New Nintendo Switch announced

[Hawndoh 2386]

Calling it the OLED edition.

It is not the 4k capable switch pro people were hoping for.

New 7-inch OLED screen that can run 720p in handheld mode.

1080p in docked TV mode.

Wired Ethernet port built in.

64 gb built in storage, up from 32.

But looks like everything else is basically the same. No new Nvidia hardware or anything.

350 bucks this October.

[MillerEP 30447]

[Viper 12103]

 

[Viper 12103]

all I really want is bluetooth audio.

[elfenix 34223]

i guess so long as they're printing money there's no incentive to upgrade

[Js1 85275]

21 hours ago, MillerEP said:

This.

The new stand is cool (god the current design is crap) and the black/white color scheme is sleek but:

• With the affordability of SD cards, the extra storage is basically moot
• No upgrade in hardware or graphics
• No new joycon design to fix the drift issue

It's a good intro switch for someone who doesn't have one yet or people who claim to struggle to play on the current screen size when in handheld (*Sure, Jan*), but overall, there's no point in upgrading at all.   This OLED model will probably become the base Switch if and when a Pro comes out, but I'm not holding my breath on that in 2022.  Or ever. 

[Viper 12103]

yeah I just don't think there's enough cpu/gpu's available to come out with an upgraded model. I think Christmas 2022 at the earliest.

[Captainant 27630]

1 hour ago, Viper said:

yeah I just don't think there's enough cpu/gpu's available to come out with an upgraded model. I think Christmas 2022 at the earliest.

I suspect that this was intended to hold an upgraded CPU/GPU/SOC and more memory, but the chip shortage put the kibosh on it. If you don't have a switch already this new one is at least better

[Viper 12103]

9 minutes ago, Captainant said:

I suspect that this was intended to hold an upgraded CPU/GPU/SOC and more memory, but the chip shortage put the kibosh on it. If you don't have a switch already this new one is at least better

possibly, but they also have a history of doing product refreshes mid-cycle to increase demand. 

 

[elfenix 34223]

sp was a needed upgrade.  og advance was so horribly flawed by the impossible to see screen. 

[Viper 12103]

I know, my kid lost my SP and replaced it with an Advance. It was easier to just build a raspberry pi emulator.

[Bevo14 8303]

Hopefully the lack of performance improvement and price point will make it possible to get this fucking thing. 

Edited July 8, 2021 by Bevo14

[atomheartbevo 89626]

On 7/7/2021 at 1:59 PM, Captainant said:

I suspect that this was intended to hold an upgraded CPU/GPU/SOC and more memory, but the chip shortage put the kibosh on it. If you don't have a switch already this new one is at least better

Yeah, and the tariffs are still in place from last year, so still fucking with various prices.

At this point, they'd be better off with something like this and wait a few years and just launch the Switch 2, fully backwards compatible, 4K, etc.

[ztejas 43411]

On 7/7/2021 at 2:10 PM, Viper said:

possibly, but they also have a history of doing product refreshes mid-cycle to increase demand. 

 

They wrote the playbook and Apple ate it up.