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curl-6 on 30 April 2021
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numberwang said:
Eagle367 said:

Regarding cartridges, I think switch's successor will have a slightly different design as well which will distinguish it completely from switch whereas switch pro wil have the same design because it's part of the same gen.

This will be interesting to see. We expect the Pro to be fully backward compatible both with hardware cartridges and downloaded games but will the old Switch be forward compatible? Different cartridges for the Pro or a digital only handheld? Using DLSS requires modern engines and that new software will not be bc. It won't be too easy to get a workable solution for modern DLSS powered games on the older Switch. We might up ending with something like Smash Bros on WiiU vs 3DS, same name for the game but more of a port.

DLSS is just a feature that can be enabled on Switch Pro to boost the perceptible resolution in TV mode and just not used on the base Switch version of the same game, there's no reason at all for it to break compatibility, just like adding HDR and 4K upscaling to the Xbox One S didn't break compatibility with the base model.

Last edited by curl-6 - on 30 April 2021