The Switch is such a good idea, they should go right ahead and make a Super Switch (the Switch 2 with a better name), the technology is sitting there waiting already.
CPU: Cortex A57 from 2014's Note 4, upgrade to 2019's A76. You only need 4. Uses the same amount of power.
GPU: Maxwell from 2015, upgrade to 2019's Turing. Double them to 512 cores using 7nm (half a mobile GTX 1650 super, uses 1/4 the power or 10 watts). Uses slightly more power like OG Switch.
Memory: Double bandwidth like iPad or Tegra X2 to 128bit. Use DDR4X from 2019 (no need for DDR5 but sure if you can use it, do it). Double the amount to 8GB and raise the price of the console to $399. This money would also allow faster storage, 64GB standard.
Screen: smaller bezel IGZO 7 inch in the same footprint screen. 720p is fine, but 1080p would be fine also.
With ram and those faster than PS4 CPU cores, you can play all PS4 games on it at 720p easily. Some even at 1080p with minor changes (like Alien Isolation or Witcher 3). All OG Switch games would be 1440p easily.
What do I actually want, since we already have a portable system but no home console? The exact same thing but with the GTX 1650 Super in it, a home console for $250. Just like the PS4, it usually costs an extra $50 to make a video card into a home console (PS4 came with the $350 Radeon 7870 a year later).
Last edited by Alistair - on 07 January 2020
