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drinkandswim on 03 January 2019
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zorg1000 said:
drinkandswim said:

I think the Lite version (which I assume there will be) could just be a slight increase with longer battery life and a better screen. The Pro version which I expect by early 2020 needs to be a significant difference and at least run Xbox One/PS4 quality games with near the same specs. Switch will need to be able to get downgraded versions of triple AAA titles to stay competitive when Next Gen arrives. 

That plan will not work, 3rd parties will not port their AAA games to a single sku that has a fraction of the install base of the overall platform. Games will either run on all skus or none.

Nintendo doesn't have a choice. Its either that or release a Home Console and just allow the Switch to be their handheld. Unless they are going to give up on the idea of being a valid Hybrid. More than likely I think Nintendo is looking at ways to make a Pro Version affordable so that almost everyone will upgrade. Whether that means an SCD or Cloud Gaming, or just a tablet replacement sold separate without Controllers and a Dock. I don't know what they are going to do, but your view is that they will forego that and just basically become a relatively powerful Handheld. If they do that they wont maintain sales momentum.