I don’t think it’s going to be that extreme. Not every two years. But something like every four years makes a lot of sense. There were already roughly four years between, say, the DS and DSi, and between the 3DS and New 3DS. The only real change is that rather than having every other hardware release “count” as a new generation with its own new games, all the releases would have the potential for games to require that level of hardware (I know there were a few New 3DS-only games and like DSiWare and stuff, but it would probably be a little more widespread now).
A Drake Lite probably for binned chips that didn't reach the standard for Dock Mode.
don't think there's any way they can make that cost effective
likewise, I don't think Nintendo will go for anything that isn't 100% usable on a chip. because the Switch paradigm is altering clock speeds not core counts. that's probably variability that they want to avoid
Right. Also, it’s not like they can really make the screen any bigger without breaking compatibility with the joy-cons (or making it look really weird when they’re attached), and they’re not going to do that. And the 7-inch OLED screen is great. They can keep on using literally the same exact panel if they want.
I can kind of understand it, development cycles are generally 3 years, so you can get a team to release a first and second title on a platform this way, some games have taken way longer than they probably should have, but a second time a team makes a game for a particular platform, they are much more familiar with it, and can pull much more out of a system, so from that angle it does make sense to go with a 6 year hardware lifespan, the main key is to keep the same user market growing when moving from one generation to the next, traditionally this is where Playstation did very well, but moving to iterative generations should make this transition trivial, at least that is the belief.
Ummm... there's stuff on the Tegra X1 that's not in use or usable. Erista (and quite likely Mariko) feature a totally unused Cortex-A53 CPU on the SoC. But I see what you're angling at.
Looking back, DF had full retail specs and clock speeds by mid December of 2016, so yeah I'd guess full production started a bit before then. So I think at least ~3 months holds up as time frame. Which continues to make me think that initial announcement would have to be this year if it's supposed to be coming in March.
The only bit I'll comment on here: Yes, partners were briefed in things very recently.
TX1 wasn't designed for Nintendo. Drake, by all indications, is.
All of this is super dependent on the workload. There isn't some magic set of numbers that's going to work for everything. The exact details behind what changes and what doesn't between docked and portable right now is very deliberate, and based around being fairly minimally disruptive and making sure games can run in both modes. I don't expect the difference between docked and portable to significantly change for new models.
I enjoy it.
Wow I can’t wait
The Nintendo Contemporary Switch.
Not gonna lie, the number of red flags here is definitely increasing.
Sorry just to confirm, they were briefed as to the marketing strategy that Polygon mentioned, or you just know there was some kind of briefing/knowledge transfer that occured recently?
I don’t really see where you’re getting that, from…anything?
I meant BIG BIG, i mean I dont think the next Mario will be on Switch after this comes out, i meant things far off in the future
Nah, few months ago.
Would it make sense in using it for LPDDR5? LPDDR4X would follow one but 5 hasn’t been updated for that yet I think.
Yes from a previous one he posted, there were 16GB in the DK and only 12 available to retail products. He never said how much devs had to work with.
Probably a bit Higher.
A lot higher.
Yeah I think there needs to be clear improvements visually from their lineup, even if its just a resolution bump to older games for a start. and just hammer on the fact its backwards compatible. But maybe they name it Switch U and show the tv its played on more than the console lol. You never know.
This is also my opinion in previous post. Me as a general gamers want a clear massage if Drake is Pro or 2. For this kind of power, better call it as a Switch 2 that have BC for Switch 1 families. Just satisfy with 3rd place under PS2 & DS
At this point, we can assume that the SoC is close enough to a tape-out that we're not seeing substantial changes on that front (if it's not taped out already), and feedback taken will likely be more about things they can change on the rest of the board prior to production starting, like RAM, storage, game cards, hardware feature sets, etc.
Not really, if there’s a questionnaire that’s happening rn with devs and it is for a device set for H1, it’s only going to have feedback of things that can actually change such as RAM amount.
Yea, I don’t expect anything fancy like dlss for older games. Just a bare minimum resolution/ setting tweak similiar to what homebrewers are doing on Mariko.
I'd say the first Switch 2 exclusive will be Luigi's Mansion 4 in like late 2024.
Yep, can't disagree with this. Ah well it's all fun anyway.
Not really a seller though. Let's see, with the rumored specs, a new Mario Odyssey in UE5 would look like a next gen game. Maybe a Kid Icarus in the style of God Of War would showcase the new Switch's power.
Luigi's Mansion 3 is arguably the best looking Switch game and a strong technical showcase. And from a sales point of view, it's definitely a massive seller lmao , 3 sold around 12 million copies. Definitely more than Kid Icarus could ever hope to achieve.
While Capcom is doing that, I suggest you all raise your “red flag radars” and smell the roses.
