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Nintendo are developing either another Switch Revision or the next Nintendo console with physical and digital editions
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Marty-McFly
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It seems like they're just listing every possible scenario and hoping one of them comes true so they look right.
Makoto-Yuki
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do it nintendo. give me an all digital oled switch. i beg you!
physical media must die.
physical media must die.
TLZ
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Bernd Lauert
Banned
Japan is still like 80% physical. Not happening.
Closer
Member
It woudn't be "custom" if it was pre-installed, would it?
Kiddo Cabbusses
Member
Why is this "theoretical non-news" baseless speculation even threadworthy? Oh, because it's from some "insider" at a gaming site, I guess. Pft.
Umbasaborne
Banned
If nintendo doesnt honor bc this time im never buying another digital game from
Them again
Them again
kingwingin
Member
Just list every possible outcome and you are guaranteed to be right
Punished Miku
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It's either a Switch revision, or a digital and physical 4K successor, or the re-release of the Virtua Boy. But one thing I know for sure is that it's going to contain plastic and say Nintendo on the front (or maybe the side). It's also for sure coming out in 2022, or 2023 (or 2024).
I'm pretty sure they will this time. There was no way they could do it from 3DS or Wii U. But with ARM and a one screen device, they'll be able to do it now.
What you will likely have to watch out for is that it might be like Wii BC was on Wii U, where the device literally becomes a Switch and there are no next gen enhancements. Ever.
LordOcidax
Member
The Switch installbase is like 90 million… Everything with the name Switch on the title is going to give clicks… Thats why we are getting a weekly “news” of the Switch Pro from some big websites or “insiders”.
AJUMP23
Parody of actual AJUMP23
You have only ever licensed the use of the software on the hardware you have never owned a game even if it was on a cartridge.
also all developers are always working on the next hardware.
Faust
Perpetually Tired
Technically speaking, you are correct. However, I have lost a great many titles thanks to digital store fronts being shut down and/or losing access to accounts due to a various number of reasons.
Meanwhile the physical games I can continue to play even if I lose my account, or the store fronts are shut down. I still have games over 50 years old that work perfectly. People like to bring up "disk rot" or cartridge corrosion, however with basic climate control these can be completely negligible problems for an entire life time or two.
Digital is a fantastic option for those who want it, but it should only ever be that: an option. Just as Streaming or Physical should be options for those who want them.
Kokoloko85
Member
Wow captain obvious….
Id never buy a digital only Nintendo Product. They have the crappest prices and sales. Well on the Wii U it was time but Fuck those Switch prices
Id never buy a digital only Nintendo Product. They have the crappest prices and sales. Well on the Wii U it was time but Fuck those Switch prices
Fake
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Sosokrates
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Dont worry, it will be a while before a successor comes out. The switch is still one of the best handhelds on the market.But i have just bought my Swich
Captain Toad
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Are you sure they're the first? There's been psychical Switch cartridges that still make you download, at least, most of the game digitally.
Reduce costs by removing a component that probably adds like 25 cents to the bill of materials,
Yeah that makes sense, do they realize there is a world of difference between a card connector and a disk drive in terms of cost and physical size?
Digital fanboys are by far the worst , I'm too lazy to get up off my rump to change games., everyone else better not even have the option
Yeah that makes sense, do they realize there is a world of difference between a card connector and a disk drive in terms of cost and physical size?
Digital fanboys are by far the worst , I'm too lazy to get up off my rump to change games., everyone else better not even have the option
Captain Toad
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alucard0712_rus
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Why it is a problem? It's not like a big fucking disk - it's a very small SD card slot.
TheDreadLord
Member
What would Nintendo save by removing the cartridge slot? The cost of it must be a fraction of a disk drive.
Coolwhhip
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Kiddo Cabbusses
Member
I'm questioning it. Backward compatibility and legacy support have gotten consistently weaker from Nintendo each passing console gen. (We went from Wii w/ Gamecube support and VC with all consoles up within the first three months, to Wii U with no internal Gamecube support, a "rebooted" Virtual Console where you are charged extra compared to the old one for what is basically savestates and second screen usage, and games taking way longer to come out, and THEN to the Switch's horrid Switch Online emulator state. At this rate, the next gen may as well have nothing whatsoever and it'd almost seem like it'd be better than what they'd actually offer.)
ultrazilla
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Once. Just once I'd like to see Nintendo swing for the fences and make a powerful system that can run ports of current gen(PS5/Xbox Series X/S).
