Yeah, no, see that was a joke. Jason deleted his tweet on it because it was a joke, he wasn't trying to actually say that it was running on a Pro, even though that's exactly what he was implying, it was just a joke.
Yeah, no, see that was a joke. Jason deleted his tweet on it because it was a joke, he wasn't trying to actually say that it was running on a Pro, even though that's exactly what he was implying, it was just a joke.
In reality this probably makes the most sense.
-Nintendo continues to be able to milk the current ecosystem that is still seeing very strong sales.
-Allows them to try to get some people to double dip, while having to worry less about chip shortages since it's leveraging the same chip set as the OG.
-Generate some hype with a new model around Q4 to help with the Holiday Period, might mean they put the OG model a bit more on sale as well.
Then I could see them going with a full Switch 2.0 launch in March of 2023. Which would be 18 months after this launch and 6 years after the OG Switch launched. Aligns with Wii / Wii U which launched 6 years apart, the DS and 3DS were 7 years apart.
-Nintendo continues to be able to milk the current ecosystem that is still seeing very strong sales.
-Allows them to try to get some people to double dip, while having to worry less about chip shortages since it's leveraging the same chip set as the OG.
-Generate some hype with a new model around Q4 to help with the Holiday Period, might mean they put the OG model a bit more on sale as well.
Then I could see them going with a full Switch 2.0 launch in March of 2023. Which would be 18 months after this launch and 6 years after the OG Switch launched. Aligns with Wii / Wii U which launched 6 years apart, the DS and 3DS were 7 years apart.
I'm in the exact same boat as you. When I first heard about the announcement this morning I was literally saying, "finally, I can buy a Switch" and then did a deeper dive to find out how minor the upgrades were and immediately did a 180. I experienced the exact same thing when the Switch Lite was announced. This is a huge bummer :(
You're joking but you may not be far off. It took them 7 (SEVEN) years to release their first HD console after the Xbox 360 launched in 2005.
why are so many people upset that they don't have any reason to spend several hundred dollars this fall
I hope that now threads about some upcoming games like No More Heroes 3 and such can have less of the "this really needs Switch pro" crowd infesting half the pages.
It'll be a big upgrade of the discourse level.
It'll be a big upgrade of the discourse level.
At this point they should just release Switch 2 Holiday 2022- March 2023, w BOTW2, and backwards compatible with all Switch 1 games. Stronger hardware means not all games would be compatiboe with Switch 1, but if a game can be , it will be. Like iphone 1 to 2- which nintendo has stated would be the model they would be inspired by.
Edit: i just bought a switch lite this week. Ill be getting this Oled switch as well. I also have 2 og switch for some reason. I FREAKING love the switch lol.
Edit: i just bought a switch lite this week. Ill be getting this Oled switch as well. I also have 2 og switch for some reason. I FREAKING love the switch lol.
I think that's simply not possible without having insider information themselves. For example I have family members, who got information of car manufacturer. One is a slightly higher up and another one works for a company developing software for a car manufacturer and sometimes gets brought over in their R&D department to work locally. He has all the access to the databases and even walked through the buildings where future cars are planned and so forth.
So I probably could get vetted, even though I don't know what the vetting process entails. But as I understand it the vetting process doesn't proof the creditably of the information. It's just there to proof "Hey, the person could have information, because he has access to X or knows Y. ". That seems to be the extend of it.
I think the solution has to be a tier system or something else, which tracks their track record without using any loophole like plans can change. Make no mistake they can, but it's difficult to know what info changed and what didn't, so a tier system would be redundant. So with that said, I would like something along those lines...
- Vage information (something is happening in the next 50 years at Nintendo) -> 0 points
- Semi detailed information -> 1 point
- Detailed info -> 3 points
- Got information wrong -> -2 points
Now it'll just be "waiting for the REAL Switch Pro".
I was praying this thing was going to get announced soon just so I could stop hearing about it.
Hell of a monkey's paw situation we've got here. Fuck.
Because it means another couple years of Switch exclusives at low res, no anti-aliasing, and poor performance.
Pretty much. A LAN Port is worthless when tens of millions of Switch owners play exclusively over WiFi. The stability and quality of an online match is only as strong as the weakest connection.
It would have been nice if Nintendo could have put ancient technology like this in the dock back in 2017. I guess that was just asking too much though.
Yea it's baffling that they made a new dock, and didn't include 4K output and hdr support. Nintendo's gonna Nintendo I suppose.
Well they are now. Rumors are rumors, not leaks. People never learn that "insider info" can always be unreliable, and even the most trustworthy sources can get things wrong.
Oof I didn't even think of that, but OLED does very poorly with content that has that degree of persistence. This thing is just a disaster all-around.
There was a very solid verification process at the old place. I don't know what all it entailed, but we rarely had anything like what happened today.
Good point actually, i'm sure that it won't be a problem but still something to look at
There is no Switch Pro. Begging for it should be moderated just as port begging is prohibited
Nah, people wanted a Switch Pro
Like the PS4 Pro
Or the Xbox One X (i.e. the Xbox One Pro).
