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Forums - Nintendo - What are your Expectations or Wishes for the new "switch" 2021 ?

Alby_da_Wolf on 06 December 2020
KazumaKiryu said:

Some pages report on a new model of the switch. There could be an official announcement in early 2021 :D The question is easy:

What are your expectations or wishes for the new "switch"-system ??

Citing a Taipei-based report out of the Economic Daily News, The Edge Markets reports that a new version of Nintendo's hybrid console could arrive, 2021. That was quickly followed up by a Bloomberg report that suggests that the new Switch could arrive next year complete with 4K support and maybe other features. Economic Daily News later reported that Nintendo was still planning a 2021 launch, and has been visiting companies in Taiwan to obtain displays for the new console.

Do you want more Gaming-Highlights/AAA-Games, 4K or completely new features? And what do you expect? I'm curious!

d21lewis said:

If they want my money, they better add...I don't know. A new box? I'm gonna buy it anyway.

What I would like: Better performance, better resolution (no drops below 720p in portable mode), a way to lock the system, Bluetooth support, reliable joycons. That's good enough for me.

RolStoppable said:
sales2099 said:

My only wish is that it continues to have a stranglehold on Japan, thus keeping others from gaining ground.

That's the spirit. Down with Sony.

On topic: My expectations are a more power-efficient chipset to bump up battery life a bit further. Games with dynamic resolutions being able to hold their ceiling more consistently. Console-internal upscaling to 4k resolution; mind you, that's not even remotely the same as 4k games. Revised Joy-Cons, because the way that stories about drift have been going, a sizeable amount of people would consider that to upgrade from their regular Switch. The console's screen might get improved to 1080p.

Overall, it will be something a lot closer to a New 3DS revision than a PS4 Pro revision.

mjk45 said:
RolStoppable said:

Exactly. After all, it could play the same discs.

Don't forget the duct tape.

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Soren0079 on 06 December 2020

It'll probably just be an all digital Switch and an expansion of their Nintendo subscription stuff.
I could hope for better build quality in the joy cons but I won't get my hopes up.



dharh on 06 December 2020

TV only would be when I might buy it.



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OTBWY on 06 December 2020

Being able to get one.



TheBraveGallade on 06 December 2020

DLSS or bust.

everything else will follow if they just have enough tensor cores to do this



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CarcharodonKraz on 07 December 2020

Actually thought about it and Realistically? I think im done with 10do. Ithe ps5 and xbx are out now so if we r not talking ps4 power with a comparable AAA library AND all physical releases and party chat then I dont think I care. Thats my new floor. Ill prob consider a switch 2 if I find 1 for like $150 AND it has a new zelda and metroid. Or AAA worthy star fox or kid icarus.



Jumpin on 08 December 2020

Another thing I just thought of. I'm not sure the price: gorilla glass screen.
I agree with anyone who's said better battery life. I don't require it, but it could never hurt. This year has been a little different since I spent so much time inside, but I'm an outdoorsy guy who's often away from an outlet for 10+ hours, with my Switch. I love sitting and playing under a tree, or in a park somewhere. The high brightness levels I have it on mean that even lowfi games tend to eat battery. Normally, I have a battery pack on me, but I'd rather not.

I would love to have a longer lasting battery, larger screen, and a better quality screen (more scratch resistant without the need of some third party protector). I wouldn't mind a Switch Pocket either, smaller screen, easier to carry around without a laptop case.



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KazumaKiryu on 08 December 2020
dharh said:

TV only would be when I might buy it.

Yeah, I would appreciate it too.

Jumpin said:

I would love to have a longer lasting battery, larger screen, and a better quality screen (..)

This!! Some things of this coming then, i think.



tack50 on 08 December 2020

Am I the only one who thinks that "upgraded" versions of consoles are pretty much never worth it? The extra power will only be used by a handful of games and it is not really a huge reason to upgrade. Exclusives will be extremely few games, if any. The Game Boy Color is a huge outlier here, born out of a lot of particular circumstances that are not applicable 20 years later.

If I was in charge of Nintendo I wouldn't really release any upgrades and just concentrate on making sure the "Switch 2" or whatever is a success; giving gamers what they want and what not. Granted it will be hard for the next generation of Nintendo to be as successful as this one but no reason not to try.

If they do have to release an upgraded version I'd just keep it simple, call it the "Switch plus" or whatever. Give it a 1080p display and the possibility in theory to run games in 4k (in practice the Switch probably lacks the power to run games at that resolution). Give it a small power boost (to at least run games at 1080p and beyond, even if full 4k is impossible) and keep the upgraded battery/processor from the "red box" Switch.

Price it at the same price as the old standard Switch (which gets discontinued).

Release a similar upgrade to the "lite" model in 2022 as well. Larger screen, with a 1080p screen and maybe an even longer battery life if that is possible, with no price hikes or drops.



Slownenberg on 09 December 2020
Cobretti2 said:

I'm happy to wait 2 more years for a real successor and better thought to the whole system and an OS rich with features.

Not sure how a more powerful dock would work if that is all they released for this model of switch? Is the port on Switch fast enough to help with computational power? If not that would mean a new port on a revised switch, which means we would have to upgrade the switch to get the benefit. If that is the case they may as well do it properly with the next gen switch model.

I saw someone mention OLED screen. TBH not sure I would want one. I noticed that the latest OLED screens on smartphone experience screen burn with 2-3years of daily use. I have older phones with OLED screens that do not experience such bad screen burn. Guess they cut back on quality of materials or manufacturing process.

uhhhh wut?

You're gonna be waiting a lot longer than that if you are waiting for Switch 2. More like 3.5 to 4 years. Nintendo has zero reasons to kill off Switch anytime early, and 2 years would be extremely early.