| The_Yoda said: If Ethernet is built into the next dock would that then eliminate more latency? Also in a dockless configuration you are shackled to the playtime your battery allows. Want to play Zelda for three hours ... nope battery only lasts 2.5 hours. Hook it up to power to bypass the battery and you may as well be placing it on a dock again. |
If the next Switch uses PCI-Express as it's interconnect between the console and the dock, then that would eliminate that issue entirely unless Nintendo decides to stick with it's current USB ethernet dongle idea, thus necessitating a Ethernet to USB bridge chip somewhere.
A PCI-E connection would also open up the possibility of a dock adding more power to the handheld for TV output... Not sure how Nintendo/nVidia would manage the handshaking for that though, USB is far more convenient and established for that use-case.
But otherwise, nothing will change regardless if it's integrated into the dock or not, you may remove an extra step at the dongle section though which will reduce the latency... But you will still need to deal with USB's interrupt limitations.
I also have an external battery pack that clips onto my Switch OLED and boosts gaming time to around 8 hours... Adds a chunk of weight and bulk. But worth it for long trips.
If I had the choice to enable a "turbo" mode which enables the docked clockspeeds, I probably would, but I don't want to mod my console.
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