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What comes first? What do you think ?

The Mini-Switch 58 40.56%
 
Switch-Hardware-Upgrade (... 26 18.18%
 
Both in the same year 10 6.99%
 
Difficult to say. 15 10.49%
 
I do not care. 18 12.59%
 
See results 16 11.19%
 
Total:143
RolStoppable said:

I am not sold on the idea that there will be a dedicated handheld version of Switch. For one, it contradicts the name. And two, Nintendo will want to sell Joy-Cons and accessories to every Switch owner. I'd expect a more compact Switch that also comes with a redesigned dock; the dock doesn't add much to the system's cost anyway.

There won't be a hardware upgrade for better graphics, because there's no need for it.

Point of Switch Mini/Pocket wouldn't be just to be smaller, but to be cheaper and to have lower point for Switch, so no dock in package and built in controls, especially when 3DS dies, so smaller and cheaper Switch just for handheld play that will actualy be real replacment for 3DS totally make sense.

People dont need to look at Switch like on device, Switch will be platform something similar like 3DS (2DS is part of 3DS family but its not 3D and not even dual screen), so that means different versions of hardware that all play same games.



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Nintendo can make various different models basically with little/no R&D cost, the decision to go with Nvidia and use a non-custom chip has advantages.

If Nintendo wanted to modify their older chips, it would come with a high R&D cost because no one else was using that chip.

With the Tegra chips, Nvidia is already doing all the R&D for them, like Tegra X2 (Parker) already is finished and Nvidia is already working on Tegra X3 (Xavier). Nintendo can just pop those chips into their system and it'll basically work and they don't have to do much/any work.

So they have hardware options now far beyond what they had in the past, I will be you money there are multitude of Switch units in their R&D lab that have different chips in them including that Tegra X2 already.



I have absolutly no doubt that we will see many variations of the Switch. Nintendo would be insane not to.

I think the biggest thing they need is a Switch Phone once they have their OS built up, and a great library of software. This would be a perfect 2019 device on 7nm tech. I honestly think all three platform holders will release gaming phones in or around 2019. The tech will be ready, and the mobile industry is long overdue for an overhaul.

A cheap Switch Lite with the current Switch performance on 7nm would be a great $149.99 entry model. Then to round things off, a new Switch Pro that takes full advantage of the jump to 7nm at $299.99.

As I have been saying for a while. I think we are closing in on a point where we will see new hardware every year from at least one of the big three, with years where we see multiple product refreshs/upgrades from one or all three. The days of static hardware are over. Now it is about keeping optimized gaming hardware alive. Hopefully, people that love games are smart enough not to ditch consoles and handhelds for PC, Smartphones, and Tablets. If the perception of consoles and handhelds can change, then we could see core gaming see another massive boom, but if people ditch gaming hardware for the aboved mentioned, we could have dark times ahead in the world of quality games.



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trent44 said:

They could even do a clamshell switch

Lol that looks soooo weird but I can see lots of people getting it. 



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Miyamotoo said:
RolStoppable said:

I am not sold on the idea that there will be a dedicated handheld version of Switch. For one, it contradicts the name. And two, Nintendo will want to sell Joy-Cons and accessories to every Switch owner. I'd expect a more compact Switch that also comes with a redesigned dock; the dock doesn't add much to the system's cost anyway.

There won't be a hardware upgrade for better graphics, because there's no need for it.

Point of Switch Mini/Pocket wouldn't be just to be smaller, but to be cheaper and to have lower point for Switch, so no dock in package and built in controls, especially when 3DS dies, so smaller and cheaper Switch just for handheld play that will actualy be real replacment for 3DS totally make sense.

People dont need to look at Switch like on device, Switch will be platform something similar like 3DS (2DS is part of 3DS family but its not 3D and not even dual screen), so that means different versions of hardware that all play same games.

The 2DS has dual screen



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KBG29 said:
I have absolutly no doubt that we will see many variations of the Switch. Nintendo would be insane not to.

I think the biggest thing they need is a Switch Phone once they have their OS built up, and a great library of software. This would be a perfect 2019 device on 7nm tech. I honestly think all three platform holders will release gaming phones in or around 2019. The tech will be ready, and the mobile industry is long overdue for an overhaul.

A cheap Switch Lite with the current Switch performance on 7nm would be a great $149.99 entry model. Then to round things off, a new Switch Pro that takes full advantage of the jump to 7nm at $299.99.

