The Xbox Series S/X and Playstation 5 are fully backwards compatible with Xbox One and Playstation 4 games respectively.

Keep in mind that Xbox One/Playstation 4 titles generally have superior graphics to the Switch as well... So they do have that vast library to augment their 9th gen goodness.

The tiny, low resolution display whilst portable definitely hides allot of the ugliness anyway, so there is less of a need to augment it's processing capabilities.

Some games already don't run well on it without a mid-gen upgrade... Nintendo published games to boot. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 has performance problems and the resolution suffers, Age of Calamity is a mess both in performance and visual fidelity, even Bowser's Fury has frame rate dips (although it's very playable), Link's Awakening stutters and has frame rate dips as well as a lower resolution than expected. Some of these issues could just be issues of poor optimization but a lot are because of hardware limitations.

I primarily play portable only docked when playing Smash, Mario Kart, and Mario Party with family and friends so I don't care about 4K at all. I only want to be able to play Nintendo games at a stable performance and at least at a dynamic 720p but my original Switch can't even handle that. It's not an unreasonable request from Nintendo.

I don't expect a mid-gen hardware upgrade any time soon but judging by Nintendo's past with New 3ds, DSi and even GBA and GB it's highly likely it's going to happen and a lot of people, including me, will be glad to play Nintendo games at acceptable performances when/if it comes out.

Yep it's not Nintendo's fault that surprise surprise media and their verified insiders cough cough turned a molehill into a mountain,and like most rumors that garner a following it builds on itself giving further incentive to keep feeding those rumors,so you print more conjecture and that conjecture besides feeding the beast gets spun as new information and so becomes the justification for the continuation of those articles, but it doesn't end there like the gift that keeps giving it is also held up as a sign of the veracity of the claims, because everyone knows it's the number of times something is mentioned that determines its credibility.

So even when we've seen this pattern before, its somehow Nintendo's fault, like OTBWY said its pretty much on us and in my case I personally was sure it was a minimum 8K undocked and the reason we can't find all those high end Nvidia cards was because they were used in the Switch Pro .

The hype and rumors about 4K and the like aren't Nintendo's fault. Disappointing their customers by not providing a product that allows the customers to fully experience Nintendo games at an acceptable performance is Nintendo's fault though. I didn't expect a "pro" so soon or even 4K this gen but I do expect when paying for a premium product at a premium price for it to work at an acceptable performance especially with Nintendo published first party titles. A lot of people were hoping for a hardware upgrade to remedy Nintendo's failure of performance on these titles. And when another hardware revision in the Switch family is announced and it doesn't address this issue, shock of shocks, people are disappointed.

It makes complete business sense to charge more for such a small change, especially when the parts are cheap and the sales are still strong. But it's disappointing for people wanting their Nintendo games to run like they're supposed to. Keeping up with people's grand expectations isn't Nintendo's fault but failing to hit certain standards of performance and then asking people to pay premium and be happy with a subpar product is.

 I agree There's nothing wrong in feeling disappointed and wanting more and I for one will be keeping my original Switch but that's different from the where's the damn Pro, Nintendo pulled a fast one on us that RPGfan posted.

Nah. This is why we should never take stock in rumors. They are god damn rumors for a reason.

Base your expectations on actual evidence instead.

It's not what I was expecting or when I was expecting it, but this is Nintendo... why change the habit of a lifetime?

However as someone who mainly plays handheld I'm quite interested. Am I wrong in thinking the battery life is better? The original Switch is not great on a plane :| and I've lost track how many times I've had to stop playing something to dock and charge (cant be bothered with the rigmarole of undoing the plug). 

I'd assume this is the last major upgrade before a new console... but then again this is Nintendo and I still remember the GameBoy Micro random reveal...

After some deliberation, I’m ok with the OLED announcement. Announcing a Switch Pro, or 4K Switch, this late into its life cycle (granted, Nintendo said it’s in the middle of its lifecycle) and with over 80 million users to consider, it would’ve been a complicated situation. The OLED Switch is more likely meant for new consumers or consumers who want to upgrade from the Switch Lite. If BOTW 2 was coming this year, I might’ve understood a Switch Pro. Granted, a Switch Pro doesn’t necessarily have to release with a big game like BOTW 2. The OLED Switch releasing alongside Metroid Dread is pretty ingenious. Selling a new revision alongside a highly anticipated sequel in the Metroid franchise, does wonders for Dread in terms of marketing. Hopefully, it translates into solid sales for Dread. Not to mention, the white joy cons and dock are pretty slick.

If it’s not what you wanted, then don’t buy it. If it’s something you’re interested in, more power to you. The main purpose for the new revision, to me, is to continue expanding the audience of the Switch. Even some of the analysts are saying such thing. The extra $50 may hold some people back, but I guess Nintendo priced it based on their R&D. Whatever deals they got for these new materials (mixing with some of the old ones) led them to pricing it this way and avoid alienating their established user base.

For anyone expecting a power boost, be assured you will get it when the second generation "Switch-2" will be released probably in March 2023/2024. As for performance, a Switch-2 will target Xbox Series S graphics capabilities, being the bottom line for the current generation. From that moment on, Switch-2 and the current Switch will still cohexist for about 2 or 3 years, sharing the game library and extending the current Switch lifecycle to 8-10 years as expected by Nintendo.

At least, that's my prediction :)

In the meanwhile, I'm glad of this small upgrade offered by the OLED model since I have to replace my Switch anyway.