Nintendo's next Switch will be outdated by the time it comes out (assuming it is Drake). Graphics and CPU tech that came out in 2020 releasing in late 2024 / early 2025. Nice job, Nintendo.
At this rate the Steam Deck 2 should be out before Nintendo's next system.
Before I start, I want to express that it's not my desire to have a go at you especially, however, I detest these kind of comments with a fierce passion. First of all, this narrative exists solely for Nintendo bash-and-trash purposes because every console, EVER, releases with "dated tech" due to the fact that consoles never eclipse PCs - I could have a semblance of respect for it if the energy was consistent, for example, XB1/PS4 releasing with poor CPUs was not reported on with the same fire. Or "60FPS" being nothing more than buzzword bollocks now - When Nintendo publications released with 60FPS more often than not on the Wii U, nobody showed the same interest, and we even had articles saying 30FPS was better because the PS4 would sacrifice it for perceived "visual spectacle". Hell, 30FPS was good enough for everybody until Switch versions of games adopted it a little bit more.
It's the correct call to be patient. More software will be announced soon enough. When IGN and other sites started this agenda with the current Switch, they couldn't point to another portable SoC from 2017 or earlier, let alone a sub-$300 portable system which could run the games the Switch has in its library better than it. Or Verge calling a 2017 system a 2022 "tech fail". It's BS, and everybody knows it. If anybody wants to say the successor will be outdated when it releases, they better be ready to throw their PS5s/XSs in the bin, too, because I guaran-damn-tee that people will be saying this while playing their 2020 systems (with tech from 201X in them and the same Dual Shock variant from 1997) in the same breath, still tethered to a wall because they can't play anywhere. Worst of all, the "dated" claim doesn't hold up, unless you're comparing to the PC space. It's an extremely nebulous statement by nature. Now, It's true that A710 and A715 have released since the A78 class. It's also true that X1, X2 and X3 ARM processors exist, BUT X1C is the only other one that has a C variant, and that's for desktops and always on-laptops. NONE of them have had substantial performance and efficiency gains to make them better-suited for the successor - So, this is an example of "newer" not necessarily meaning "better". BUT A78C is still a very impressive CPU, and the fact that the A78 class still appears in some form in (premium) mid-range phones today is a testament to that. A78C is gaming specific, and the single-cluster octa-core CPU will be better than today's flagship portables because the non-C version AND all of the subsequent CPUs have been used in multiple clusters with A55 or A510 cores. The GPU will be based on the Ampere series, with some Lovelace elements, and Ampere alone has a more modern feature set than both PS5/XS. Nvidia's RT is better than AMD's RT, AND it has a neural unit/DLSS - So, it has smarter engineering, and it has high disruption potential, in that it could put out end results similar to or even better than PS5/XS.
Finally, 15m in the 7th, SEVENTH year is mightily impressive. It means they're in healthy shape, and it means they will be able to enter transition with confidence. PS3 and X360 had 7 and 8-year cycles, while XB1/PS4 had 7 years. 2024 shouldn't be a surprise to anybody, and between the Booster Course Pass, Splatoon 3 post-release support, and recent Xenoblade Chronicles 3 DLC, they've literally tried to tell everybody... but Nintendo having a bit over 6 years is somehow problematic!? How wild. All of that BEFORE we mention the impact of a pandemic, which isn't over, by the way, on their development schedule. That can never be overstated. It isn't over, no matter how much some politicians want to assure us it is.
