Global Hardware 23 November 2019

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curl-6 said:

Amnesia said:

The Switch could reach this (Wii + DS) next year if there is a Switch Pro.

I really don't think so; those demanding a Pro are vocal internet minority. The average consumer is fine with Switch's current power level.

What would be the point anyway? A Switch Pro released in 2020 would still be weaker than PS4 and still a generation behind PS5/Scarlett.

To add on this, one of the biggest gripes people had with the Switch at launch was it's short battery life, a problem that would come up for sure again with a more powerful "pro" model.

That being said, I do expect a more powerful version of the Switch to come out some day, just probably not next year already (I think in 2021, since the NVidia Shield seems to get upgraded every 2 years). And NVidia could also make use of that Chip: Both the original X1 as well as the newly upgraded version (Mariko) are being used in their Shield TV devices. So getting a more modern and powerful Tegra chip for both devices would be a win for both companies.

As to what I would expect from the device would be roughly about twice the performance and twice the RAM, thus more or less equalizing the XBO in performance. However, like the Pro and the X, that model would be more expensive and thus only have a limited impact on sales, nothing like Wii+DS taken together...