Otherwise as the current gen goes on, Nintendo's third party support will dry up because their system can't run the ports well and we'll see the return of the Wii U third party support which was basically nothing.
DLSS or the equivalent is a key feature I can see Nintendo embracing so I'm hoping those rumors are true.
I don't think this will be a "digital only" console. I think the vast majority of Nintendo fans want a more powerful "Pro" Switch model that can be played both docked and undocked with physical media still being used. The happy medium would be for Nintendo to offer both physical media and all digital systems and simply price the all digital version a bit cheaper like Sony and MS do with the PS5/Xbox Series S/X.
Timing of the announcement for this "new" system is key. They can literally announce it today and give a target date of let's say November 2022. Though they've stated there won't be anymore "new" systems this year after the OLED model, it doesn't mean they can't *announce* a new system. But as the OLED model just came out, I highly doubt Nintendo would cannibalize sales as people would say screw it and wait for the more powerful model which is 100% guaranteed to feature the OLED screen anyways.
My best guess is that Nintendo will announce/have the full reveal of the "Nintendo Switch Next" at E3 2022 with a Fall 2022 release. It'll launch with Metroid Prime 4, Super Mario Odyssey 2 and a "Special Edition of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2" at the bare minimum.
Cheers everyone!
Otherwise as the current gen goes on, Nintendo's third party support will dry up because their system can't run the ports well and we'll see the return of the Wii U third party support which was basically nothing.
DLSS or the equivalent is a key feature I can see Nintendo embracing so I'm hoping those rumors are true.
I don't think this will be a "digital only" console. I think the vast majority of Nintendo fans want a more powerful "Pro" Switch model that can be played both docked and undocked with physical media still being used. The happy medium would be for Nintendo to offer both physical media and all digital systems and simply price the all digital version a bit cheaper like Sony and MS do with the PS5/Xbox Series S/X.
Timing of the announcement for this "new" system is key. They can literally announce it today and give a target date of let's say November 2022. Though they've stated there won't be anymore "new" systems this year after the OLED model, it doesn't mean they can't *announce* a new system. But as the OLED model just came out, I highly doubt Nintendo would cannibalize sales as people would say screw it and wait for the more powerful model which is 100% guaranteed to feature the OLED screen anyways.
My best guess is that Nintendo will announce/have the full reveal of the "Nintendo Switch Next" at E3 2022 with a Fall 2022 release. It'll launch with Metroid Prime 4, Super Mario Odyssey 2 and a "Special Edition of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2" at the bare minimum.
Cheers everyone!
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HerjansEagleFeeder
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I'm predicting it's either gonna rain tomorrow or it doesn't. You heard it here first, folks.
Kuranghi
Member
The only hurdle I can see is that they tend to suck at modern graphics techniques or just not use them, look at the Temporal/Approximate AA in Super Mario Odyssey when you have a stack of 15 goombas captured and then rotate the camera, it drops to like 540p or something and its really noticeable because the temporal anti-aliasing is so rubbish.
If they add a DLSS-like technique but its rubbish and can't be turned off I'd hate that, I don't want to play a mario game thats running internally at 720p but has terrible upscaling with bad sharpening or the like. Thats a worst case scenario ofc, you'd hope they have it worked out better than that but I'm worried because they aren't exactly the company to have tons of options in their settings menus, if anything they don't even have basic control stuff most of the time, let alone technical options.
Captain Toad
Banned
I imagine the biggest benefit for all three companies is that it forces more players to buy digitally where the profit per game is significantly higher.
Mirumi
Member
Digital only seems like a poor choice for Nintendo, especially when they are praised for being the most physical media based console. And because of that their sales dominate famitsu which doesn't display digital iirc.
I spend about 3-4k on physical a year. It would sadden Me to lose playing Nintendo games because of that decision. But I don't think they are that dumb.
I spend about 3-4k on physical a year. It would sadden Me to lose playing Nintendo games because of that decision. But I don't think they are that dumb.
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Aggressive Carrot
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As much as I love playing on Switch I think it is about time Nintendo started thinking about what comes after Switch.
Ceadeus
Member
That would be great but also very surprising!
Gonpachiro Kamaboko
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I’m gonna go with 701 dollars, Bob
EverydayBeast
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Nintendo is a cornerstone of gaming, if they can actually go toe to toe with Microsoft or Sony in graphics, and gun games I can tell you they’ll get more recognition.
You do OWN the games, as in a licence to a copy of game, or book, or smartphone, or car etc...
If you disagree, give me your address so that I can communicate to people who will take your word for it
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