Bloomberg: New Switch Model to Release in September or October, Assembly to Start in July - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 July 2021 / 3,221 Views
Following multiple rumors and reports about a new Nintendo Switch model in the works, multiple sources have told Bloomberg it will release in September or October and assembly on the new Switch could start as soon as July.
The new Switch model is likely to be priced higher than the original Switch, which has been priced at $299 since it launched in March 2017. It might be announced ahead of Nintendo's E3 conference. This would be to give publishers more time to showcase their upcoming games for the Switch.
The upgraded Switch model will be sold alongside the $199 Switch Lite, while the original Switch will be phased out over time.
Assemblers are expected to begin shipping the new Switch in early July and ramp up production to a peak in October to December. This is despite continued semiconductor shortages that have faced the other new video game consoles, the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.
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I'd prefer if they focused on fixing the design of the joycons. If the new Switch still has joycons with drifting problems, I'll be quite dissapointed.
Better not screw over 85 million plus Switch owners by locking a bunch of games behind the Pro
You know they will, and you know you'll be glad they make you purchase their new model
EDIT: Why the downvotes ? I will be the first one to buy the new version, despite already having one, it's not like I can blame Nintendo on this
Unfortunately that will be me. I'll be complaining online wile on line to buy it
How many exclusives did the New 3DS have? I can only think of Xenoblade Chronicles 3D, not even a new game. Definitely way less than the DSi and most DSi exclusives were only there because of the DSi shop. There's almost no reason for the Switch pro to have a big
amount of first party exclusives. Also, the leak says they will continue to sell the Lite. Why the hell would they make new games and only release them on the Switch Pro and ignore the Switch Lite while continuing to manufacture and sell it?!
I remember reading that Hyrule warriors for 3DS was performing so poorly on regular 3DS according to many reviews I saw that it could almost be considered an exclusive but had completely forgotten that Fire emblem warriors released on the system. I'm not sure if it is up to date but Nintendo life has a list of New 3DS exclusives: https://www.nintendolife.com/new-3ds/games/browse
90% of the games on that list are shovelware. You can tell right away because they're missing cover art lol the only other notable exclusives on that list are Minecraft, Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, and Runbow Pocket.
If theres a bunch of games that can't be played on the original switch then shouldn't this switch pro be the switch successor? Similar to ps5 there's a few games that can't be played on the PS4 but it can play all PS4 games
No (cf: Game Boy Color, DSi, New 3DS/New 2DS)
I think the only difference will be the graphics, I doubt there will be any exclusives, Just better performance. Pretend the Switch is a PS4 and the Switch Pro is a PS4 Pro, Its probably gonna work like that
But curl was saying there could be a bunch of lock games so if that's the case then it's not the same because there's not any PS4 games exclusive to PS4 pro
That's exactly what I'm expecting.
Switch hardware is just too weak. I'm begging Nintendo for a new powerful Switch.
It's finally time , ..it's finally time for Switch to outsell PS2
Even if it did, it won't be apples to apples. PS2 was a dedicated home console. Switch is a hybrid. So a direct comparison just can't be made. Further, it's impossible to compare eras like that. When the PS2 came out, gaming was a lot smaller than it is now, so there were literally less people interested in buying a system. Switch, on the other hand, launched into a world where gaming is so commonplace, that you're seen as weird or odd if you DON'T own at least one console. There's just so many more consumers out there now.
I'm betting that all first party games will work across the entire Switch family. Third party games will be allowed to do whatever they want. With that said, the massive install base of the Switch and Lite means there won't be any Pro exclusive games for at least a year or so, as there won't be enough of an install base to make it worthwhile to devs.
Have we ever seen a more expensive pro SKU phase out a lower priced default?
Both Xbox One X and PS4 pro was introduced at the initial price of their base model so I'm not sure if they had a permanent pricecut before that. 3DS on the other hand was released at 249$ but got its price slashed to 169$ after its poor launch. Both 3ds xl and New 3ds xl launched at 199$. Once again I'm not sure if the price for 3ds xl was the same when new 3ds xl launched but 3ds xl was more expensive than regular 3ds at launch.
