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What will the new Switch model be?

Switch 2 4 5.80%
 
Switch Pro 33 47.83%
 
Switch XL 6 8.70%
 
Switch TV 9 13.04%
 
Switch Mini (clamshell) 0 0%
 
Something else 6 8.70%
 
No new SKU in 2020 11 15.94%
 
Total:69
Nu-13 on 06 January 2020
NextGen_Gamer said:
Otter said:

I question the logic behind a Switch Pro. 

Remember the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X have one very clear agenda in transitioning users to 4k experiences and using that as a selling point.

Switch Pro will do the same? If not are we expecting a "premium" console for a 1080p experience with slight better shadows? It sounds extremely niche and uncompelling to me, especially if we look at the games that are doing the most numbers on the Switch (pokemon/mario kart etc). Not something they'd market a whole new expensive SKU around imo.

With a Switch TV you have a cheaper price penetrative model for people who just want to play nintendo games with their family for cheap. 

You are forgetting what makes the Switch special - it's a handheld and a console. I focused on just the SoC improvements in my first post - but remember a Switch Pro model would be better in other ways. How about a 7" OLED 1080p panel - a MASSIVE upgrade over the 6.5" 720p LCD in the base Switch, and completely doable from a price-point perspective in a $399 model.

As a current Switch owner, I would be tempted to upgrade based on a bigger 1080p OLED panel alone, even with the same processing power lol

Perhaps better sounding stereo speakers? Stronger HD rumble? Heck, maybe even built-in 4G LTE? Lots of routes Nintendo could take that would make it worthwhile to hardcore gamers, on top of a SoC power increase.

That's completely unreasonable. You ain't getting a 1080p screen until the switch 2. The most that could be expected for a hypothetical switch plus is a tegra x2 instead of x1, allowing most games to run in 1080p docked and 720p docked. It would also cost $299 at launch.



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Dulfite on 06 January 2020

Calling it now:

Double foldable, into a square, Switch. Fits in your pocket like a bulgy wallet but doesn't pop out. When it opens up all the way it is bigger than current switch. 980tigtx card built into the device, wireless "docking" to TV, UDR (ultra dynamic resolution), 8k screen, holographic headset projected out from 4d camera onto your face, free emulator for all Nintendo games ever for free from NES to Wii U (all games pre-installed at purchase), Epstein didn't kill himself sign permanently placed on background for the theme, subscription to Disney Plus. It will launch with an exclusive to this version game, from Nintendo's secret AAAA studio, Star Fox 8 (Game will be in 8K, photorealistic animals and Andross' brain). All for $699. Nintendo magic makes them profit $200 per device sold.

Mark Zuckerberg, Hillary Clinton, and Alan Greenspan will cry while Ralph Nader and Donald Trump high five each other whilst gazing on a painting of the Vladamir Putin riding a horse shirtless.



Leynos on 06 January 2020

Digitimes has a history of being unreliable



Bite my shiny metal cockpit!

JRPGfan on 06 January 2020
RolStoppable said:
Otter said:
I think and hope it will be a $149 Switch TV.

Which probably also allow them to increase the clockspeed for a more consistent home console experience.

$149? That's not hope, that's wishful thinking.

Without the screen and dock, battery? probably possible tbh.
Switch lite is 199$ (without battery + screen), it should be a easy 149$ for a Switch Tv.

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Ck1x on 06 January 2020

So when these guys were first talking about the Switch revision systems last year I though maybe they were crazy, because it seemed a little to soon... But then the Switch Lite came out and I'm like well where there's smoke there's fire! So even though we never heard anything about the Pro version I kept wondering what might of happened and I think that Nvidia just wasn't ready with the chip they had planned for the system in 2019. When articles kept popping up about Nvidia aggressively securing 7nm manufacturing production with both Samsung and TSMC, I thought man that seems like overkill.

