How Will Nintendo Approach Nintendo Switch 2 Lite? Will There Be One?

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curl-6 said:

Not only will there almost certainly be one, but I imagine Nintendo is probably working overtime to bring it about ASAP to keep an affordable entry level price.

With the economy in shambles and people poorer than they were this time last gen, a Lite model could be much more critical to Switch 2 than it was for Switch 1.

Right but this thread is more focused on what Nintendo can do and whether it is feasible. Many budget consumer electronics are straight up being discontinued as the already slim margins are being completely shattered by ballooning DRAM and storage costs. Only solution I can think up is a reduced RAM model with very little storage available on hardware, but this solution doesn’t seem plausible unless you’d want to see the headache of “This game is/is not compatible with Nintendo Switch 2 Lite.” on all software… and I’d imagine a vast majority of third-party would fall into the “is not” camp. Could also reduce screen size, reduce resolution, keep RAM unchanged but opt for a slightly weaker CPU with greatly reduced storage space. Hmm.