards the end of 2021. Release the Metroid Prime 4 and BOTW2 in 2022 as a sendoff to the Switch 1, with maybe some other stuff tossed in there as the release of the Switch 2 occurs either in 2022 or early 2023. Make the Switch 2 BC with Switch 1 games, both physically and digitally.

But, that's a more idealist approach to how the Switch could play out in the next three years.

whateverg1012 · Aug 24, 2020

PiracyForTheMasses said:
Kill their sales lmfao. No, just no.

I mean I agree with most of what you said, but making it a home console only will def kill their sales. Portable only? Probably not. But home console only? RIP.

Highly doubt they will stop producing hybrids and only put out portable switches though, pretty foolish to do that since being a hybrid is the main selling point of the hardware.

ZachyCatGames · 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.

Well that's Calcio if you remove "4K res" and add "no gamecard support".

JuanMena · Aug 25, 2020

ZachyCatGames said:
Well that's Calcio if you remove "4K res" and add "no gamecard support".

That's even better.
I too hope no buttons or joysticks, but rather something like the power glove.

almmiron · Aug 25, 2020

Common. Its nintendo. maybe they will just add color to nintendo switch. nothing more.

Jokes apart, I think nintendo will do what they did with 3ds. Add one or another boof, maybe some plus mhz, to run some minor games more smoothly. Nothing really near the other consoles, and with the same amount of ram, problably, so games will be still developed for old switch, but with some minor enhancements on the new switch.

My guess is that nintendo will keep the focus on the portable (yes, nintendo switch is a portable console, is a tablet, (almost) any tablet can be plugged on TV and still is considered portable device). "Hybrid" is just a marketing word, not a real thing.

Will keep on current and next of their consoles, because they're winning on the portable gamings since 1989, by large scale.

So, its possible, like a said, nintendo did this before:

gb / gb color
ds / dsi
3ds / new 3ds

Moon164 · Aug 25, 2020

haxan said:
I can already see them releasing games exclusive to the new model, and myself crying in a corner

Nintendo 64 Online Service only for New Switch.

haxan · Aug 25, 2020

Moon164 said:
Nintendo 64 Online Service only for New Switch.

i'd die on the inside if they did this to be honest

Captain_N · Aug 25, 2020

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

Keep dreaming with those specs. I know you trolling. You want to pay $1500 for it, just to be eclipsed by another version 3 years later?

LightyKD · Aug 25, 2020

Here we go again with this shit .... Why can't consoles just last 10 years and gamers just be happy with quality games?!

Xzi · Aug 25, 2020

LightyKD said:
Here we go again with this shit .... Why can't consoles just last 10 years and gamers just be happy with quality games?!

Well, XB1 and PS4 did last about eight years...PS4 Pro and XB1X were by no means necessary upgrades, and I doubt "Switch Pro" will be either.

lemonmaster · Aug 25, 2020

OLED screen and better specs for graphics would be my best guess considering Nintendo's tactics with the DSi and New 3DS, bigger nand would be great since 32 gigs is relatively small when you think about the amount of games most people and how much storage it takes up (Fortnite takes up a ton! And it's free!).
Don't expect "New" games, like they did with the New 3DS, unless they are going to do a huge port like Sunshine or Galaxy (which I would probably buy a new Switch for! If it seems like it's worth.)... Xenoblade Chronicles is an good example of this.

As for exploits... It could be 1-2 years until we have exploit, and even longer before we can use it or install a modchip for it, and the longest part is getting stable homebrew for it. Especially considering Mariko and Lite units are SX locked for time being until Atmosphere is released for it, if ever.

LightyKD · Aug 25, 2020

Xzi said:
Well, XB1 and PS4 did last about eight years...PS4 Pro and XB1X were by no means necessary upgrades, and I doubt "Switch Pro" will be either.

I'll give Sony and Microsoft credit. They will at least support their consoles for close to 10 years. For some odd reason, "Nintendo fans" are so damn fickle and always ready to toss out their current console for the next shiny thing. Remember when everyone was trying to rush Nintendo to their next console after Wii? Well we got Wii U and look at where that went. I LOVE my Wii U but I won't prented it was some roaring success.

xbmcuser · Aug 25, 2020

Nintendo have been v quiet releasing 1st party sw in 2020. That usually means they have games cooking as i write this, lots of em and for a new console too.

the_randomizer · Aug 25, 2020

Here we go again lol

Silent_Gunner · Aug 25, 2020

LightyKD said:
Here we go again with this shit .... Why can't consoles just last 10 years and gamers just be happy with quality games?!

Because you are a consoomer. Consoomers have told the marketing and budgeting departments at every big name publisher in the industry that the more money spent making a game look "realistic" and "cinematic" will translate to more sales. What's that? Spin-offs? More games that offer varied experiences and that aren't just a numbered sequel or a game with a subtitle that totally isn't confusing to those who haven't kept up with the series?

But yeah, nowadays, because each and every game is a giant risk for a company, that's why, after the PS2 era, you saw ATLUS putting out more Persona and Shin Megami Tensei and less Raidou Kuzunoha, Digital Devil Saga, Devil Survivor, or other games that are more experiments than they are sequels, prequels or whatever to the rest of the series.

Like, Devil Summoner is a part of the Persona series. It might not interact all that much outside of Tamaki in the PS1 games being one due to her basically being the canonical MC of Shin Megami Tensei If...

But you aren't gonna see that anymore, it seems. Hell, before we got the trailer months ago, some were thinking that Shin Megami Tensei V was straight up cancelled due to this trend.

Stuff like this is why I personally believe that the days of classic gaming started to come to an end around the 6th/7th generation of consoles.

Capcom is much the same way: whereas before, you had Darkstalkers, Marvel Vs. Capcom (which is dependent upon the former wanting to work with the latter unlike what happened with MVC: I, and is why I think they should do their own Capcom crossover fighter), Cyberbots, Rival Schools, and Power Stone, now, the closest you might get is a Darkstalkers costume in SFV, all because Capcom was seriously betting the value of making a new Darkstalkers game on selling glorified arcade roms with a menu, versus, and training mode and some borders and using that to judge the value of making a new game. In general, a company decides that they have their library of brands that represent various genres, and maybe make a port here and there for this and that to prey upon someone's nostalgia, while still throwing money at the main genre representative of that company.

All I know is that Power Stone would work wonderfully as a Smash guest character given how the game plays.

Xzi · Aug 25, 2020

LightyKD said:
For some odd reason, "Nintendo fans" are so damn fickle and always ready to toss out their current console for the next shiny thing.

It's just graphics/power envy. They want one console for first-party Nintendo games and also complete third-party support across the board. The reality is that Switch is most appealing as a companion device for core gamers that already have a gaming PC or dedicated home console, and the younger audience doesn't care about having the best possible graphics or performance. Nintendo has found its niche and there's no reason to stray too far from it.

Again though, offering more options isn't necessarily a bad thing, so long as there aren't any games exclusive to the new hardware revision. Just give it slightly sharper graphics or slightly better performance across titles. Personally I'd only be interested in the latter.

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