Ok, I misinterpreted what you meant by upgrade then.
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WSJ: Nintendo to Launch Two New Switch Models. Premium "Enhanced" Model and Cheaper Portable Model.
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Better screen, battery life, and connectivity would be enough to get me to upgrade, but a slight performance boost would be the icing. Hopefully GameStop would eventually have a decent trade in deal so I could combine the credit from that with my trade in credit and get this for free.
For all intents and purposes, the new Switch devices are how the Tegra line is continuing, they'll likely sell far more than any other Tegra-powered device.
Why is that a concern? We've seen this dance before. Upgraded hardware gets a handful of exclusive games but never a huge amount
It probably will remain a hybrid. Though in my case, I rarely take the Switch out of the dock anyway, so it wouldn't matter either way in my case. But I'd imagine that the Switch Pro won't stray far from the original Switch's form factor (if at all).
It want be like Vita, but in what sense?
Different form factor, different controls, different size..?
8K, 120FPS & it's both Mini & Pro depending on what you're thinking *TRUE HYBRID*
Also the battery never runs out because it's powered by magic
People against a mini version are hilarious and it'll be fun to see their meltdowns when the inevitable occurs.
- April reveal with a series of videos showcasing the new design and functionalities.
- Launch date alongside Super Mario Maker 2 or Fire Emblem Three Houses (most likely it's with Mario Maker)
Switch Pro-exclusive titles being a possibility may be the only way we get games like Devil May Cry 5 on the platform. So as long as Nintendo doesn't do too many Pro-exclusive titles, I welcome it.
I think its fine as long as it all works seamlessly in the ecosystem they created
I assume this is going to share more in common with GTX 1660 than RTX series, and yeah i'm calling t214 Mariko 'Tegra X3' for now, but I'd love them to just call it Tegra FX and use the branding for the Switch FX name, Switch FX and Switch FX lite
I don't think there's room for coexistence at all. revising the SoC will just make for another line on product they'll have to pay for, and one that will be weaker than the two products coming out. the Switch Lite and Switch Pro will use the new SoC and will be stronger just from being newer.
would it be possible to Turing to have better performance per core than Maxwell? this way they can keep the same amount of cores while using a slightly higher clock to reach that alleged level of performance
Hoping for a dedicated budget handheld option, in addition to a potentially stronger dedicated home console option. I'd eventually buy both down the line if so.
If it turns out to be a budget handheld vs a stronger handheld, chances are I end up not buying either instead.
If it turns out to be a budget handheld vs a stronger handheld, chances are I end up not buying either instead.
The Tegra X2 already had 150% of the performance of the X1 at the same core count and power envelope. There's been 2 revisions in the Tegra drive line since then with the current highest end doing 1.4 FP32 Tflops at 20 Watts
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That's what I was implying by saying the joycons and dock are optional. They won't be included in the box but you can still use them with the lite version as originally intended.
To make up for the missing buttons by not packing in the joycon they could redesign the screen with haptic screen buttons.
Why are people against someone having the option for a smaller more portable device? It doesn't mean this won't have a mini dock sold separately.
For one, I think the price difference due to the lack of anything sold with the console would be attractive. Especially it is the case where a dock can be purchased later separately.
For one, I think the price difference due to the lack of anything sold with the console would be attractive. Especially it is the case where a dock can be purchased later separately.
As in traditional handhelds. The difference with Switch is that it has removable controllers. People who have played the console saying it isn't like the Vita means in my opinion we can forget about this compact design with non removable joy-cons.
Nobody has said it yet. If the reveal is at E3, then Nintendo is having a press conference this year./s
If there is a more powerful model, I just hope it enhances old/existing games. I'd buy it Day 1 if so.
Reggie is retiring April 15 so he won't be around. Out with the old and in with the Bowser.
It should be the Tegra X2 in both devices, for better efficiency in power consumption and performance.
The current Tegra X1 chipset is vulnerable and keeping a 20 nm production line when market doesn't order this much of those 20nm chips from 2015, in 2019 the Tegra X2 16nm should be cheaper to produce.
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I don't understand the whole "but it's not as powerful as PS4 Pro or Xbox One X", seriously who thought that was a real possibility is a delusional.
Are people aware that no mobile hardware can compare to that? If this is actually on par with PS4 as an handheld it would already be very impressive.
Are people aware that no mobile hardware can compare to that? If this is actually on par with PS4 as an handheld it would already be very impressive.
That's fair, though personally, I don't think the portable version will have removable controllers. I could be wrong. The "portable only" version goes against a lot of the positive marketing gimmicks of the original switch (hd rumble, using removable controllers for simple multiplayer, going from tv to portable) so it's difficult to reason where the buck stops.
this is something that isn't brought up enough. nvidia literally and very publicly halted all of its mobile chip development before the X1/switch. there is no "X2" that could be slotted into a switch the same way the original system was built around an off-the-shelf part.
the success of the switch means it's probably worth nvidia's while to spin up a refreshed design for something that'll ship like 30 million units, but at the same time it's not a company with a ton of resources devoted to this kind of thing.
Even coming remotely close to the OG PS4 would be a huge accomplishment.
Plus I doubt games exclusive to a particular SKU will ever became prevalent. There were only a handful of New 3DS exclusive games (similar to how there weren't that many Wii Motion Plus exclusive games). The majority of games will still run on the basic Switch (though I imagine there'll be games that run a lot better on the pro model).
Why do you think we still get regularly threads about how Sony should make a 300$ handheld with PS4 graphics to beat the Switch? Lol
I'm rather certain that a stronger handheld version wasn't part of the conversation till your post.
You are correct on many levels. Shit just a allowing the clocks to run higher in the current switch would make so much more of a difference. When switch was known to using Tegra my first concern was what were the clocks going to run at. I was disappointed but yet switch has surprised me with its output thus far. Needless to say I am really looking forward to the enhanced switch model. It will be day one for me but I'm hoping Nintendo and nvidia don't fuck this up some how. They have an open lane I think it will just come down to (which scares me) how much money Nintendo want to invest in the future.
Because they think the name of the thing means it has to always Switch forms or something.
I guess they were asleep for the 3DS released with no 3D.
Yeah, but they specifically mentioned Vita,
also they said "different from the original and you'd be surprised" compared to OG Switch, so we definitely talking about some bigger differences,
and biggest compared to OG Switch would be built in controls and different form factor.
If the suppositions are true that the mini version will not have detachable joycons, then it would make no sense to not have a proper D-pad on it.
I hope they go back and update current games to take advantage of it. Would love to have Mario Odyssey in 1080p.
I doubt Mariko will look like anything from teh Tegra Drive line. and the X2 is running at clocks I'm not expecting from the Switch Pro/Lite. hence why I asked if Turing has a better per core and per clock performance. the CPU is easy to outperform the Switch, just with moving to a newer processor, but the GPU will be the most interesting change.
and there's a big incentive to move to Turing as Nintendo can make use of variable rate shading and maybe (this is a huge stretch) some kind of ray tracing. again, a huge stretch, but there are more than one ways to use raytracing (like for audio, for instance)
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