Knowing that all of this is speculation of course, the I came across this article which was published in November 2019
https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/301531-nvidias-new-jetson-xavier-nx-adds-horsepower-to-ai-at-the-edge

The Tegra X1 in the Switch was once apart of Nvidia's Jetson car Ai initiative as well, but it was repurposed as the heart and soul of Nintendo's current gaming device. Of course Nintendo wouldn't need all of the functions and features for a gaming device, but the core of this SoC would be absolutely perfect for a Switch revision. The fact they are calling it the Xavier NX is even more ironic

Xavier NX specs:
6-core Carmel Arm 64-bit CPU (6MB L2 and 4MB L3 cache)
8GB of 128-bit LPDDR4x RAM (51.2GB/second memory bandwidth)
384 Nvidia Volta gpu cores w/48 tensor cores
3Tflops-(FP32)/6Tflops-(FP16) at 15 watts of power (Of course they said 15 watts was Ai performance so Im betting normal TDP is a little higher) I could see Nintendo and Nvidia possibly using something like this but under clocked just like with the Tegra X1.

So of course this is just speculation, but Nvidia even states that they expect this new Xavier NX to ship in march while the new DigiTimes article says that Nintendo plans on ramping up production 1Q 2020.
Also the talk of them possibly using a Magnesium alloy frame would rule out a budget device or TV only unit. They would only do something like this to make the system premium, lightweight, durable, and for heat dissipation(a high spec device for its form factor)  

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Jranation on 06 January 2020

I am thinking it will be a only Home console Switch $199 USD with a pro controller. Everything is improved and more internal storage.

But this may all just be another peripheral device like Labo and Ring fit.



Pocky Lover Boy! 

Jranation on 06 January 2020
JRPGfan said:
RolStoppable said:

$149? That's not hope, that's wishful thinking.

Without the screen and dock, battery? probably possible tbh.

Imo $149 is the price Nintendo can sell it during the holidays if it doesnt do to well. 



Pocky Lover Boy! 

Soundwave on 06 January 2020
Nu-13 said:
NextGen_Gamer said:

You are forgetting what makes the Switch special - it's a handheld and a console. I focused on just the SoC improvements in my first post - but remember a Switch Pro model would be better in other ways. How about a 7" OLED 1080p panel - a MASSIVE upgrade over the 6.5" 720p LCD in the base Switch, and completely doable from a price-point perspective in a $399 model.

As a current Switch owner, I would be tempted to upgrade based on a bigger 1080p OLED panel alone, even with the same processing power lol

Perhaps better sounding stereo speakers? Stronger HD rumble? Heck, maybe even built-in 4G LTE? Lots of routes Nintendo could take that would make it worthwhile to hardcore gamers, on top of a SoC power increase.

That's completely unreasonable. You ain't getting a 1080p screen until the switch 2. The most that could be expected for a hypothetical switch plus is a tegra x2 instead of x1, allowing most games to run in 1080p docked and 720p docked. It would also cost $299 at launch.

1080p panel costs dick all, I wouldn't actually be surprised if Nintendo really gets little/no cost savings with a 720p screen because 720p screens are actually more rare these days. Even rinky dink cheap ass budget phones these days have 1080p screens. 

But a 1080p screen doesn't come close to justifying a $100 unit premium. 



Nu-13 on 06 January 2020
RolStoppable said:
Nu-13 said:

Why is switch 2 in the poll? I would hope nintendo releases a switch lite this year.

Because I don't discriminate against trolls.

Why not? Let them burn lol



Nu-13 on 06 January 2020
Soundwave said:
Nu-13 said:

That's completely unreasonable. You ain't getting a 1080p screen until the switch 2. The most that could be expected for a hypothetical switch plus is a tegra x2 instead of x1, allowing most games to run in 1080p docked and 720p docked. It would also cost $299 at launch.

1080p panel costs dick all, I wouldn't actually be surprised if Nintendo really gets little/no cost savings with a 720p screen because 720p screens are actually more rare these days. Even rinky dink cheap ass budget phones these days have 1080p screens. 

But a 1080p screen doesn't come close to justifying a $100 unit premium. 

I'm not talking about costs of a 1080p screen. The games that push the switch usually get 480-540p docked. It would make more sense for this hypothetical hardware revision to just make sure those games hit 720p most of the time instead of pushing for a resolution that would require a lot more power. It would also be a huge battery drainer.