As I have been saying for a while. I think we are closing in on a point where we will see new hardware every year from at least one of the big three, with years where we see multiple product refreshs/upgrades from one or all three. The days of static hardware are over. Now it is about keeping optimized gaming hardware alive. Hopefully, people that love games are smart enough not to ditch consoles and handhelds for PC, Smartphones, and Tablets. If the perception of consoles and handhelds can change, then we could see core gaming see another massive boom, but if people ditch gaming hardware for the aboved mentioned, we could have dark times ahead in the world of quality games.

Phone market is crowded and they having yearly upgrades, I dont think Nintendo has intention to make phone.

We are long way from 7nm for Switch, Nintendo Switch is 28nm, and Nvidia Tegra at 14nm will available just from this year, and Nintendo will almost certain continue working with Nvidia, so 14nm is very possible, but 7nm hardly, maybe only for Switch 2.

We will never see new hardware from consoles every year, consoles are not phones and they dont need yearly upgrades like phones. But we could see upgrades in around every 3 years.

 

Jranation said:
Miyamotoo said:

Point of Switch Mini/Pocket wouldn't be just to be smaller, but to be cheaper and to have lower point for Switch, so no dock in package and built in controls, especially when 3DS dies, so smaller and cheaper Switch just for handheld play that will actualy be real replacment for 3DS totally make sense.

People dont need to look at Switch like on device, Switch will be platform something similar like 3DS (2DS is part of 3DS family but its not 3D and not even dual screen), so that means different versions of hardware that all play same games.

The 2DS has dual screen

No, it's just one screen divided in two, it's not separated like on other DS devices.



I can see revisions happenning but, as long as sales dont fall off a cliff and put Nintendo in a delicated situation, I dont think they wont do a Mini version, as it would kill the concept of the Switch.



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I could see a smaller model happening, but the screen size seems like a decent advantage for it. A bite sized model would move a HELL of a lot more units, if that's even more possible.



I think the Switch has a lot of potential (more so than any console I have seen in the past few generations), but I am skeptical that it can maintain strong sales at its current price (nor do I frankly believe it can replace 3DS family at this price point). So a smaller Switch without a dock and removable controllers retailing at around $200 would make a lot of sense to me (they can of course sell the dock and Joy-Cons separately, and a bundle with dock + Joy-Cons would be quite popular I feel). Also, hopefully when they shrink the X1 chip to 10nm or 7nm, it will no longer need a fan to sustain performance.

Of course, I think that if the system does begin to lose momentum earlier than 2019 (I suspect, at this price, momentum will probably start dropping off quite soon), Nintendo should just do what they did with nearly all of their other systems (with the exception of Wii) and cut the price substantially in order to regain or even boost momentum. Nintendo needs to build an installbase on the Switch platform right now, it is critical for the system's longterm viability, so they need to be prepared to drop the system price to $200 (or at the very least, and I am not sure how effective this will be with regards to sales, to $250 with a game) even without a redesign.



Miyamotoo said:
KBG29 said:
I have absolutly no doubt that we will see many variations of the Switch. Nintendo would be insane not to.

I think the biggest thing they need is a Switch Phone once they have their OS built up, and a great library of software. This would be a perfect 2019 device on 7nm tech. I honestly think all three platform holders will release gaming phones in or around 2019. The tech will be ready, and the mobile industry is long overdue for an overhaul.

A cheap Switch Lite with the current Switch performance on 7nm would be a great $149.99 entry model. Then to round things off, a new Switch Pro that takes full advantage of the jump to 7nm at $299.99.

As I have been saying for a while. I think we are closing in on a point where we will see new hardware every year from at least one of the big three, with years where we see multiple product refreshs/upgrades from one or all three. The days of static hardware are over. Now it is about keeping optimized gaming hardware alive. Hopefully, people that love games are smart enough not to ditch consoles and handhelds for PC, Smartphones, and Tablets. If the perception of consoles and handhelds can change, then we could see core gaming see another massive boom, but if people ditch gaming hardware for the aboved mentioned, we could have dark times ahead in the world of quality games.

Phone market is crowded and they having yearly upgrades, I dont think Nintendo has intention to make phone.

We are long way from 7nm for Switch, Nintendo Switch is 28nm, and Nvidia Tegra at 14nm will available just from this year, and Nintendo will almost certain continue working with Nvidia, so 14nm is very possible, but 7nm hardly, maybe only for Switch 2.

We will never see new hardware from consoles every year, consoles are not phones and they dont need yearly upgrades like phones. But we could see upgrades in around every 3 years.

 

Jranation said:

The 2DS has dual screen

No, it's just one screen divided in two, it's not separated like on other DS devices.

oh yep! now I remember! 



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