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ConciousMan said:

firebush03 said:

Exactly! And then on top of all of that, raise the price to $800USD. That's exactly what the industry needs right now. /s

(Also, PC enthusiasts aren't the ones who want an overclocked Switch 2. That would be the casual crowd, who salivate over games such as GTAVI and RDR2.)

Nintendo can implement all of those improvements without raising the price. I mentioned those, since I am looking to get Switch 2 Pro if they release it. Right now, Nintendo is limiting themselves with the CNN version of DLSS, low clocks, and allocating to much resources for the OS. Everything can be achieved without raising the price by much. Would you still be willing to shell out $549 for the system that cannot handle multiplatform games at stable 30 FPS?

They can implement (most of) those without raising the price, sure... but then you can also forget about using it as a handheld, as the battery will get drained in under and hour.

The additional cores and especially more memory will not be possible without a price hike however. Ever checked how much you pay for memory these days? Hint: over 3x as much as when the Switch 2 launched. And TSMC is steadily increasing the wafer costs, which also affects chip prices. Even just going to 16GB RAM instead of 12GB and adding 2 more cores would push the price easily above $600 (upcoming price hike included) right now.