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curl-6 on 16 July 2021
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tsogud said:
curl-6 said:

If a more powerful Switch could be done with no negative knock-on effect for us base Switch players I wouldn't mind at all, I'm just concerned that wouldn't be the case, and since I'm fine with Switch how it is I'm okay with it not being upgraded.

I really think only the vocal hardcore minority feel like Switch really needs a power upgrade. The average consumer doesn't really care about graphics that much, look how many super popular games have unremarkable, low spec, or below average graphics.

I do get your reservations though as I have some of my own on this. If Nintendo does decide to release a "pro" but in the same vein of New 3ds with exclusives and minimal spec improvements where it hardly improves performance of any games I'd be SO DISAPPOINTED. And it's Nintendo, they're unpredictable and might do that...

I agree but I think that's true with any mid-gen upgrade though. But for me personally and what I've been seeing, people are mostly wanting a Switch "pro" for performance enhancements more than graphical enhancements. Afterall it's not typical to buy Nintendo hardware for graphics.

Yeah I guess it is partly that I don't necessarily trust Nintendo to do it right. If I was an ardent base 3DS owner I'd be annoyed at some of their handling of the New 3DS for instance.

And I can understand that some folks do want better fidelity, and I don't begrudge them that as we all have our different standards and desires.

For what its worth, I doubt this will be last revision the Switch will see and it would not surprise me if a more powerful revision follows next year or something.