Bofferbrauer2 said:
I know about the report, but a) It's the Wall Street Journal, who has been very wrong in the past when talking about videogame industry, and b) because I don't expect that to have upgraded processing power. @bolded: for a mini, pro or pocket Switch, all need the same upgrade, otherwise the mini/pocket models run out of power after just one hour of gaming. In fact, those will probably come with the "pro" hardware, but clocked down to "base" processing capabilities to save additional power for them to be able several hours on less battery. Sure, an Tegra X2 could do the trick, but considering the inherent massive flaws in the chips (just google Spectre and Meltdown) I'm damn sure Nintendo will want new hardware with those flaws eliminated, something that takes a lot of time to implement. Late 2020 is therefore the earliest possible unless Nintendo really accepts the X2 "as is" for a Switch hardware upgrade |
I also don't expect necessary upgraded power, but Nintendo handhelds always had revision 2 years after launch, so 2019. was expected for revision even before this WSJ report.
Switch Mini/Pocket can be done even with current specs and whithout any upgrade, we talking about smaller screen and probably more power saving screen.
