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Soundwave on 01 June 2017
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RolStoppable said:
Pemalite said:

I disagree. 720P is terrible on a 6" panel. It's more acceptable on a 4" screen... Even then I would still want more.

Besides, Switch is NOT using the most efficient display anyway, there have been plenty of prior examples where a newer, higher resolution, brighter display has consumed LESS energy than the older panel.
The Switch is also not using the most efficient SoC, it's not even using the most energy dense battery. There are gains to be had everywhere, but they do tend to cost.

I ideally wanted the Switch to have an 8-9" screen with a 1440P AMOLED or better panel, it's 2017, 720P looks like shit.

If Nintendo can deliver the goods with a Switch successor/update, I'll be onboard. They lost me when they revealed the specs initiatlly for the Switch, I'm a hardware enthusiast and expect more for my dollar.

Do you have to add anything that is based on a business perspective? Because I am looking at this from the point of view where it makes sense for sales and that means your post has zero value. Your dollars aren't worth pursuing because the tradeoff is to lose out on millions of dollars for each of your dollars.

More hardware models mean more money. 

It also encourages more hardware double (and triple) dippers. 

You think Apple sells 200+ million smartphones a year if they only offered the same iPhone model for 3-4 years at a time? 

The better question is what about the "old way" is better ... it's not the 1980s anymore, hardware evolves at a faster rate for everyone, and there's plenty of financial motivation to do so. 

The old model exists as such because the industry was focused on 9-year-old boys then who couldn't afford a new piece of game hardware every 3-4 years, the market is so far beyond that today it's not even funny. 

Business wise having more hardware models with more incentive (meaning not just cosmetic difference) to rebuy = more net money. That's how it is in electronics period today. 

Beyond that the Switch could definitely use a larger screen, not only is that bezel a giant waste, but the system would be far more usable in table top mode with multiple people gathered around if it had a 7-8 inch display, but your pixel density decreases if you don't up your resolution.