Switch 2 would arrive in the second half of 2024 and development kits are already out

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• NecessaryWeevil@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Unless I’m missing something here, this website does not provide a link to the original source and adds little to the discussion. They don’t even refer to them by their full name.

  This is the original source: videogameschronicle.com/…/sources-nintendo-switch…

  This is considered to be very scummy behavior not just in games journalism, but in journalism in general. If you can’t do your own coverage, at least have basic respect for the people who can.

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  • woelkchen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That’s blog spam.

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  • Goronmon@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Don't you see. The Switch 2 may have an LCD or an OLED screen! It also may, or may not, have backwards compatibility with the first Switch! It also may, or may not, release in 2024!

    How can anyone not be potentially excited about these things that may, or may not, be true!

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    • Jmr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It may or may not be able to take us to Mars

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  • theragu40@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    SEO centric content farms are a cancer on the internet and on information in general. We have the capability of democratically crowd sourcing the absolute best quality information out there, and make it available to anyone in the blink of an eye.

    Instead we have an army of bots lazily rehashing half-content found on forums and reposting it as misconstrued fact, while battling with other bots for the top third of google’s increasingly godforsaken, ad-ridden search results page.

    It’s truly a sad thing to behold.

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• Purplexingg@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  If this is real fuck you Nintendo, so bull shit for not just making it oled. There’s a $50 difference right now between the regular and oled variant which could 100% just be worked into the new switch pricing. You just know they’re releasing the oled model 1-3 years after launch so people buy again.

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  • KoofNoof@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I have an OLED model and cringed when I saw it will have LCD. It will honestly probably feel like a downgrade for me.

    I already mostly play in handheld just because the visuals look so much better compared to my TV

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    • Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Then vote with your wallet. Don’t buy something for more money, which have inferior features to the last generation product. This is clearly a case of monetiseing exclusivity and FOMO to sell you something which was not designed to last.

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    • PeleSpirit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Look for sales, an OLED tv is a life changer.

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    • Anamana@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Perfect time to buy the switch 1 OLED when it comes out

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  • dandroid@dandroid.app ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m actually happy. I play my switch docked 99.9% of the time. I have brought it on exactly two trips on the six years I have owned it, and played it all of one time each trip in handheld mode. I wouldn’t want to pay extra for a feature I would never use. Even if it only saves me $50, that’s the price of a game right there.

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  • danc4498@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    They probably have a lot of old LCD screens they need to get rid of.

    Honestly, I saw that and was grateful that I won’t have the urge to buy it.

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  • Captain_Ender@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I'm probably in the minority, but I don't mind a cheaper LCD model. The only time I see my switch screen is when I'm moving it from my living room dock to my bedroom dock. The only time I really use portables is like 8+hr flights, literally sits hidden under my TV 24/7 rest of time so I don't really need it to have a fancy screen. As long as both models have the same dock performance, I'm fine with it.

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    • Centillionaire@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The people here really don’t understand Nintendo. They want the console to be as cheap as possible to get it to the most hands as possible and then make the real money on the games. Mom and dad see the price tag isn’t too bad and pull the trigger. Everything has a cost, including an OLED screen Vs LCD (presumably IPS).

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    • mayo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Sales: 5.22 million standard Nintendo Switches, OLED 7.69 million units, 2 million Switch Lites. unit sales were down -21.3% year-on-year due to the global chip shortage, though the OLED Switch almost doubled its sales figures compared to the previous FY. (2023 - techspot)[techspot.com/…/97520-nintendo-switch-reaches-1225…]

      I have a switch lite. It costs me $140CDN used (as opposed to $250-$300 for an OLED). No complaints. Just wish I could play games like RDR2, Ubisoft on it.

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  • TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Weren’t there rumors that they actually meant to release a new model years ago, but between the Pandemic and the Chip Shortage, they couldn’t get what they needed?

    That said, with things like the GBA SP, the DSi and the New 3DS, it isn’t off-brand for Nintendo to release minor improvements along the way.

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  • Chriszz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m pretty fed up with Nintendo at this point not planning to buy a new console

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    • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I bought a Steam Deck and it’s amazing. 10/10 would recommend. Never really play my Switch anymore.

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  • Kichae@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The Switch has a screen? I've never really noticed mine.

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  • electrogamerman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I mean definitely fuck Nintendo, but why would people fall for that?

