Hi there,
This is my first post on the forum even though I've been following discussions for multiple years. I felt a strong need to add some personal insight here. I think the key design decisions Nintendo made with Switch 2 hardware are spot on. If only they could have moved SOC to 5nm process while increasing price by $50, then a lot of people opinions would have been a bit more positive. Other than that there's no handheld that can play games like Switch 2 in this price bracket.
Also, I had to chime in since I believe Tegra T239 is a custom chipset as stated by Nvidia. Also it doesn't seem to be based on Orin, as GPU has ray tracing cores and it's shader clusters resemble Ada Lovelace more than a typical Ampere. Also those clusters seem to be bigger than those of Ampere GPUs based on 8nm process. CPU also seems to be a different model. It's definitely not a cut and paste design. In case if you work at Nvidia then you're closer than the truth than the majority of people ;)
This generation I can only hope that Nintendo release a vastly improved Pro model instead of typical OLED model. They could charge $600 for that easily with 2nm Samsung SOC and overclock it. Some people like me would buy it immediately. There's no way there will be any competition this gen when it comes to performance/price. With manufacturing processes getting much more expensive and high memory prices, Switch 2 is set to dominate in my humble opinion. One thing Nintendo can do while other handheld manufacturers cannot is to sell at break even or slight loss. They can still make money through software. Steam Deck is a loss cause imo, due to what's happening with prices.
