| Xxain said: I don't think I've ever been so, "oh", about console announcement in my life. I will say most of that is because, if it was my choice, there would be no new consoles until like 2029 lol. For Nintendo, Switch 2 is the successor to Switch but this really just seems to be a Switch PRO. A more powerful Switch and that only matters to certain group of gamers. EDIT: I think PRO consoles have sort of ruined the next console just being more powerful exciting to me. |
It's definitely beyond a Pro model hardware wise.
From the leaked clocked speeds and knowing it has 1536 CUDA cores as an example the OG Switch was 153 GFLOPS undocked, this is 1.7 TFLOPS undocked, that's over a 10x uplift from where the Switch started at.
An 8x-10x performance boost is pretty large, the PS5 is about 6x over the PS4.
For the rest of the hardware sure it's a bit straight forward. At least they didn't make the sometimes Nintendo prone error of making something that looks like a child's toy. This looks like something Batman would use, which is a good design.
Looking at some other Nintendo gen leaps the 3DS didn't really add much hardware wise other than a 3D screen that could be easily turned off, there was AR that they basically used a handful of times and forgot about. StreetPass was cool though. The Super NES did have those shoulder buttons which was a big deal I think and Mode 7 pseudo-3D (later full basic 3D with the Super FX chip). Nothing probably that big here. Mouse mode and a Campus/Community feature seem like the big new adds, but that could really help the Switch 2 feel more connected as Nintendo hasn't done a great job of that in the past.
Last edited by Soundwave - on 17 January 2025
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