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$350 is a pipe dream for Switch 2.

People better start to brace for $450. If $400 happens people should consider themselves very lucky, but I doubt it. I think $449.99 is the price. 

8-inch 1080p screen, 12GB LPDDR5X RAM (this is more RAM of the same kind than the new $1000 iPad Pro), 256GB UFS 3.1 storage, 1536 CUDA core Nvidia GPU, 8-core ARM A78 CPU for same price or only $50 more than the current Switch OLED, new magnetic latch system, new larger Joycons with probably better rumble and other features possibly, larger battery, probably some other new functionality too .... yeah ... that seems awfully like wishful thinking. 

No dock is also not happening, the Switch 2 has a new dock that from the shipping details has it's own fan inside of it and from other leaks has an entirely new shape (circular on one edge to flat on the other edge, so like a half circle ala the Burj al Arab hotel building).

If $450 is the launch price and they were running behind on some software, you can also understand why they delayed out of 2024, can't be launching a $450 hardware without big gun software not just for day 1 but for month 2/3/4 too. They're going to need a knockout library of games right from the get go to justify a pretty expensive system. 

Last edited by Soundwave - on 16 May 2024