Bloomberg: Multiple Devs Saying Nintendo Asking For 4K Switch Games

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archbrix said:

Slownenberg said:

I could definitely see a Home version late in Switch's lifecycle in maybe 2023, a year before Switch 2 launches, but it'll be a cheap Switch to get those last stragglers who didn't ever care about portable gaming to jump on board the Switch. Switch Home would be same specs as this upgraded Switch next year, but it'll cost like $200.

Switch 2 will be far more capable than any version of the Switch. That should be very obvious. It would make no sense to make a super beefed up Switch Home when it still can only play the same games all the other Switches play. That's literally what new generations are for, making games that couldn't be made on the previous system. If there is a Switch Home it'll be on par with the upgraded hybrid Switch, then next gen Switch will blow all Switch models away.

I agree and I've been saying this for a while now.  In fact, a "Switch Home" could be as little as $149 if it does indeed release in 2023 - a tiny box with the proper inputs/outputs and cartridge slot, packaged with a pro controller.  I'd bet money that we'll see something like that in the future and it would keep sales healthy being in the "impulse buy" price range.

Yea. It is definitely possibly by 2023 it could launch under $200. I could see the lineup at that point being something like Lite $150-$170, Home $150-$170, Pro (or whatever its called) dropping to $230, and the original discontinued. But knowing Nintendo I feel like they probably would release a Home version at $200 initially to make a real healthy profit and make the most profit from those who were just waiting for a non-portable Switch to come out, and then later on after Switch 2 launches maybe drop the price to $150 to get the impulse buy people who wouldn't be interested in Switch 2 for several more years.