That next portion is the vague part of the report. It can be interpreted multiple ways. Given the chipset family the Switch uses, it seems to indicate a mobile strategy: which makes sense from a business standpoint since this model is a proven success. Switch generation 2, in other words. A bigger sort of strategy than “Pro” and “slim” models. It means we could see Switch generation 3 as early as fall 2021, which upgrade both tiers. iOS and Samsung (and likely other phone companies) use this strategy. But yeah, we don’t know yet. It only seems that is the direction they should go, as the business model has an edge on the competition by having more frequent big hardware launches, and ensuring there is always a relatively new model available. Nintendo Switch would be the strongest competitor in the console marketplace until at least such time that Sony and Microsoft update their practices.

A mobile-style strategy also solves the unpredictability of the console market place; since the trajectory of populatirty has a far stronger chance of following through to the next generation. I solves the problem of throwing mostly everything away and starting fresh each new 5-7 year generation. Essentially, the Switch could stay alive indefinitely. Until such point that some kind of hyper advance new chipset architecture, not compatible with existing architectures, becomes available that no one can pass up: not happening any time soon.

Anyway, it’s just my take.

Xavier and Orin could be adapted, sure. But both would need some serious modifications first to be worthwhile. The Tensor cores are useless in the Switch and have to go, for instance. I also fear the 512 SP of Xavier can't stay without having to be clocked below their sweet spot imo. 384SP should be fine however, and combined with a clock speed boost would already have a nice performance increase.

Next, I'm not sure if Nintendo would really use 8 Carmel cores or just 4 and clocking them higher. Being based on Cortex A73 probably, that alone would give a sweet performance boost, but if the clock speed would be increased to, say, 1.6Ghz, that would suffice to more than double CPU performance already while staying on 4 cores (personally, I think 6 cores would be the best compromise right now).

I do think they should at the very least try to keep the bandwidth of Xavier, though, which is 5 times the bandwidth of the Switch. This would widen the worst bottleneck of the Switch quite a lot.

On Orin, I have no information yet. Considering Nintendo prefers proven hardware, Orin is probably out of question anyway. Even Xavier only came online in Fall last year, which might have been too late to adapt it to the upcoming hardware. As such, I think an adaption of Xavier or Orin may come, but it probably won't be this one yet. Maybe a 2021/2022 Switch model upgrade or a 2023/2024 successor would come with such hardware. But that's just speculation and we're going to see what Nintendo plans next anyway.

I feel like they're pulling the trigger too quickly on the new models. This year's software line up is strong enough to keep sales on the OG model strong.

They had to adjust this current fiscal year forcast down by 3 million, they probably just want to make sure next fiscal year has growth and that they dont miss it this time.

I'm just ready for an upgrade, so I'll bite. I hope it's thinner, gets rid of bezels, better battery life, and doesn't contain material that expands the back of the Switch. I don't really care if it has more power or not but it'd be a welcome addition if it just makes all Switch games perform better out of the box or with patches.

I just hope the Switch Pro doesn't have blockbuster exclusive games over the original models though.

How would Wall street journal hear this? How much credibility do WSJ have in exposing consoles lol? Wouldnt people in japan find out first.....

Give a look at who wrote the article: Takashi Mochizuki, from Tokyo.

Just saying.

Wait, what do you mean? Doesn't the Switch already have a 3.5mm jack on it?

I guess Hiku meant the controllers. The Switch itself already has a headphone jack on it.

I am curious what chip they'd put in the 'advanced' version if this is real.