They wanted something that would allow titles struggling to run at even 720p/30fps to run at higher resolutions and higher framerates, not something that represents an entire generational leap. Considering it's been nearly half a decade I don't think that's too big a thing to want.
And, I mean, if you're gonna talk about people not having disposable income then why not criticise the fact that this, unlike the above two consoles, does not represent an overall decrease in price for the Switch? The Switch is still $300 4.5 years after release and the OLED model is only adding to that price instead of replacing it.
It's not about who said what - Nintendo SHOULD upgrade their current console, it's a joke compared to the competition from a tech stand point and the games library is hurting because of it. So many more games would be ported to the Switch if they made a modest upgrade to the specs, like everyone has been expecting due to necessity. And don't come at me with the "but they don't need to, the current Switch is selling like crazy" because I am a consumer, not an investor.
A "pro" revision following this one would make no sense unless the Switch 2 is very, very far out.
Actually, there were rumors there were two new devices, one with a better screen and one with a better screen and more power.
Lol people swore up and down MH rise was running on the Switch pro too. I guess people can't grasp the fact that not every game on the switch looks terrible.
YES PLEASE! I don't want to hear it anymore. Especially that stupid made up name Switch Pro name that stuck and wasn't even that much of a "Pro" anyways.
And I don't want this to mean now threads will be littered with "waiting for the not even rumored Switch 2".
Okay, but as a consumer you already bought a Switch I suppose? You are probably buying some Switch exclusives? So then you are still buying.
This is a silly question on a video game forum. Come on now.
Also means another couple years without spending money on Nintendo hardware!
I don't see the downside
No you don't understand their will be two Switches! The REAL switch pro is coming out in 2022 because rumours I read on the internet told me so.
But it was all incorrect, as proven by today's announcement 🤷♂️
What? You are talking about revenue for Nintendo? That's my point, I don't give a shit. I'm a consumer, not an investor, so my complaints against Nintendo as a consumer are summed up as "Nintendo generally sucks". Whether I buy some of their products or not doesn't change what my general opinion is.
But they are selling like crazy? Why should they upgrade? The market is telling them that they are making profits as it is? Why put out a more expensive revision? You might want a revision, Era might want a revision but the laws of supply and demand say otherwise.
And in regards to ports? Well let's be honest since GameCube days nobody has been counting on ports to justify their purchase over a ps5.
I genuinely think people are getting emotional over this. Of that oled version costs $350USD (can't imagine what it costs in Canada or EU) can you imagine the price tag for a pro?
I really really wanted a improved Switch to play with a decent resolution and good framerate. It sucks I'll have to wait a few more years. (I don't own the Switch)
From my experience, that's only really a noticeable problem with larger screens like OLED TVs. Never noticed motion issues with phones or dedicated handhelds like my OLED Vita.
I've given up trying to predict Nintendo but I tend to agree. I'm guessing no more models until the next Gen one but then again this is Nintendo.
Honestly I would open my wallet in a split second for this except for one thing
I've owned 4 sets of joycons, one set I reserved specifically for only playing one game, and ALL FOUR got drift. 2 of those sets I sent into nintendo for repair and both had drift again within six months. I am not a heavy user, i have a split pad pro so the joycons don't even get used that much, yet they still all got drift.
I'm not really complaining here, I chose to keep buying more joycons despite the issues. I likethe pretty colors, sue me.
what I'm saying is there is no way in hell i will buy any revision of the switch, at any price, with those same joycons. I've learned my lesson, that would be literally just throwing money in the garbage. No thank you.
People wanted Switch games to run at a better framerate....oh no, the horror!
I've been on the internet for a very long time, I know better than to put weight in rumors, but throwing out insults and giving an aggressively reductionist take on what was reported many, many times from multiple "reliable" people and sources in the industry doesn't right any wrongs done by those who believed they were getting something better.
Also, apart from those who are throwing a fit over this or attacking other people directly, did anyone ever do anything wrong other than believing Nintendo would finally do something that makes sense? I don't really see it.
I think the thing about this that stings the most is that the name for this model is so bad it'll be very easy for uninformed people to buy the wrong one. I don't know why Nintendo keeps doing this.
I went to Jason's Twitter feed and it looks like he's deleted quite a few tweets about this?
I'm VERY disappointed that there's no performance bump.
Playing several games on docked mod on my LG CX 48 Inch is a NIGHTMARE. I think Skyrim takes the cake for being the WORST 30FPS game i've ever played. It was unbearable and it doesn't even feel like 30FPS gameplay at all. So much screen tearing on a OLED TV if you move around quickly......
And it's better.. get ready to see tons of screen tearing and frame drops on a BIGGER handheld screen and in OLED! XD
Playing several games on docked mod on my LG CX 48 Inch is a NIGHTMARE. I think Skyrim takes the cake for being the WORST 30FPS game i've ever played. It was unbearable and it doesn't even feel like 30FPS gameplay at all. So much screen tearing on a OLED TV if you move around quickly......
And it's better.. get ready to see tons of screen tearing and frame drops on a BIGGER handheld screen and in OLED! XD