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sc94597 said:
zeldaring said:

We were expecting t239 in switch pro almost 3 years ago, sure it doesn't look very dated when compared to the competition but the reality is no one is selling over 100 million units with a handheld gaming device but the tech in switch 2 if it indeed is a t239 is very dated at this point. 

I don't see why it matters that it is using an Ampere-Lovelace hybrid chip if it is going to perform roughly on par with other mid-ranged gaming handhelds at the point in which it releases.  Especially if it has a process-node shrink (either to TSMC N7 or N5 from Sammy 8LPP.) 

Orin chips themselves were announced in 2019 and weren't commercially available until last year. 

If there were a gaming handheld with a full Lovelace or Blackwell GPU releasing in the near-future you'd have a point, but there isn't.  

So basically it is a distinction without a difference.

It depends how you look at it because within a year this will likely be very dated hardware for handheld device feel like like this should have come out in  late 2023 or early 2024. in late 2025 it's not even much better then the steam deck.