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Miyamotoo on 09 June 2017
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Soundwave said:
Miyamotoo said:

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.

 

 

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.

 

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. 

We here talking about power, Nintendo don't pursuit power, I don't see what would be point of Switch Pro that has power on level of PS4 when current Switch has enough power for its purpose. Yes, I could see that for Switch 2 in 6-7 years, but for revision of current Switch in just 3 years, I just dont see it in any case. Also Tegra X3 for Switch revision when current Switch is using X1, not gonna happen, but it's realistically we can expect Tegra X2.

Nintendo will probably include something else new for Switch 2, but of course that difference will be bigger in any case compared to Switch and Switch Pro. Like I wrote, what you wrote for your Switch Pro (Tegra X3 PS4 tier performance), Nintendo would probably call that Switch 2, not Switch Pro.

It not point about "same as the past", but what makes sense. Expecting that Nintendo will make Switch Pro with Tegra X3 in PS4 tier performance in 3 years doesn't make too much sense, and I am sure that want be case, instead we will have Switch Pro and Switch Mini with Tegra X2 around 2019.

I disagree, 1-2 years more makes huge difference in Nintendo case. Like I wrote, look life span of 3DS and how Nintendo managed 3DS revisions, they probably aiming for something similar with Switch, and that's huge difference compared to Wii U, Wii and GC.