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Nintendo Announces "OLED Model" Switch For October 8 Launch
broodwars:
Great. Now people can play their Indie Shovelware and Wii U ports on a crystal-clear OLED screen.
Oh, you play Switch games on your TV? Well, **** you.
Mop it up:
If I understand this correctly, it's still the same exact hardware?
Kairon:
--- Quote from: Mop it up on July 06, 2021, 02:59:57 PM ---If I understand this correctly, it's still the same exact hardware?
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That's my understanding. Which means I can stick with my launch Switch and not spend even more money on video games this fall. Phew! The big disappointment to me is that the Joy-con issue sounds like it's still not getting fixed.
broodwars:
--- Quote from: Kairon on July 06, 2021, 03:58:28 PM ---
--- Quote from: Mop it up on July 06, 2021, 02:59:57 PM ---If I understand this correctly, it's still the same exact hardware?
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That's my understanding. Which means I can stick with my launch Switch and not spend even more money on video games this fall. Phew! The big disappointment to me is that the Joy-con issue sounds like it's still not getting fixed.
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I have a hunch that Joycon drift is a larger manufacturing issue with modern controllers & not just a Nintendo thing. I got 2 Dualsense controllers with my PS5 back in February, and one of them started drifting within a month, so I'm not sure it's an issue Nintendo knows how to address yet.
Enner:
Well, see ya next year, new SoC rumors!
While I would've bought in to a half-step upgrade, I'm glad to see that Nintendo has opted not to repeat the mistakes it made with the New 3DS line of systems where few were happy with the upgraded processing power (the few being the newcomers who could enjoy the steadier performance in games such as Monster Hunter Generations).
This does have me question as to the timing of the Switch's successor. A 2023 release would put it in line with the gap between the Wii and the Wii U. By 2023, the old, circa 2015 Nvidia Tegra System-on-a-Chip in the Switch would be 8 years old technology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegra#Tegra_X1. This is a gut feeling that makes no sense, but I'm thinking maybe Nintendo would rather avoid Metroid Prime 4 being a split-gen title as a matter of pride (of it being promised Switch-only/first title). Not that Nintendo ever showed that much reverence for the Metroid series for it to put the next generation of Nintendo hardware on hold, but maybe?
Then there's the chance that maybe Nintendo would want to coast on the Switch's success through 2023 and not release a successor to 2024. The money-making would probably make sense to Nintendo, but this notion has me nervous given the performance issues/quibbles in games such as Bowser's Fury and the Monster Hunter Stories 2 demo.
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