I’m sure this was just a developer kit and nothing to worry about, but if Nintendo is legit dropping handheld support, that would be a GIGANTIC mistake. They’d be squandering every drop of goodwill they’ve earned with the Switch’s success. Nintendo has found a wonderful little niche making super high-quality games with last-gen hardware that can be enjoyed on a TV or on the go.
I love my PS5, but I still turn to my Switch over and over again because of its versatility
Agreed. Nintendo either needs to stick to making handheld/console hybrids or commit to making bleeding edge hardware capable of pushing AAA Graphics at 4K 60FPS. And even then, they would have stiff competition with the libraries of Xbox, PlayStation and PC.
It’d be a real interesting move for sure. Personally I have a PS5 and gaming computer for when I want lifelike graphics, frames, etc. I love my switch for cartoonish characters like Mario and Donkey Kong, it’s couch coop games, and it’s relaxing feel when playing games. I’m honestly not that concerned about it’s performance.
That said, I am excited that it’ll probably add an SSD.
I’m the same.
My PC plugs into a monitor and my living room TV, so I buy for that mostly as it results in the best performance.
I have PS5 for exclusives and my son.
I have a Switch for exclusives and portability. ( I even have a Vita for extra portability).
PersonallyI could live without a portable Switch 2 as I’m planning on going for a next gen Steam Deck or an equivalent once they can handle current gen games.
However I’m definitely not the main market for a switch and I reckon good enough graphics combined with portability has been its greatest selling point.
I feel like Switch successor “leaks” have become meaningless noise at this point. There have just been so, so many reported “leaks” and supposed possible release dates/years. I don’t even pay any attention to it anymore.
Not really a lot of noise. GPU from Nvidia leaked, this is most likely a dev kit, which is a kit given to makers of games, not the actual device.
This news just lets us know how far along they are, and honestly as someone who cannot wait to be able to play Nintendo games in 4k, I’m super interested in finding out more.
I’d really hate it if they went back to traditional console. 90% of my switch playtime is in handheld.
99% of my play is docked and I don’t like that half the cost of my console went into making it portable rather than faster.
I hardly use it docked and I hate that half the cost of my console went into making it faster and not more portable /s
The portability is the whole reason it has games for it.
Another low powered home console wouldn’t have sold anywhere near enough to justify ports or exclusive games. The entire interest cycle in the console was exclusively a product of being a handheld that could play expansive games.
Assuming any of this is legit:
Is it possible that the “Switch 2” has a hybrid version like the Switch, a handheld version like the Switch Lite, and a home console version? (Or even just hybrid and home console versions, with a handheld to come later?)
These could all run the same software with very similar hardware, but the home console would either be cheaper or offer higher resolutions and/or framerates than the docked hybrid console.
Customers might get confused, but this is arguably more straightforward than the current lineup.
The downside is that developers would need to handle 3 different configurations (handheld, docked, and home).
The downside is that developers would need to handle 3 different configurations (handheld, docked, and home).
No publisher wants to put the resources into this for absolutely no gain on their part. They’ll target the easiest, cheapest and fastest method to get a game working and then leave it at that.
An improved overall hardware upgrade and fixing of controller connection issues/drift and id be totally happy.
Sounds like a devkit. If there’s any truth to this whole account, the only interesting thing is the scroll wheels on trigger buttons
