Bloomberg: Cheaper Switch Likely to Launch By End of June, 'Modest Upgrade' Due Out This Year - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 June 2019 / 2,436 Views
Nintendo will release a "new, cheaper version of the Switch," according to two people who chose to remain anonymous who spoke with Bloomberg. The cheaper version of the hybrid console will likely launch by the end of June.
The two people also said Nintendo is working on a "modest upgrade" of the Switch and is not working on a "more powerful version." This "modest upgrade" will release later this year.
Nintendo has yet to officially announce any new Switch models.
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Hmm I wonder if the "modest upgrade" will just be slightly improved specs like the New 3DS...
The New 3DS was missed opportunity. At the vesy least they should increased the specs enough to handle Gamecube and Wii ports with ease.
As I said in my other post, I hope this is a fairly significant GPU upgrade. Atleast enough to keep dynamic resolutions high. It wouldnt take much to make Switch graphics sharper.
Agreed. I'd love it if they upgraded from the Tegra X1 to X2 but that would probably be more than a modest upgrade.
How about upgrading the battery life? I'd buy Switch a 2nd time, if the upgraded version had double the battery life!
They will provably have to use a more efficient chip on mini switch.
Why not use the chip on regular switch? This might be the modest upgrade.
This, along with a slightly better battery, may provide noticably longer battery life. Couple that with more storage, then I could see it as a worthwhile upgrade. But, it still wouldn't be the kind of thing that alienates the early adopters. Sounds about right to me.
It sounds like they the modest upgrade refers to a more premium version of the console, but the gaming experience will be identical (same resolutions, frame rate, load times). The different could be a larger screen, more storage, battery life, and a new design.
More GPU power alone would make a big difference. Many games use dynamic resolutions because that's where the bottleneck generally is. For comparison, the X1S had just a slight GPU increase and there was measurable improvment.
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