I had thought the purpose of a Switch Pro was to try and compete a bit more with the home-console side of the market? Even though they were never gonna release anything as powerful as the PS5, at least having something that could play games in 4K or at 60fps would do something to appeal to those of us who mostly play at home in front of a TV.
There's zero reason to buy this new version if you're a mostly-at-home player.
Man, I can't wait to see all the snarky comments today lol
Not a pre-order for me, but quite possibly a buy eventually. I think people are underestimating how nice the OLED display is gonna be in handheld. The native LAN port is nice, too.
I think it's pretty attractive to people like me who still have a launch Switch and might want a "switch"-up.
"I had thought the purpose of a Switch Pro was to try and compete a bit more with the home-console side of the market? Even though they were never gonna release anything as powerful as the PS5, at least having something that could play games in 4K or at 60fps would do something to appeal to those of us who mostly play at home in front of a TV.
There's zero reason to buy this new version if you're a mostly-at-home player."
@TheFrenchiestFry So there was a new switch huh? I've only watched the trailer so far but it seems to be very slight benefits. Besides the 64 gigabytes.
@DomGC Yeah, very disappointing that the changes are incremental considering the Australian price is $540. Probably gonna pass on it now that I think about it.
Own up to Joy-Con Drift, Nintendo. We all know it's your fault
So it seems the more powerful Switch is indeed the next generation. I suspected as much.
Still, that's a killer deal for an extra $50
Larger screen
OLED screen
Better speakers
Built in LAN
Better kickstand
Double storage
For an extra $50? Ya, that's worth it. And eventually they can phase out the current model and drop this one's price to $300. Should be enough to ride out the next few years, anyways.
Maybe not worth it for some as an upgrade, although I'm definitely getting one- I need all the storage I can get, I just had electrician run ethernet to my room and have a splitter for PC/PS5 I can run to Switch, and the better speakers are welcome. I thought the sound was fine- definitely better than 3DS, but I'll take improved audio. Although the kickstand kinda screws me on keeping an extra microSD tucked away.
For new customers, I can still see the appeal of the Lite, but for $50 more the current model kinda becomes obsolete.
So I guess my suspicions about them holding out until next gen for an actual spec bump were correct
Still, would've at least appreciated 4K Dock output. Kind of sucks that for TV Mode users this upgrade really doesn't improve much from the existing Switch outside the LAN port (glad to see they've at least caught up to 2006)
TheFrenchiestFry
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As someone who has a launch Switch with a battery that's starting to show its age, I might just pick this up. Better looking games in handheld would be great.
Looking forward to playing games like Metroid Dread, Pokemon BDSP, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, etc with an OLED screen
Ori on OLED. Metroid Dread on OLED. Mario Kingdom Battle on OLED. You've got me in thirst mode now.
One thing I did love about Vita was that OLED screen. Rayman Origins looked so crisp on there, the colors popped so much. It's why when I scratched my Vita screen and bought a replacement I was sure to stick with the OLED model.
Never thought the day would come we'd be playing Switch games on one. I'm not big into Cuphead, but imagine how that game will look. Ooh! Cruis'n Blast, with its explosive neons...
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BTW, the revised battery life from v2 Switch cannot be overstated. I can run any AAA game on full brightness, wifi, max volume and get 4.5 hrs at a bare, absolute minimum baseline. Some games more like 5-6 hrs. Every time my brother visits his Switch dies and I pull out my portable charger for him while we play. Yet mine is barely even 50% drained when that happens.
@DomGC uh... That's the entire point of bold text, to speak louder and with emphasis. If it's a whole sentence, it's yelling. That's not really arguable.
@IceClimbers
I'm the exact same. My launch Switch is all chipped around the edges and the battery drains fairly quickly. This seems like a nice "little" upgrade.
Though the choice does become more difficult if by October a PS5 is more easily obtainable.
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