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My thinking is a 5year cycle is what will happend.
Im not sure Nintendo will go 7 years (2024) with the switch.

The tegra chip they used is already dated, and was fabricated on 20nm planner nodes.
Imagine what a newer chip could do? as long as its "arm" chip, they can probably get backwards compatability.

I'd love to see a 7nm chip from nintendo, going into a Switch 2, at 2022.
Also it makes sense, by then PS5 +XB2 will be out, Nintendo should have a new product as well.

From what I see, Nintendo is creating a "Switch" family of products so a Switch Pro is possible but in my opinion it will be a tv-box only system for people not interested in portability or hybrid system. A possible release date could be by the end of 2020 to have a new hardware against ps5.

- Switch Classic $299 (hybrid, bundled with joy-cons and dock)
- Switch Lite $199 (portable only)
- Switch Box/TV $199 (home only, bundled with gamepad Pro)

The Switch Box could reach higher performance in games, boosting cpu/gpu frequencies to max.

As for a Switch 2, like others have said, It will not came out before 5/6 years from the release of current Switch, so 2022/2023.

Probably $350-$400.

Any lower and they'd have to either phase out the current model or drop the price. If they drop the price, then it would either render the Switch Lite moot or force them to drop the price of that even more.

Though I would love the following pricing:
Lite - $150
Standard - $250
Pro - $350

I believe they should also release a separate "Streaming Dock" that has a capture card built into it. It's be nice to spend $150 on a dock specifically designed to stream Switch to Twitch.

Nintendo doesn't need to keep pace with Sony/MS anymore, this is clear in them releasing Switch midway through the life of PS4/Xbone. The PS5 and Scarlet don't mean there needs to be a Switch successor as they occupy different market niches and don't directly compete.

The 3DS was more dated than the Switch technologically and it got 6 years before replacement, and Switch is selling much better than 3DS, there's no reason it should have a shorter lifespan.

Hard to put a price on something that will not exist.

Honestly, I hope it never does. Just support the regular Switch for 5-6 years then give me a proper successor.

Thought the same at the beginning when I went from Ps4 to PS4 pro. Tried several games in the pro and then tried them on original PS4.

Until then I noticed the difference: Is huge!!!!

Realistically, about $400 tops. If it has similar specs and resolution in docked mode to the base Xbox One or PS4, they could probably get away with $500. That's a really premium price point, and no Nintendo console has been that expensive (inflation excluded). Plus it would be a struggle to get a hybrid console to that performance, even if it is possible.

I agree 100%.  Besides one of the main things it would help is battery life, which is soon to be upgraded big time with the next OG Switch model moving forward.

People keep pointing to a TV box, but I still do not see it being any sort of noticeable upgrade from the OG model.  It would just be another cheaper alternative for those that want Nintendo games but do not care about portability, similar to the Lite but the other way around.  I still have my doubts about that version too however because the potential market would be lower than that of the Lite, but there does seem to be enough interest it seems to justify it if they do release a model like that.