Nintendo is working on two new versions of the Switch that could be released as soon as this summer, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. One of the models is said to be a cheaper variant, while the other device reportedly has “enhanced features targeted at avid video gamers.”
The WSJ says the cheaper model will omit the vibration feature, suggesting that it won’t have detachable Joy-Con controllers at all; it’s said to be seen as a successor to the 3DS. Nikkei reported earlier this year that Nintendo was planning to release a smaller Switch with a focus on portability.
The report doesn’t have any firm details on the higher-end model, but one source implied there was more to the revision than a simple performance boost. Even so, there’s clear room for improvement in that regard; the Switch uses Nvidia’s four-year-old Tegra X1 processor, and if Nvidia were to get back into mobile chip development for Nintendo it could make major gains in power and efficiency.
The WSJ says the new Switch hardware is likely to be announced at E3 in June.
ousho on March 25th, 2019 at 10:20 UTC »
Ha ha! Bought mine today.
Bought my PS4 the day before the announcement of the PS4 Pro.
If you want to know when a new version of a console is coming out, just ask me when I plan to buy said console. 😄
RenAndStimulants on March 25th, 2019 at 07:41 UTC »
What the article basically says is that they're looking to make a small and compact version with the joycons stuck to the screen to be next in line for handhelds(kinda picturing a new switch version of the 2ds here, final thing will probably be much different)
The second one is set to be more expensive because it will have higher end computing guts in it, better GPU, more power, and efficiency.
They're basically trying to get deeper in to the home console market and at the same time releasing something to get the die hard 3ds fans to move to a new product.
Basically they made the switch to be a home console while also being portable, probably realised they split the market and are making one for each.
cyper_1 on March 25th, 2019 at 07:19 UTC »
Liberally bought a switch like two days ago 🙃