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Report: New nintendo switch revision coming mid 2020
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They'd better not have BotW 2 run like shit on the OG switch like they did with the Wii U BotW.
The unit itself should ideally be able to hit native 720p in most or all handheld games, which hasn't really been the norm IIRC. Also, as large TVs become less and less expensive, higher resolutions become more important in docked mode. Most Switch games are 900p or lower and don't look that hot on my 55 inch TV. Some additional graphics processing power in the dock could help alleviate this and I'd be willing to pay whatever it takes to get the resolution pushed as high as possible (native 1440p or a high checkerboarded resolution would be great). Also, there's no excuse to not support HDR at this point (though I'm not sure if an entirely new system would be required to support it since base PS4 had it patched in).
Improving the dock for 4k output isn't that nuts. TX1 already had hardware support for 4k streaming and TX1+ has an improved 4k scaling solution too. The hardware's already there for it.
Because I hardly care about portability and I'd rather have a system that looks and performs better on my 50 inch screen.
Exact same feeling. Also, the 720p home menu looks awful on my 4K TV :(
If Nintendo could at least update the menu to run at 1080p, that'd be great. I highly doubt they'd do a 4K revision, but that would be amazing! I definitely want a Switch Pro.
Normally I would agree, buy they already released revisions last year that were cheaper to produce, so I'd be inclined to believe that this is something else.
It's bizarre that they haven't fixed that home menu issue by now. Hopefully it's part of a large OS update this year or something.
As there was a minor upgrade in August for me it can go either way :
- There are no upgrade this year
- A "pro" version is coming
If a 'super switch' does exist, I hope
instead of chasing the 4k silly bandwagon, Nintendo should instead invest whatever extra power they have to make sure portable can do 720p and docked can do 1080p both at decent locked frame rates.
instead of chasing the 4k silly bandwagon, Nintendo should instead invest whatever extra power they have to make sure portable can do 720p and docked can do 1080p both at decent locked frame rates.
My guess is either Switch TV that allows for 4k upscaling (current Switch chip supports this but was deactivated), so we have portable via Lite, hybrid with OG and now stationary with TV; or a Switch XL with bigger screen, upgrade from 32GB to 64/128GB and improved build quality.
they could have done that with the revision that just released but didn't
I wonder what SoC they are going to use if it is a more powerful model, Xavier-based perhaps? I'm not very informed in regards to the developments of the Tegra right now, is Orin even usable at point?
Will there be one every year? I'll just wait until the very end like I do with Nintendo systems since the GameCube.
I don't get what's so ridiculous about it. Nobody's saying that the Switch is suddenly going to be a 4K portable device, but improving the Tegra X1 (or switching to a Tegra X2) to allow 4K output in docked mode is completely reasonable. What it'll be used for, especially when the Switch doesn't even have fucking Netflix yet, is another question entirely.
That would be painfully disappointing. Why you gotta go there
I sure Nintendo will make games compatible for all their systems: Lite, OG, and Pro.
The benefits of a Pro version could better visuals, 60fps, bigger internal hard drive space, Bluetooth, etc
Well lets hope its not just 900p mario odyssey upscaled to 4k only. I mean my tv already does a very good job with that.
What i hope is that a potential mario odyssey 2 will run in 900p on the original/lite and 1440p with upscaling(or checkerboarding ala ps4 pro) to 2160p on Switch +/pro.
...Why would anyone want a bigger screen Switch XL with nothing Pro about it? It would just make most big games that are unable to hold 720p look worse in handheld mode. The other facets are easy to imagine, but a bigger screen seems counterproductive until the specs are scaled to match.
There's already a model with much improved battery life and a Lite... The next one can only be a true update to make it modern again in 2020. The report mentions specifically "extending the life cycle", only an updated, more powerful one can do that.
It could be 1% larger. No one said it would go from 6in to 10in.
Is there a need for exclusives though? Just make it scaleable between systems. Better performance on Pro, less so on the OG and Lite.
Realistic possibilities:
- OLED display
- glass screen (will break so much easier!)
- bigger battery?
Can't really think of much. They're not going to use an X2 - they could possibly clock the X1 a little higher with a bigger battery for a less-effect New 3DS like solution, but I don't expect it to happen.
- OLED display
- glass screen (will break so much easier!)
- bigger battery?
Can't really think of much. They're not going to use an X2 - they could possibly clock the X1 a little higher with a bigger battery for a less-effect New 3DS like solution, but I don't expect it to happen.
Does it come with a 540p screen so I can get the most out of handheld mode?
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