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Soundwave on 09 June 2017
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Miyamotoo said:
Soundwave said:

March 2017 - Switch (Tegra X1 1/3 a XBox One performance)

Fall 2020 - Switch Pro (Tegra X3 PS4 tier performance)

Fall 2023 - Switch 4K (Tegra X5, Scorpio tier performance)

Yeah I could see that, various models built around above chipset configs.

Too much power for just revisons, I don't think Miyamoto have something that on mind, that Switch Pro with PS4 tier performance would be most likely be Switch 2.

But like we wrote before, Switch Pro (1080p screen, probably bigger screen, with docked performance in handheld mode) with and Switch Mini (around 4-5" 720p screen with stronger battery) with Tegra x2 is probably what will be Switch revisions.

 

 

jonathanalis said:

knowing nintendo, id bet in something a little diferent.

In 2020 a switch version using x2, but with the same size and power of regular switch. With a few changes: 1080p screen, and portable mode with the same performance as regular switch dock mode. Optionaly, the user could set to batery save mode, that would slow the clock and perform like regular switch, bt with 50% more batery life.

In such way, the development would be the same, targeting reglar and dock mode regular switch. Also regular switch could still run every game, giving a full 7 to 8 years support to the regular switch. Nintendo showed a not sucessful experience with new 3DS excusives. Is better every switch being able to run every upcoming switch game.

Agree, I would just add and Switch Mini, around 4-5" 720p screen with strong battery, just for handheld play, with lower price point. Maybe even Switch just for home console play.

 

Soundwave said:
I think he's speaking more than just "an extra year or two". A 5 year versus 6 year cycle is not really that different. 

5 year versus a 9 year cycle ... now that's different.

I was thinking about 6-7 years life span similar like DS and 3DS, last few their home consoles had lifespan around 5 years.

Maybe, I'm just saying ... maybe just maybe a system that has already broken virtually every other "hardware rule" may not be bound by the conventional 1980s hardware upgrade path you think. 

What would a "Switch 2" even be? Just a Switch, with a better chipset .... so why even start from zero? A more streamlined continuing generation just with a hardware refresh in that case makes a certain degree of sense. 

Once they went with the hybrid approach IMO, all bets for anything else being "the same as the past" went out the window. 

6-7 year cycle isn't much different from the standard 5 year cycle. Adopting a cycle more akin to modern tablets/smartphones would be different though, and I think would suit the Switch well.