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  • curiousaur@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’d bet money that the dev kits are just LCD, and there will be a huge revision between the dev kits and the finished product. Historically early dev kits look nothing like the actual console.

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• Jarmer@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I do not care about the screen tech one bit, I think LCD is fine for handheld if the price is low, but what I DO care about is using somewhat modern cpu/gpu so games don’t constantly lag even trying to hit 30fps. That’s by far my biggest complaint about the Switch 1. So if they can fix that then I’m on board! If not, I’ll probably just honestly pirate everything and play it on my computer where it won’t run like dog ass.

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  • Centillionaire@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Exactly. It’s like when you start an RPG game where you choose how many points to put into each category. If Nintendo has $300 and puts most into CPU/GPU and not as much into screen, then I’m gonna be super happy. People forget that when the OLED switch came out, the other components were cheaper to buy, making room in the budget for the OLED screen.

    When components for the Switch 2 get discounted for Nintendo to buy, then they will add an OLED screen.

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  • JasSmith@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yeah it can barely handle Breath of the Wild. Some of the new AMD APUs are really impressive, so I hope they make the jump. However for compatibility and cost I think they'll just go with an upgraded Tegra.

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    • slumlordthanatos@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah, BotW was cutting it close, while Tears of the Kingdom really is too much for the Switch. I got real tired of the framerate taking a dive every time I used Ultrahand.

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    • Molecular0079@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It would be interesting if they made the jump to x86, but in addition to what you mentioned, I don’t think they’d go for it due to the extra power and thermal requirements. I think people would bash on Nintendo if the Switch 2 was way beefier in form factor compared to the Switch 1.

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    • Dark_Blade@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      ARM chips have seen massive gains too. If they use a sufficiently powerful chip, then I’m sure they could easily match the performance of a PS4.

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  • Captain_Ender@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yeah it has to be 4KHDR 30fps and 4KSDR/QHD 60fps to even market its difference. That's the standard now. It's like having an SD console during the Xbox/PS3 gen.

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• someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It’s not going to be the Switch U?

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  • Chailles@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m voting for the SwIItch (or Swiitch)

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  • SgtAStrawberry@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Wasn’t supposed to be called The new Switch U deluxe?

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• dinckelman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The improved hardware will be a colossal improvement, but what we really need is some kind of a game pass alternative. Sometimes I want to just play MK8 with the homies but I don’t want to pay 60+dlc for a game i’ll be playing once every 3 months

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  • Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Don’t worry. Nintendo always keep up with the latest gaming trends. It just takes them an extra decade to get there…

    They’re hanging on to that old business model that’s served them well over the years, and I presume still does. BotW was a launch title, over 6 years old, and it’s still full price even now. Even emulation being possible while the platform is still current doesn’t put them off.

    Guess they’ll rethink it when it stops working.

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    • dinckelman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It’ll never stop working for the same reasons why Apple does business they way they do it. If you design your stuff a very specific way, only allow people to run software on your specific hardware, and also strictly control distribution, people will have no choice other than to spend what you’re asking. And since people continue doing that, that’s the reason why the new Zelda game is 70 Euro instead of 60, and why MK8 will never go on sale below 20% off

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• HC4L@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Yay, rebuying all my indie games I could have gotten on Steam for half of the price just to keep playing on the go. Because that’s what they’ll make us do.

  And paying 70 bucks for the first party games. Really can’t wait!

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  • DaisyLee@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Steam Deck exists people. Basically replaced my Switch for everything not first party exclusive

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    • mesamunefire@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Heck, with yuzu it did replace the switch.

      I have all my switch, steam, itch.io, gog, ect…all in one console.

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    • drmoose@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’m not even sure my Switch works anymore tbh - Steamdeck completely replaced it for me. The games are cheaper, run better and it’s a full blown PC that can do so many things including emulation.

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  • CerineArkweaver@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yay, rebuying all my indie games I could have gotten on Steam for half of the price just to keep playing on the go. Because that’s what they’ll make us do

    This is what the SteamDeck (or ASUS ROG Ally) is for my friend 😊

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  • andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Hey now, 70 is what we pay for 720p games. 4k is gonna cost you a bit more.

