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2018:You want new switch-hardware with better accu/graphic?

Yes, 100 % !!!!!!!!! 84 38.18%
 
Yes, please *-* 35 15.91%
 
No.. 39 17.73%
 
No, because no money. 21 9.55%
 
No interest/not enough games 19 8.64%
 
see results 22 10.00%
 
Total:220

I want two things.

- a revision in 7 nm technological process - that would increase battery life and add a bit of power as an extra cherry, but nothing major;

- SCD based on the GTX 1060 with 8 GB RAM for $199-$249;

These two small things would make the handheld Switch noticably better without alienating the install base, while at the same time docked console would be more powerful than the PS4Pro and would handle 4K easily. Double win.

Nintendo, DO IT!!



Wii U is a GCN 2 - I called it months before the release!

My Vita to-buy list: The Walking Dead, Persona 4 Golden, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, TearAway, Ys: Memories of Celceta, Muramasa: The Demon Blade, History: Legends of War, FIFA 13, Final Fantasy HD X, X-2, Worms Revolution Extreme, The Amazing Spiderman, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate - too many no-gaemz :/

My consoles: PS2 Slim, PS3 Slim 320 GB, PSV 32 GB, Wii, DSi.

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The problem: exclusives?
Would they would use the extra power for bring games that werent okayable on switch(portable mode)?
I dont want nintendo go this route.

In a future revision, the max I can see is a revision with a 1080p screen, that runs on portable mode exactly as powerfull as the docked mode of normal switch.
Switch VR could also come together and would be the only exclusive feature.
But only by 2019 or 2020.



Nope. My favorite 8th generation console was Wii U and it was basically a 360. Game quality matters, not the horse power under the hood.



but in switch 2, released on 2023, 1440p screen, a soc with a smaller GTX 1450 based (7nm), 16gb ram, running better than scorpio when docked.(still late, because ps5 would still be released).
Keep the easy change to dock to on the go, same controllers.
And add some features. more thing to switch into.



If it was more powerful and not a handheld I might consider it.



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gabzjmm23 said:
yes, i'll buy a switch pro if there is. bought XBOX Elite edition since I wanted to. won't buy scorpio or PS4 pro though. Only 1 edition of a home console is enough for me. so if there would be a Switch Pro when I would start buying it, then I'll pick the high-end version one. :)

Okay, cool : )

jonathanalis said:
In a future revision, the max I can see is a revision with a 1080p screen, that runs on portable mode exactly as powerfull as the docked mode of normal switch.
Switch VR could also come together and would be the only exclusive feature.
But only by 2019 or 2020.

good ideas. That sounds good and possible. Thanks for your comment :)

Chazore said:
Not likely because the price would be set a lot higher than it already is, that and it would absolutely kill what little battery life it has anyway.

I'd rather they just improve the battery and charge less for the gamepad and allow for a lan cable with the dock. Also a bigger SD card would be nice.

A bigger SD card.. yes, that would be nice. Maybe someday :) The price of the current switch is too high, the hardware weak - in my opinion. In 3 years, the graphics of game developers will be even stronger and 4k maybe standard. I'm looking forward to the games. On other consoles this year is a flood of games. Let's see if the switch gets enough games in the summer. The launch has far too few games (and too many ports). I really expected more after the wiiU was dropped quickly. The switch has less games than the WiiU to launch, right ? Maybe I am so negative, sorry. But I expect from Nintendo simply much more to bring my friends and me back. And a stronger switch with significantly more larger games would be fantastic for me.



Scisca said:
I want two things.

- a revision in 7 nm technological process - that would increase battery life and add a bit of power as an extra cherry, but nothing major;

- SCD based on the GTX 1060 with 8 GB RAM for $199-$249;

These two small things would make the handheld Switch noticably better without alienating the install base, while at the same time docked console would be more powerful than the PS4Pro and would handle 4K easily. Double win.

Nintendo, DO IT!!

If the gtx 1060 alone is around $200, how could they release anything like the switch for 300?

 

I'd happily accept more power, but I don't want anything too bulky, expensive, or power draining. I think 720p/1080p does it justice. Anything more powerful and it'll only add onto the shorter battery, price, and bulk.

 

Definitely possible in the future though. Meanwhile, I hope we get bundles and special editions as good as the ones we saw with the 3DS/DS. I'm sure Switch+BotW bundles for $299 would sell amazingly during the holidays 



KazumaKiryu said:
gabzjmm23 said:
yes, i'll buy a switch pro if there is. bought XBOX Elite edition since I wanted to. won't buy scorpio or PS4 pro though. Only 1 edition of a home console is enough for me. so if there would be a Switch Pro when I would start buying it, then I'll pick the high-end version one. :)

Okay, cool : )

jonathanalis said:
In a future revision, the max I can see is a revision with a 1080p screen, that runs on portable mode exactly as powerfull as the docked mode of normal switch.
Switch VR could also come together and would be the only exclusive feature.
But only by 2019 or 2020.

good ideas. That sounds good and possible. Thanks for your comment :)

Chazore said:
Not likely because the price would be set a lot higher than it already is, that and it would absolutely kill what little battery life it has anyway.

I'd rather they just improve the battery and charge less for the gamepad and allow for a lan cable with the dock. Also a bigger SD card would be nice.

A bigger SD card.. yes, that would be nice. Maybe someday :) The price of the current switch is too high, the hardware weak - in my opinion. In 3 years, the graphics of game developers will be even stronger and 4k maybe standard. I'm looking forward to the games. On other consoles this year is a flood of games. Let's see if the switch gets enough games in the summer. The launch has far too few games (and too many ports). I really expected more after the wiiU was dropped quickly. The switch has less games than the WiiU to launch, right ? Maybe I am so negative, sorry. But I expect from Nintendo simply much more to bring my friends and me back. And a stronger switch with significantly more larger games would be fantastic for me.

Switch has better quality.

On launch day, the Wii U had...Mario Bros U and ZombiU. Talk about forgettable.

 

Switch has bomberman, BotW, shovel knight, snipperclips, etc.

 

Also, I know everyone would appreciate it to be cheaper and more powerful, but those don't work together :/ if it'd rival the XB1 or ps4 in handheld mode, it'd be significantly more expensive, be bulkier, and probably have a worse battery life (unless they made it bigger, which again would add onto costs and bulk). They'll eventually lower it to $250 or $300 with a game or special edition, so I can't complain. Waiting is the smartest choice. 



Yes for sure.

Nvidia talked of like a 20 year relationship, so I would like to see more regular hardware updates. Phones and tablets get them every 12-18 months ... now maybe not that close, but why not every 3-4 years?

The mobile chip tech improves rapidly, at some point I wouldn't really mind a setup where you can just upgrade the chip, like a Game Boy sized cartridge that pops out of the main unit, and you just pop in the new chip for $60-$70 and voila. Better hardware.

I'd like a Switch Pro that could do 393 GFLOPS undocked (so it can run basically run tilt what the current Switch can do docked now but portably) and 1 TFLOP docked in home mode. I think that would be possible on a Tegra X2 (or whatever the proper successor to the X1 is) at 10nm or 7nm and that should be available by 2019. 

It should just be one evolving ecosystem from now on where your old games can just transfer up whenever you feel ready to upgrade. 



A slightly more powerful dock for the same assets but a 'guaranteed' 1080p and 60fps......sure.

I'm not likely to use it too much in handheld mode though so a battery bump holds no particular sway over me, and by all accounts it looks very decent at 720p on the small screen anyway.