A little controversial, but I’d like more frequent hardware upgrades and much shorter generations. The main reason is I’m not a big fan of buying electronics that aren’t particularly new. Let me put it this way: I’m buying a new cellphone, computer, TV, or video game console, I’d prefer it to be as new as possible. I don’t mind playing older games, but games are creativity and art with engineering just being a means to express that, hardware is about engineering intended to express the goals for playing the games, generally more power is better, smoother or more functionality is better.

I think with Nintendo outsourcing their hardware manufacturing and growing the Switch laterally every 6 to 10 years is fine, but I also would prefer vertical growth every 2 or 3 years. So, if I bought a new Switch console in 2028, 2030, or 2032, I’m getting progressively more power hardware, not just the same 2025 SoC with a 30% better battery and a premium screen, and different colours.

Part of the argument against feasibility with “gamers being too confused about multiple gems of console available” and dev support concerns have largely been settled with the Switch 2 in favour of more frequent vertical upgrades.

A little controversial, but I’d like more frequent hardware upgrades and much shorter generations. The main reason is I’m not a big fan of buying electronics that aren’t particularly new. Let me put it this way: I’m buying a new cellphone, computer, TV, or video game console, I’d prefer it to be as new as possible. I don’t mind playing older games, but games are creativity and art with engineering just being a means to express that, hardware is about engineering intended to express the goals for playing the games, generally more power is better, smoother or more functionality is better.

I think with Nintendo outsourcing their hardware manufacturing and growing the Switch laterally every 6 to 10 years is fine, but I also would prefer vertical growth every 2 or 3 years. So, if I bought a new Switch console in 2028, 2030, or 2032, I’m getting progressively more power hardware, not just the same 2025 SoC with a 30% better battery and a premium screen, and different colours.

Part of the argument against feasibility with “gamers being too confused about multiple gems of console available” and dev support concerns have largely been settled with the Switch 2 in favour of more frequent vertical upgrades.

A little controversial, but I’d like more frequent hardware upgrades and much shorter generations. The main reason is I’m not a big fan of buying electronics that aren’t particularly new. Let me put it this way: I’m buying a new cellphone, computer, TV, or video game console, I’d prefer it to be as new as possible. I don’t mind playing older games, but games are creativity and art with engineering just being a means to express that, hardware is about engineering intended to express the goals for playing the games, generally more power is better, smoother or more functionality is better.

I think with Nintendo outsourcing their hardware manufacturing and growing the Switch laterally every 6 to 10 years is fine, but I also would prefer vertical growth every 2 or 3 years. So, if I bought a new Switch console in 2028, 2030, or 2032, I’m getting progressively more power hardware, not just the same 2025 SoC with a 30% better battery and a premium screen, and different colours.

Part of the argument against feasibility with “gamers being too confused about multiple gems of console available” and dev support concerns have largely been settled with the Switch 2 in favour of more frequent vertical upgrades.

I want something weird and gimmicky like the Wii.

I want it to use RAM and memory components just slightly stronger than what the Switch 2 has so that it's more affordable, and focus on quality first party games that are exclusive to the Switch 3. Nintendo needs to go back to the philosophy of pushing older hardware to it's limits, like they did with the GameBoy.

Skip a Switch 2 Pro like Switch skipped a Switch Pro and make a successor that isn't a generational leap? It's happened before. GameCube to Wii was not a generational leap in specs. Nor was Wii U to Switch. 

I suppose 16 GB RAM at a faster speed than Switch 2, and modest increases in processing of CPU and GPU is okay enough if the system delivers the games.