Upgraded Switch model announced: Same price, battery life of 4.5 to 9 hours - Launches in August (Americas, Japan) and September (Others)

[PAOerfulone]

Eh, I'll stick with my original launch model for now and may upgrade when the time and price is right.

Also, to the people who are thinking Switch 2 will launch in before 2023...

Let's break it down.

The 3DS had 6 full years on the market before the Switch came out (because the Switch is a successor to the 3DS as well, no matter what Nintendo says.) And right now, the Switch is outpacing the 3DS in sales and that pace is only going to get bigger and bigger. Eventually, the Switch will blow the 3DS out of the water in lifetime sales. Whatever the 3DS' final total ends up being, add 20 million to it and that's the MINIMUM of what the Switch will sell in its lifetime. Why would Nintendo make the extremely stupid and boneheaded decision to cut the Switch's life cycle short when it has far stronger sales momentum and software support than the 3DS ever had? March 2023 should be the absolute earliest Switch 2 will launch, since the would be a full 6 year cycle for Switch 1. Anything earlier than that is just ludicrous.