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Would you go back to home console Nintendo?

Yes 43 64.18%
 
No 17 25.37%
 
There's a possibility. 7 10.45%
 
Total:67

IF...they went back to producing two separate consoles, then yes, I would purchase a purely home based console from Nintendo again.  However, despite personally using the Switch docked for 95% of the time, I much prefer the "hybrid" console design and feel its the direction the company should continue to steer in.



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Of course I would, but I know Nintendo is most likely never going back. They already consolidated their home and handheld gaming divisions under one unified division. So they would have to undo that merger first, which would take quite a while, but also, Nintendo has had an overall mixed bag on their home console successes. But that is not the case when it comes to their handhelds. Nintendo has only ever had success when it comes to their handheld systems. Their only "failure" was the 3DS and that system still sold over 75 million units.

So it was pretty ingenious for Nintendo to capitalize on their handheld market dominance by making a primarily handheld console that just so happens to also play as a home console. And because of Nintendo merging both gaming divisions, they were able to pump out an insane number of games on a single console.



Pemalite said:

My Switch doesn't leave the dock.

Sell me a console without a display, battery, dock, joycons and offer it at a lower price and I will buy several.

This would almost certainly be the best approach all around for Nin. That way there's very little difference from the hybrid so not much work would have to go into it, and there would be very little impact on game development.

This would likely please enough of those Switch buyers that they'll just spend the savings on more Switch 2 games which would be a win for both, plus Nin would immediately open the door to many more consumers if they could make it around $100 cheaper than the hybrid. A $399 hybrid and $299 home console would no doubt help to grow the ecosystem.

Nin could always push boost clocks some beyond the hybrid for the home console, with some additional cooling and a bigger PSU, and put more of a focus on DLSS, but that would be more work and add some more cost, so perhaps it wouldn't be worth it.

I'd prefer a $399-$499 Switch 2 home console, but I know that's way less likely to happen because I think that audience would be much smaller than the audience you're talking about.

I would buy the weaker like for like Switch 2 you suggest, but only after a price drop down the road, because PS5 would end up my main console in that case.



I only play my Switch is handheld mode. The dock has never left the box since March 3 2017.



Pemalite said:
Cerebralbore101 said:

Yeah so just make switch 2 aim for 1440p/60 in all Switch titles. Increase the ram (how is this expensive on consoles?), add DLSS and boom. You have a 4k/80 fps switch 2. 

When I say it's at a "Premium" on consoles... I am pointing at the total amount of memory available, not the financial aspect.

Even the Playstation 5 Pro which is over $1,200 AUD has only 16GB of total RAM when a comparable PC would be having 32GB-48GB - System+GPU Ram.

Switch 2.0 would likely target 1080P, it's what mobile chips are targeting these days, anything more is a waste of resources.

What game reasonably makes use of 32 GB of ram? Isn't 32GB of ram just for non-gaming stuff? Shouldn't 16 GB be plenty for 90% of games?



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Cerebralbore101 said:
Pemalite said:

When I say it's at a "Premium" on consoles... I am pointing at the total amount of memory available, not the financial aspect.

Even the Playstation 5 Pro which is over $1,200 AUD has only 16GB of total RAM when a comparable PC would be having 32GB-48GB - System+GPU Ram.

Switch 2.0 would likely target 1080P, it's what mobile chips are targeting these days, anything more is a waste of resources.

What game reasonably makes use of 32 GB of ram? Isn't 32GB of ram just for non-gaming stuff? Shouldn't 16 GB be plenty for 90% of games?

He's referring to the need of RAM for use of DLSS in a new Nintendo system. 



Nah, keep the design. I'm using my Switch since the last few years in docked mode almost exclusively but I can tell you that I'm always glad when I have the opportunity to get it outside of it's dock and play it in handheld.

Not to say that I'm against if they were to have a home console Switch SKU but the appeal of the general market would be limited outside of enthusiasts, even more so than the Switch Lite, so there isn't much incentive for Nintendo to add an additional SKU and complexify and muddle it's offerings to customers



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LegitHyperbole said:
Cerebralbore101 said:

What game reasonably makes use of 32 GB of ram? Isn't 32GB of ram just for non-gaming stuff? Shouldn't 16 GB be plenty for 90% of games?

He's referring to the need of RAM for use of DLSS in a new Nintendo system. 

If Switch 2 only had a pool of 8-12GB, then DLSS would have to take from that pool which the games themselves would typically need on their own. In order for DLSS to be really meaningful and offer the best improvements it can, it would need more RAM on top of that.

If PS5, Pro, and Series X, only have 16GB of RAM, its unlikely that a hybrid like Switch 2 would have that much. RAM is expensive, and in general the more RAM you have the more power you're going to use as well, which then also means less battery life, or a battery with a higher capacity which will cost more, plus added weight.

The less RAM the Switch 2 has, the less of an improvement DLSS will be able to make. Nin has a lot to juggle when it comes to designing the Switch 2 so it hits just the right performance, price, weight, etc.



I use my switch docked 98% of the time so yes



    R.I.P Mr Iwata :'(

The portability which comes from the hybrid design makes NSW all that much better…though I wouldn’t say it’s a deal-breaker without it lol. Nintendo’s been cranking out a solid software lineup, so of course I would buy it.