@Farmboy74 Indeed, you are correct about the way third parties tend to sell. I would also add that if this new model were real, then I would imagine Nintendo would have just gone and released it in the first place as the Switch, unless prices for the tech have dropped that much within 2 years that production of it is that much cheaper and easier to do, which I doubt. Also this rumour sounds more like something that would be it's own system entirely like a true successor and not a mere upgrade.
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I don't think they would suddenly release a power console out of the blue. If anything, I think it is more likely they release a cheaper handheld console to grab the vital kids demographic.
I tend to agree. With that said, like most baseless rumours, there's nothing much to immediately discredit the idea. Double the RAM and 128GB of internal storage? It's not that crazy at all. Neither is a higher spec GPU/CPU which allows some games to run at a higher resolution. Some of the simpler games at 4K? Sure, why not. It'd be unexpected and the timing is a bit off but I don't think any of it can be ruled out immediately.
The only thing that makes me highly doubt it is the comment about "Switch Pro" exclusives. Theoretically? Well sure. But even so I doubt it'd be much of a thing commercially. There'll just be far to big of an audience for the "non-pro" Switch for a developer not to push for their game to work on both.
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There is so much to think about with the idea of an upgrade or revision. Any upgrade would be in danger of being far too specific and distancing itself from the holistic hybrid nature of the concept. E.g.
If Nintendo release a 4K unit, imagine the impact in Japan! Negligible. Immediately appealing to the home console market instead of both hand held and home (Pretty much the Switch ethos).
A Switch mini, (Christ I get cramp thinking about it!) losing it's modular flexibility and appealing solely to the hand held audience.
If they are going to wholesale improve the Switch on so many fronts spec wise, then wouldn't they be better served offering a successor with backwards compatibility further down the line than a revision. Mr Iwata did mention Nintendo are starting from scratch with the Switch, so I'm sure they have designed it with a long term goal.
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@Knuckles-Fajita Oh, I agree- way too soon for a hardware refresh.
If it was Nintendo's goal to stop current Switch sales cold then they would go ahead and announce a new model. When you consider that it's their goal to ship around 40-million Switch units by March 2019, the chances of them even hinting at a new model in the near future are slim to none, and as the saying goes, Slim is out of town.
@Qun_Mang Isn't Marcus Sellars proven to be a load of nonsense? When it comes to Nintendo, leaks tend to be more often than not fake.
He seems like one of those guys who will make a bunch of random guesses, and if one just happens to be right then he will crow about how he "predicted" it and try to use that to bolster his credibility in the future.
@Mountain_Man yeah he is definitely one of those that post very vague things that will most likely come true. But also he has been just flat out wrong on so many occasions I can't think of why people still follow him
There is so much to think about with the idea of an upgrade or revision. Any upgrade would be in danger of being far too specific and distancing itself from the holistic hybrid nature of the concept. E.g.
If Nintendo release a 4K unit, imagine the impact in Japan! Negligible. Immediately appealing to the home console market instead of both hand held and home (Pretty much the Switch ethos).
A Switch mini, (Christ I get cramp thinking about it!) losing it's modular flexibility and appealing solely to the hand held audience.
If they are going to wholesale improve the Switch on so many fronts spec wise, then wouldn't they be better served offering a successor with backwards compatibility further down the line than a revision. Mr Iwata did mention Nintendo are starting from scratch with the Switch, so I'm sure they have designed it with a long term goal.
*Disclaimer - I'm always wrong.
The only new system I can see Nintendo releasing at this point would be a Game Boy successor with games that are forwards compatible with the Switch. So you would end up with two libraries: Switch exclusives, and games that could be played on either the Game Boy successor or the Switch.
@Mountain_Man The only one I see is a 3DS successor. 480p dual screen handheld that has DS and 3DS backwards compatibility. Library is split between Switch and the 3DS successor like how there's still a split between Switch and 3DS now.
That's rich after how bratty they acted. Yeah yeah, I know port begging gets old, but they're still a team, and it was bad form of them to reply the way they did. But on the other hand, good for all Switch owners that have been hoping for this.
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