But they might include bigger textures or textures with a higher resolution to not make the game look too blurry after upscaling. DLSS can only do so much, if the texture is already blurry, it won't be able to sharpen that one beyond the blurryness that it originally had.

As a side effect, this would most probably also mean an extension of the RAM, which will probably go from 4 to 8 GiB. And hopefully a bigger storage while we're at it. 128 GB shouldn't be more expensive now than the 32GB were at the launch of the Switch.

A new Switch model will surely "only" upscale games to 4K and not render it natively. I'm fine with that, but I also hope it can play games like BOTW with 60fps.

Time for the tv-only switch, 4k res and maybe an additional way to play (vr).

Would make so much sense marketwise

I think 4k is smart from a marketing perspective. With the new 4k next gen systems coming out, if Nintendo can say hey we too have 4k on the Switch at $300 with a huge library of games already available, you can get 4k on the hottest system with way more games and cheaper than the other 4k systems.

I think whatever other upgrades it has will be bigger sellers than just the fact that it does 4k, but for some graphic-focused people it might help them finally make the leap to Switch, and for current Switch owners that have a 4k TV it'll add that little bit extra incentive to upgrade so you'll get more people double dipping on the Switch, and it'll just be good marketing to say Switch has 4k just like these expensive new systems.

I think it mostly has to do with making sure that the textures would look good together when running a game at 4k resolutions.

Im assuming that DLSS will be part of what makes 4k possible on the New Switch and of coarse we are looking at a new chip and more ram.

They should eventually make a Switch "Home". I could see it like say in 2023 towards the end of Switch's lifecycle. Like a $200 4k Switch Home to get people who weren't interested in paying more for portability but want access to Switch's incredible library of games. That'd keep the Switch going stronger than Nintendo systems normally are when they are replaced. By then they could have a lineup like: $150 Lite, $200 Home, $250 Premium, with the OG Switch being no longer made in favor of the premium model.

Actually, by Spring 2021, the Switch will be 4 years old.  Besides, are we talking about a replacement, or a mid-gen upgrade/refresh?  The PS4 launched in November 2013 and the PS4 Pro launched November 2016.  That's exactly 3 years.

Y'all saying switch 2 while the same article talks about raising production to 30 million LMAO. Unless they want to build an ecosystem and have the Switch games be compatible, but even then I think it's too early for a totally new gen like they really would lose money at this point.

Next year will have a revision and a price cut, so I do expect another huge year for Nintendo.

Definetely i don't see them not continuing to sell the original Switch. Nintendo likes to have a super cheap option available at all times and will continue the old line of Switch's for some time. Especially the handheld on version. 

What you are really describing is a whole new system.  Basically you wanted the Wii U in 2010, but without the gamepad.  The gamepad was authenitcally a bad idea, but the biggest problem the Wii U had was software droughts.  Nintendo had to make software for the 3DS and at the same time were not prepared for how resource intensive HD games are.  The Wii U didn't get much third party support and there is no reason to think that your "Wii HD" would have gotten much third party support either.

Meanwhile, the Wii actually was getting a good amount of third party releases in 2010 and beyond.  After 2010 it was basically just third party games selling hardware.  These developers were happier to make Wii games, because there was also a market for these smaller budget games.  These developers didn't want to go to an HD system.  Nintendo was better off not going to HD.  They didn't do a good job making HD games on the Wii U and their Wii partners didn't follow to the system.