Predict the price for Switch 2

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Soundwave said:

Chrkeller said:

You maybe right, time will tell.  I'm not buying better than ps4 because of battery life issues.  I've read the Steam Deck gets like 2 hours and unless I'm mistaken the Deck isn't quite a ps4.  And now we are thinking the Switch 2 is above the ps4?  Maybe.  

I'll let it rest with my final prediction.  $400 and less powerful than the Deck is where the Switch 2 will land.

It's kind of apples/oranges comparison. The Steam Deck is an x86 chip, the downside to it is it eats a shit ton more battery than an ARM system on chip will. 

That's not necessarily true anymore these days. Most X86 chips are clocked way beyond their sweet spot, which causes them to consume much more power than they could at lowered clock speeds, which is generally in the range of 2-2.5Ghz. An X86 CPU based on Zen4c cores for instance could very well sip just as little power as an ARM chip while having greater compatibility (meaning easier porting of games) and potentially higher performance to boot.

That being said, considering what Nintendo did with the Switch, it's probable that Nintendo drops the clock speeds down beyond what is practical on an X86 chip to consume even less power. If Nintendo picks NVidia' Tegra Orin for instance, I fully expect a clock speed for the CPU of below 1.5 Ghz (1.2Ghz looks like a good bet for me). ARM chips still drop significantly enough in power draw at those clock speeds while on X86 chips the power draw doesn't drop much anymore and just costs performance at that point.