The Road to 160m+ for Nintendo Switch

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aTokenYeti said:

There is more to a hardware jump besides higher resolutions and frame rates. Nintendo could opt to use the silicon budget on maximizing power efficiency, thereby ensuring the console operates silently at all times and has a longer battery life. Or is lighter weight. Or a combination of both. Nvidia DLSS can also greatly enhance performance with minimal input on the developer’s side.

I tend to agree with others that want Nintendo to get a move on sooner rather than later. The benefits of newer hardware seem direct and obvious, the benefits of waiting for the switch to be on year 9 before launching a successor seem really much less clear in comparison

Nintendo obviously aren't going to wait 9 years we're just not going to get the 5 to 6 some want as NS being a hybrid follows a different run to its active life than prior platforms, if you want an idea of what's going to happen look at the 3DS and Switch relationship the former was still some what active as the latter was taking off and NS was launched in the 3DS' seventh year two years before it finished its nine year run. That's what Nintendo means by middle of its life meaning the new tech coming out now is likely what is going through R&D for the next platform in the seventh year or so.