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When will we know if we have a new generation Nintendo console?
I'm a console boy. I don't like handheld games. I don't like handheld form factor. The Switch works very well as a hybrid console because I feel like I get my TV console games (Breath of the Wild on the big screen, for example). I can understand how people feel it's a portable system: it is one. With many games with quick game play session and easy on the battery games. Like Sushi Strikers or whatever. I have a PC gamer friend who definitely sees it as a portable console, and is weirded out I love things new to TV consoles like sleep and instant-on, no loading times. He's like, the DS had that. I'm like, but I don't use portables. And he says it is.
Now, the thing with portables, is they have constant upgrades. Gameboy, Gameboy Color, DS, DSi, 3DS... New 3DS? Or was it not? I don't know.
There is a lot of discussion over the last 2 years about the Switch Pro vs Switch 2. How will we know when we have a new, different console? I assume that in either case, we will work with Nvidia chips for a hybrid console. I think it would silly to move away from that.
Would it be if new games do not work on the old system? With dynamic resolution and other tricks, it's possible to release one game that works on both systems, but plays much better on the new one. Would that be considered a mid-generation upgrade?
Would it have to lose compatibility with current games?
Would it be based on how much of a leap the specs are?
I'm a console boy. I don't like handheld games. I don't like handheld form factor. The Switch works very well as a hybrid console because I feel like I get my TV console games (Breath of the Wild on the big screen, for example). I can understand how people feel it's a portable system: it is one. With many games with quick game play session and easy on the battery games. Like Sushi Strikers or whatever. I have a PC gamer friend who definitely sees it as a portable console, and is weirded out I love things new to TV consoles like sleep and instant-on, no loading times. He's like, the DS had that. I'm like, but I don't use portables. And he says it is.
Now, the thing with portables, is they have constant upgrades. Gameboy, Gameboy Color, DS, DSi, 3DS... New 3DS? Or was it not? I don't know.
There is a lot of discussion over the last 2 years about the Switch Pro vs Switch 2. How will we know when we have a new, different console? I assume that in either case, we will work with Nvidia chips for a hybrid console. I think it would silly to move away from that.
Would it be if new games do not work on the old system? With dynamic resolution and other tricks, it's possible to release one game that works on both systems, but plays much better on the new one. Would that be considered a mid-generation upgrade?
Would it have to lose compatibility with current games?
Would it be based on how much of a leap the specs are?