Nintendo is talking about Switch 2? When did that start?
this post was submitted on 17 Feb 2024
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There's been a good amount of evidence they're working on it. Then some rumors of a dev kit being shown to publishers. And then the distinct slowdown of releases and announcements of major Nintendo IPs. So likely the plan was to announce the new console in the spring or summer for a winter/Christmas release.
They always start working on the next console as soon as one nears completion and release. It's just a question of how far along with the plans they are. If they have an approximate quarter then the hardware is probably mostly ready
I feel like it was the past month or two? There's supposed to be a Nintendo direct soon which might tell us more. Lots of speculation as of now. Only thing that I've read is that it won't have an oled screen
Only to its partners, there were many reports that they showed a devkit behind closed doors a couple of months ago.
There has been no official announcements, its just rumors, leaks and speculations.
Switch still feels like such a fresh system to me. I'm in no hurry for an upgrade
If it's 100% backwards compatible, as it should be, I won't mind upgrading and passing down mine to my young child or perhaps donating it to a children's hospital.
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I think I'm going to download all my digital purchases into SD cards and hopefully they'll still be playable when the OG switch reaches EOL.
I hope that works! I never got into digital downloads on consoles in any big way, how companies make games from the online shop inaccessible once the console goes end of life is a damn shame! It feels like the more and more consoles move toward digital only, the less we'll have viable retro consoles in the future.
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as long as it comes with an unpatchable hardware vuln thast exploitable
homebrew on switch has been abysmal compared to previous consoles because no ones gonna pay to get their switch mod chipped if they cant just gg ez the system with an sd card.
hell even the "old" switch exploit isn't even a coldboot so you need to either keep a trinket/phone/pc around or never shutdown the console.
My crystal ball says, "Limited stock and only available in expensive bundles for the first year".
looking forward to the next wacky controller concept
I noticed there’s now a Batman Arkham Knight port on Switch. As you might expect, like a lot of other AAA ports, it doesn’t run so well. Seems there’s demand for these games on there, indicating a lot of players only end up with one console. Even if Nintendo can work with their low-power devices, I get the impression third party developers will generally need more to get Unreal Engine going smooth.
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I was just looking at Switch games in the store this weekend. Even games that came out when Switch launched are still nearly $60. The console is slow and laggy. Nintendos online networks are laughable and cheesy. It's such a barebones and cruddy system with overpriced games and it never drops in price or popularity. People make no sense to me.
First party Nintendo games maintain value forever. This is not exclusive to the switch.
None of the first party games are slow or laggy.
Online is nothing special. Splatoon 3 plays great, though.
First party games and indie games are the only great reasons to own a switch and if you stick to those guns, most everything you said doesn't hold water.
Well, except Pokémon. But we don't talk about Pokémon.
Game freak doesn't count lol. They are terribly made games lol.
Pokemon is second-party, the publisher (Nintendo) owns part of the IP but they don't own the developer (Gamefreak).
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None of the first party games are slow or laggy.
Links Awakening runs like ass most of the time. I'd consider it's performance pretty poor for a first party title. Generally though you're right.
Ok, I concede to LA. One out of how many games, then?
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I bought my Switch solely for Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. Both games alone were worth it.
Fortnite, Minecraft, No mans sky and all the other third party stuff does not always run smoothly but still are nice games for recreation.
Delayed from what exactly
It says in the post description, it was originally set for Q4 2024 but now it's going to be in Q1 2025 allegedly
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