Nintendo Switch (previously NX)

ShakyJake said:

They did. and there really wasn't any hurry either. Bizarre.

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Sony is increasing the price of all PS5 consoles by around $100 globally due to the shortage of RAM, so maybe releasing the Switch 2 last year wasn't such a bad idea.

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Runnen said:

Sony is increasing the price of all PS5 consoles by around $100 globally due to the shortage of RAM, so maybe releasing the Switch 2 last year wasn't such a bad idea.

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Not really. Nintendo might have to do the same with the Switch 2. If they had just stuck with their aging console, they might have managed costs enough to keep the price the same or even cheaper.

Nintendo should honestly just release a screenless/battery-less Switch 2. A lot people don't even use the portable features of the console. It would shave off a ton from the price.

Araxen said:

Nintendo should honestly just release a screenless/battery-less Switch 2. A lot people don't even use the portable features of the console. It would shave off a ton from the price.

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Funny you say that because if the rumors are true they plan to do the opposite soon and release an OLED version.

Malakriss said:

As long as they design with forward advances in mind then backwards compatibility has meaning. But if you are stuck on Switch1 load speeds and bottlenecks for all of time even with faster memory cards and better hardware then it's simply piggybacking. Eventually that it turns into "wait for the remake and buy it again for the better version" which is bullshit when it's only one gen back.

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The load speeds are really fast if you own Switch 1 games digitally since they get downloaded to the internal storage. The problem is that the physical copies run off of the old microSD-speed carts because Nintendo are assholes and don't let you install to fast storage instead.

M Power said:

Funny you say that because if the rumors are true they plan to do the opposite soon and release an OLED version.

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I'd take that particular rumor with a grain two-ton block of salt. Handheld uses HDR and small OLED/AMOLED screens that support HDR are still very expensive, and since Nintendo are too cheap to even spring for Gorilla Glass there's very little chance of an OLED Switch 2 happening.