So, with the Switch selling super well every week, the Steam Deck out on the streets as the most powerful mainstream handheld now, and the state of the whole industry baffled by supply shortages, I wanted to start yet another discussion regarding the next Nintendo machine and the tech that will go inside it. But what I really want to focus is: with the other consoles struggling (X|S and mainly PS5) and Nintendo having some sweet opening to expand Switch's lifetime, how do you think this is going to impact the tech in NS's successor?
In theory, every day that passes could mean a more powerful device down the road, and with the tech currently available they could come close to the Series S performance, at least in docked mode. The thing is, this is Nintendo and even if I do want a powerful enough machine, they haven't cared about raw power for a while.
Point in case, what I would like to get is just that: a machine that comes close to the Series S in power, thus attractive for devs to drop by many multiplats and providing a "buffer", so to speak, of 3-4 years that allows Nintendo to come up with their devices after the two other ones have released theirs, but always powered by more modern technology (especially from the handheld perspective) that allows them to not be so far away from the competition in terms of graphical output. But what I really think we'll have is a similar sized hybrid from today's machine, that will be capable of putting PS4 level graphics and that's all, even with all the available R&D time, so it can be a cheap product.
What do you think?
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