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• LegendofDragoon@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I have heard that dev kits were going out, probably the most credible rumors I've heard so far, but unless it's more like a switch 1.5, I don't think we're going to have a holiday 2024 release windows. Unless it's announced during holiday 2023 I suppose, but I can't see less than a year of marketing unless it's more of a deluxe/pro version.

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  • lo9rd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The Switch was announced in October and released in March and it was plenty of time for hype. A console with this many sales didn’t need a year of hype, I think that long of a wait would do the opposite actually.

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    • Captain_Ender@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah Nintendo is pretty good during the modern era with buttoning everything up before previews for a short launch.

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    • LegendofDragoon@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Hmm, wow, looks like you're right, I thought that cycle was a lot longer. Perhaps because I end up so steepped in the rumor and leak community. Maybe then, maybe. The first time I heard the dev kit rumors was probably back in January ish? So let's say they had them for a quarter before the rumor got out, though it could obviously be a lot longer.

      That's September 2022 to November 2024 to prepare launch titles, definitely not a bad timeline at all, especially if the architecture is similar to the switch.

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• Jmr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  All Nintendo needs is a game library subscription kind of thing. I don’t want to pay £70 for Super Mario Wii U Switch 2 4K

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  • A2PKXG@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’ll rather pay once that 10 bucks a month for the next 36 months. I also like still having the game in 15 years, after the servers have been shut down, and when i wouldnt pay a monthly fee

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    • RedAggroBest@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Amd then theyre stuck with a game they bought full price to play once for shits n giggles. Game passes are great for getting to try out games you might not play otherwise or would only want to play once.

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• ladel@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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  • ProxyZeus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    DS->DS Lite->DSi->DSi XL->3DS->3DS XL->New 3DS XL I think it tracks perfectly

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    • pgetsos@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      DS lite, DSi, DSi XL were just iterations of the original DS. Same with 3DS family. These weren't a new console, only 2 consoles - DS and 3DS

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  • someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The Switch line was great because it integrated their console and handheld lines into one. They won’t go away from that.

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    • ladel@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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  • brenstar@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    If it ain’t broke don’t switch it!

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  • thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Hopefully they’re not switching to the Apple business model.

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• RealFknNito@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Yeah but… Steam Deck.

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• JoeKrogan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  /me puts on speculation hat

  They are probably getting it out now due to the battery regulations coming in, in the EU in 2027. All of the R&D is already done and its probably too late in the lifecycle to change the design to have a removable battery. They’ll just do it on the next console.

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  • Dark_Blade@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Pretty sure EU regulations allow for batteries that are internal, but reasonably user-replaceable. The Switch’s battery is one of those.

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• merthyr1831@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  cant get your games emulated on the steamdeck if the platform is too powerful to run on the steamdeck :^)

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• zer0@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Don’t buy that shit, it’s a tablet with closed source software in it

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  • Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Believe it or not, most of don’t buy consoles to play Tux Racer.

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• Zarxrax@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  As opposed to the other source a couple days ago which said it will launch in March.

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  • Uli@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    And I’ve just made my own source which says it’s already launched.

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• Potfarmer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  What a strange business decision, especially given their comment about wanting to convert as many switch users to the next console as possible. On one hand this makes Nintendo look incredibly greedy, not at all a good look. On the other I feel this has to be done based on user data from the Switch right? Surely they are going by the data showing OLED sales were low and more users prefer to play docked… Right? RIGHT Nintendo? Personally I just find it annoying, I picked up my switch 6 months before they announced the OLED version, and got mildly screwed out of a slightly improved experience. NOT this time though Nintendo, I’ll just bloody wait. I don’t consider myself a particularly unusual person either, if I’m willing to wait for the “pro” version then I imagine many others will too. Perhaps Nintendo intends to split the docked and undocked consoles, focusing more on a “docked” Switch edition that has a worse screen, and a portable Switch with a better screen etc. Sort of like the way they split the 3DS with the 2DS, then again Nintendo has done the “two console” thing for a long long time, OG Gameboy Advance and the SP, DS and DS Lite, 3DS and DS, they even did the Wii and the WiiU, Switch and Switch OLED… So I guess actually it makes perfect sense they would screw their customers for some extra moolah, sigh.

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  • someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The Switch was great because it combined the two product lines of console and handheld into one. They won’t split them completely, just have one that’s slightly better screen.

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• saffron@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  That’s my 2024 Xmas list then!

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• Simmy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  They should name it, Switched.

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