I just hope they make a suitable OS or UI for all those Windows handheld first. Switch competition is better for everyone even if they don't sell that much.
It never got past the concept stage. But maybe this means they revived it,
I think 256gb.
I only use power saving mode, what's wrong with the standby mode?
256GB should be the minimum, but I have a feeling that's the most optimistic we could expect.
The problem with SD Card is speed. Even phones ditched the SD Cards. I have a modded switch and installed android on it. Tried playing Wild Rift and the game loaded very slowly. I am already using the suggested Samsung card and the suggested "hax" in order to double the speed of the SD Card. Meanwhile on my phone, the game loads in seconds.
Would say 256GB minimum as well. And "if" FF7Rb were to come to Switch NG, it definitely won't be 145GB.
Still would eat a large chunk of storage though. Even Witcher 3 is more than 32GB if you include everything.
They said their focus was going to be on Switch through fiscal year ending in March 2024. That's Nintendo speak for "no major Switch 2 news until then at least."
I mean, are they really wrong? Not saying Nintendo games aren't serious or are too kiddy, but you literally cannot buy a Switch right now and play a lot of the "core" experiences mainstream players love. And if you can, they're pretty compromised like Mortal Kombat 1 or the RE Cloud ports. Go take a look at TGA, most games that were on Nintendo consoles and nominated for an award were either exclusive games or indies. And this isn't even mentioning the lack of online functions which have been standard for basically 20 years (parties, voicechat, etc). The whole debate about Nintendo making "serious" games is silly, but there's a reason why Nintendo has this perception, whether you agree with it or not.
I thought you meant xbox
idk if I agree with any of this. Switch's 3rd party support is good for a Nintendo console, but is it really comparable when it's still missing CoD, GTA, etc? This will probably all change with the Switch 2, but the perception of the Switch being "unserious" is there because those big games AAA games the internet discusses often skip the Switch. As for the Xbox being any less of a serious console, I don't think the perception is that way for Xbox right now. Xbox has a lot of issues, and people see them, but being seen as "unserious" probably ain't far up there since they still get every CoD, every new big Ubisoft game, etc. The games that skip Xbox but come to Switch typically aren't those the general public is gonna eat up anyways. And you thinking people who play CoD and Fortnite as not "core gamers" just kinda. Well it sounds super duper judgey. CoD might be the most "core" gaming experience there is, same with Fortnite. Nearly everyone has some sort of experience with these games, and with CoD specifically it feels like the gaming landscape sometimes revolves around that game series lol. It's not like people who play these massive games are any less likely to play other games either. The MS+ABK trial gave us some data showing only about 1 million PS4+PS5 owners (combined) only play CoD (less than 1% of PS owners). So even if you don't think they're playing a "core" game there, there's a pretty good chance they play other games.
Super Mario, the best selling gaming series ever is skipping PS5, PC and Xbox. Doesn't it make gamers on other platforms unserious when they aren't playing the best selling series of all time?
At this point I'm setting myself up for disappointment, but here we go:
The 3 pillars would be: ¹better motion controls for the joy-con, making it a 6DoF controller; ²body tracking much ahead of anything microsoft's kinect could do; ³a lightweight and cheap - but high quality - VR headset that would launch 2 or 3 years after the console's launch.
So, for the first two we would basically need cameras. Personally I would put cameras on the tablet itself (I would sacrifice the up bezels making it a bit larger to accommodate the cameras as I believe it would be a great trade-off, and would enable this experience on tabletop mode too.
With an add-on accessory (that would come in the box) you could transform the joy-con on a VR like controller, with sub-millimeter accuracy. It would have that traditional ring shape (from VR controllers) with the IR LED's to be tracked by the cameras. The same cameras would be used to perform the body tracking (it could even do both trackings at the same time, like it's done on meta quest 3)
It would be something like this (it's just an example, don't mind on the quality of the execution here)
Also, Nvidia has a model for body tracking.
All these machine learning algorithms would be running on the Tensor Cores.
About VR, I made this post the other day:
This approach could offer cheap VR (for those who already have a Switch 2, and I'm thinking something between $150-$199) in a very lightweight/comfortable headset that would only contain the 2 lenses, 2 speakers, one or two screens (it's up to them to decide which approach is the best from a price and weight perspective), one IMU, and 4 cameras. Pancake lenses (which enables both the clearest visuals and a slimmer design) are a bit expensive now, but it would get cheaper in 2026/27 (when I would expect Nintendo launching the headset). Although a cheap solution, it would still offer a high quality VR experience.
And, of course, we don't need controllers to be bundled with the HMD because every Switch 2 owner would already have VR ready controllers. Make a Mario Kart for launch and Nintendo would steal a lot of Meta's customers...
I believe that if they did all this, it would greatly expand on how versatile a hardware like the Switch can be. They would be crazy not to do this IMHO
BUT... it's Nintendo, so...
Kidding...
Sometimes it really appears to be the perfect idea on our minds, but in reality it's just a very subjective take, and most people would not bother lol
Anyway, I'm so convinced that this would make the Switch 2 to sell at least as many units as the Switch that I'm definitely setting myself up for disappointment... and that will be on me.
No, I don't believe playing, not playing, having, or not having a game or series makes any person or platform "serious" or "unserious", and I tried hard not to insinuate that with my comments. The entire idea of a platform being "serious" or "unserious" is silly and ultimately useless, but people still use descriptors like these anyways as they're easy shorthand for describing the game library of a console or player. Ultimately I hope that words and descriptors like these get left in the dust because they're gatekeepy and just promote the console wars.
Very well put, I spent awhile trying to explain my thoughts but I could never get it concise enough so I deleted it all and wrote something else lol
Yeah, but I never accepted the premise that these big games were the only things that mattered in the first place. When you have someone like me who would take Kirby and the Forgotten Land over Elden Ring any day of the week, the whole "core experiences" distinction kinda loses its meaning.
Exactly, unfortunately, "core-gamers" have been stuck for years in the online multiplayer shooter bubbles, Far Cry, Assassin's Creed, GTA and Sony's cinematic games.
That, and the complete inability of Windows 10 to operate functionally on a slow HD made me switch to Linux, I don't regret it. Much more performance, and I can leave my notebook unplugged for days and it will still have some battery.
how? price cuts?
Nintendo has always moved at their own pace. Microsoft and Sony releasing handhelds won't do anything too change that.
