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OdinHades on 09 December 2018

It's already in the works!



So convenient! Seriously though, I couldn't care less about the power inside the Switch. It's more than good enough for what it's trying to do. If I feel like playing with monstrous graphics on a 120 Hz display with G-Sync, I'll do that on my laptop. But if I want to play on the train or in my bed or something, that's where the Switch really shines. I'd like to keep it that way. The thing should be small and portable, end of story.

I can only speak for myself of course, but I sure as hell wouldn't buy a beefed up Switch with a gigantic case that you could pretty much not fit in any of your pockets. Don't care too much about the price, but if the thing gets too big, that would be a deal breaker for me.



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tsogud on 09 December 2018

I think they're most likely gonna release a Switch Pro in 2020 that's comparable in performance to the base PS4 and also a Switch Pro dock for the people who have the original Switch but don't want to shell out an extra $400 for the Pro model. The trade off would be that you can only play Pro enhanced games/Pro exclusives at home with the Pro dock but it'd be way cheaper than buying the Pro model. Personally, if that were to happen I'd just get the Pro SKU for convenience.



 

Jumpin on 09 December 2018
OdinHades said:
It's already in the works!



So convenient! Seriously though, I couldn't care less about the power inside the Switch. It's more than good enough for what it's trying to do. If I feel like playing with monstrous graphics on a 120 Hz display with G-Sync, I'll do that on my laptop. But if I want to play on the train or in my bed or something, that's where the Switch really shines. I'd like to keep it that way. The thing should be small and portable, end of story.

I can only speak for myself of course, but I sure as hell wouldn't buy a beefed up Switch with a gigantic case that you could pretty much not fit in any of your pockets. Don't care too much about the price, but if the thing gets too big, that would be a deal breaker for me.

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Exactly what I had in mind when I read the title.



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Wman1996 on 10 December 2018

I don't like the idea because it sounds very expensive and lacks some compatibility between models. The strongest I see a Switch Pro getting is Base Xbox One or Base PS4. PS5 and Next Xbox graphics are going to have to wait until the Switch's successor. Even then, I doubt Nintendo will make it that powerful. Nintendo has been graphically behind since the Wii, and behind on file storage since the N64.



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0D0 on 10 December 2018

you mean a portable ps5, but by Nintendo?

well i guess it's unthinkable and impossible



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Darc Requiem on 10 December 2018

What you are proposing is technically impossible. You can't produce a hybrid that powerful. The technology doesn't exist. The next Switch will probably be base PS4 level at best.



Mr Puggsly on 10 December 2018

If a Switch Pro has the power of PS5 and Xbox 2 than the home consoles are underpowered and shouldnt exist.

I mean 8th gen consoles are like 5 years old and trounce the Switch. So it would be impressive if the Switch had the power of 2013 consoles, which was deemed underwhelming in 2013.

Its too stupid to even entertain. But yeah, I would pay around $400 for a tiny portable console that gives me games at par with 9th gen consoles.



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Shiken on 10 December 2018
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Well if the base Switch is too weak for some 3rd party games anyway, base Switch owners would lose nothing.  They would still get the games it can run, and the ones it can't would be just for the Switch Pro.

 

One MUST however is that all Nintendo EXCLUSIVE, especially 1st party, but even the games that Nintendo is fronting the bill for like Bayo 3 or MUA3 as well, would need to be compatible with the base model.  I would only support it if only bigger 3rd party multiplats missed the base model.  Similar to some of the games on NEW 3DS.

So 3rd parties don't need to try optimise for the base model but Nintendo must?

At this point you may as well just make a new console.

What happens with a switch 2? Switch Pro becomes the new base model? So Nintendo so just follows a phone format?

 

I mean, I don't disagree with the viability, I just don't support it. Any game made for Switch should work regardless of the model you have. Users shouldn't be gated from experiences because they don't have the Pro model. Because in reality this just means that the chances for optimised ports could just end .

 

I suppose the worst part is that it actually results in console upgrading on a more regular basis cause the base model is now not able to get certain gamea which means you have an inferior product. At least with Pro and and X you are just losing out on graphics fidelity and performance. You can still you play all the games.

Honestly, I bounce back and forth between concepts on this topic.  On one hand, they already did this with NEW 3DS, so it is not that far fetched that they would do this.

 

On the other, you also make valid points as it would be unwise to alienate any portion of the userbase, especially just after bouncing back from the WiiU.  This is why I feel like at least 1st party games would have to work on both.  Certain 3rd party games would not have worked on the base model anyway, so consumers that stuck with the base model really would not be losing anything in the grand scheme though.  The real issue is perception, as many people would ignore this fact and FEEL like they are being shafted.

 

Honestly what Nintendo needs are a few in house devs like Panic Button that would have the sole focus of optimizing Switch ports for 3rd party games aiming for day and date releases.  It would be an investment, but it very well could pay off in the end and would be the best option for taking care of their consumers as they would not need to alienate anyone in this scenario.



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