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Nintendo isn’t going to release a next gen system and not push it to its limits. As with any jump in power from one Nintendo system to the next Nintendo will be at the forefront in terms of pushing visuals for the hardware.Better assets take more time to make, this distends development times. They may elect to take advantage of the hardware in other ways, like maintaining their current level of fidelity in order to reach exceptionally high resolutions and steady framerates.
Bookmark this, it‘s going to be a full next gen system and while some games will be cross gen, Nintendo will make exclusives built for the hardware.How dare you, sir.
Why would Nintendo want to position this as a successor? Rather than an upgrade model meant to lengthen the lifecycle of the Switch?
If by "soft successor with a long cross gen" you mean in practice it's going to be like iterative iphones type relationships, i suppose you could look at it that way.
But im pretty sure all big Nintendo games being revealed in 2025 are still going to run on the OLED and Lite. No good reason they shouldnt/wouldnt.
In terms of hardware power differentials, sure. But hardware differentials dont dictate how a console is positioned/marketed.
I just dont think Nintendo will use it more than taking current Switch Tx1+ profile games and having them output with much better graphics/performance with the new model. No reason not continue to still target, and release, the variable 540p-1080p, variable 30fps profiles in their game/services development.
The next console after this Drake one can be the one to break away their game development focus like that, im sure. No reason to do that now with how insanely high Switch gaming engagement still is now. Got a lot of life left in it, longer than a usual lifecycle (as Nintendo has said many times). Drake will certainly help keep that engagement high.