Soundwave said:
Slownenberg said:
No. that ain't gonna happen. There is no reason for Nintendo to try to confuse the market. A pro version of the Switch I'm sure would have better specs but not by like double, and not to make it so you could only play games when the OG Switch is plugged in. That sounds horrendous. A pro Switch should just deliver a premium experience, which means games that run slow don't run slow anymore, or games that would run at say 720p or 900p docked get to run in 1080p docked instead. Something like that.
I think a premium experience of the Switch would be:
More performance to make games run smoother or higher res (no splintering userbase)
Larger screen the eliminates the dead space in the current model
More disk space
more scratch resistant screen, maybe better kickstand
bluetooth so you can use wireless headphones
The above things seem like something that would be worth coming out with a premium version of the Switch for $50 more than OG Switch, and maybe even eventually eliminating the original, like 3DS did, so that Nintendo keeps the higher price point into the future, and the Lite remains the low price point, so people who want to "Switch" have to get the most expensive but better (than the original) version. Even if off the bat this new version made less profit than the original, they could market it as a better Switch as so keep the price high for longer and therefore make more profit long term.
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There is no confusion if every game can work on every model. It's like saying people couldn't understand the N64 RAM expansion. Saying you need a battery pack for certain games is the simplest and cheapest "hardware upgrade" in the history of gaming.
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Expansion pack was required to run 3 games, and one of those games was sold with it. And you are not saying it'll work on every model, you are saying it'll work on the new models and won't work portable in the older models. Saying you can run a game on a TV but can't in portable mode unless you have a battery pack is very confusing and would guaranteed to be highly unpopular among players. New 3DS had what 5 or less games that couldn't run on older versions, N64 had 2 games that didn't have the expansion pack bundled in that couldn't run without it. So no, not gonna happen. Terrible optics, terrible marketing, would play terrible with the userbase, and a terrible cheap idea overall.
