TheWPCTraveler said:
You're talking about Nintendo here. DS: 3DS: |
Agreed, Switch will probably have even more versions than the 3DS did (6 different models in 6 years), though I think Switch will be unique in that it will also have a large mid-gen revision that increases performance. My guess is a Tegra Xavier chip at 10nm that can run at 400 GFLOP undocked/1.2 TFLOP docked with RAM increased to 8GB and a 1080p screen.
Older Switch will continue on, but serving the cheaper portion of the market, just as 3DS does right now. Nintendo will keep that higher cost/lower cost dynamic, it's effectively a good way to "cheat" and have two hardware pillars out of one ecosystem and still keep software development relatively streamlined.
