Pemalite said:
Soundwave said:
Not all "leaks" are remotely the same. Eurogamer did "leak" the entire Switch concept and design months in advance.
Shipping/customs data is a fact though, so is stuff like the Nvidia hack that has all sorts of data on the Switch 2's hardware.
Nintendo own's financial data/balance sheet as well.
Those are different from just "random website says XYZ". You have to look at the source and nature of the leak and then you have to look at what the track record is.
The fact is the assembly/manufacturing factory point that makes the Nintendo Switch is taking shipments of a ton of Switch 2 components and it has surged greatly around August. That's basically just a fact.
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You are missing the point. I am not saying that there are leaks that are not genuine.
I am saying you cannot ascertain what is truth or fiction when it comes to leaks as it's not come from an official source... Normally they come from 3rd parties/unnamed sources or heresay... And yes, we get leaks delivered by digital foundry... But even they say to take it with a grain of salt.
As for the assembly/manufacturing, it's Foxconn that does all that... And they have almost 800,000 workers across the planet, working for dozens and dozens of different companies... Who often use the same components that end up being in the device we are talking about.
Again, it's not about what ends up being true in the end, it's the gamble to determine what is fact or fiction to even get there.
Remember even a broken clock is right twice a day.
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The leaks (I don't even know if "leak" is the correct word since it's basically just hard data) are coming from the Vietnam based factory Nintendo brought on board to help with Switch 1 production around 2020 I believe. HVBG.
Because components have to ship there, it's possible to get shipment/customs data, that's how people have gotten the Switch 2's internal memory type, flash storage, etc. a few months ago.
You can also see which Switch 2 components are being shipped to them but also in what quantity. The components all have manufacturing numbers and prefixes too so you can see what they are, the Switch 2 has its own prefix different from Switch 1.
We're seeing a huge surge of Switch 2 components to a factory that produces/assembles Switch units beginning in August 2024. Tegra T239 SoCs went from 3000-4000/month to a nearly 50,000 unit order in August, LCD screens for the Switch 2 went from a 1100 unit order in June 2024 to 68,000 in August. And there's been more information since, lets just say this trend line is continuing.
It's more that Nintendo can't control public records in this case.
Last edited by Soundwave - on 10 November 2024
