New And Improved Nintendo Switch Model Reportedly On Sale In Australia And Hong Kong

They need to remove all the old models before selling this. I can see people getting mad once they find out they could've had a better battery life for the same price.

Good for Nintendo
Don’t think I will upgrade for now as the current switch is great for me so I will wait for a pro version

Basically a 90-110% upgrade in battery life over OG model. And they still don’t call it a refresh.

@Spoony_Tech @Rob3008 that’s exactly why they are so low key about it, the regular Switch stopped production a while ago, now that they are very low on the stocks, they start to pump in the new and improved version, but they couldn’t create a shortage of supply

Some people will get mad but their is no really better way to do it

@Rob3008 they dont want people putting off buying one until the new one is out

Sort of clickbaity title.... came in thinking this was about a surprise new version not the new SKU

Improved battery but I bet the Joy-Con sticks are just as crap. The sticks are what really needed improving.

@Rob3008 The battery isn't bigger

@sanderev Exactly, it's just the power requirements from the Tegra have been improved. Same with Switch Lite.

@Qu0te especially now that they are having to repair them for free, you’d think they’d get a revision in pretty fast, because I don’t think free repairs makes Nintendo much money.

@Rob3008 ...the thing is it doesn't have a bigger battery.
It's the same battery than before, it's just that the processor chip consume much less power than before and since the old ship will likely be discontinued by nVidia(since the newer one is just as strong, less power hungry and cheaper to produce) they needed to release this model just so they could continue to make "a" standard Switch.

@Ludovsky I don’t think it was ever confirmed it’s not a different battery. It could be a combination of both factors.

@Rob3008 It's not a bigger battery. It's the same battery. The Mariko version of the Tegra X1 is just much more power efficient. It says that in the article.

...it's not an upgrade. I'll wait patiently for a bonafide one (that they will sell as such.)

@Snakesglowcaps It says so in the article.

@Spoony_Tech pretty sure that’s the aim.

This is not the "Pro" version, just an updated normal version, the "Pro" will come out end of next year for Christmas market

Yeah they've had constant sales with the Switch console recently. Trying to get rid of old stock, I assume.

@Bunkerneath - "the "Pro" will come out end of next year for Christmas market"
Source?

It's not an upgrade until it has an 8" screen and can do 1080p 60fps in portable mode with slightly bigger joy-cons

@Rob3008 It's not a bigger battery, it's a different chip which uses less energy, but which also can't be hacked the same way the previous chip could .

@Prizm no source, just a feeling

A quiet release for this revision is the only option they have really. To make a point of the revision will only annoy those who just picked up a Switch and missed out. The supply chain also needs to be constant, which seems to be exactly what they have done...

Imagine how much more play-time they could have squeezed out of the Switch if they'd actually bothered to use an improved battery alongside the less power-hungry Tegra X1 chip. . . .

The actual revision will launch along-side Zelda BOTW2... and maybe it will run the game at a reliable 1080/30 docked and handheld?

Where did Rob go lol. Perhaps he got sick of all the email alerts. 😉

@Denoloco cause it is not, the battery is the same, the specs are the same, the only difference is the chip which is smaller and more power-effective (and probably cheaper to make

@impurekind there's no space for a bigger battery

@spoony_tech, I literally got my switch a month ago, and now I found this out.

@Prof_Yoshtonics I still don’t believe that information was ever confirmed. It’s a fairly large gain in battery life. I wouldn’t be surprised to find out it’s both a better battery and a more efficient chip set.

@Tantani I don’t think the specs are the same. From what I’m hearing this chip may be capable of higher clock speeds due to its cooler operating temperature. Which could in turn mean performance gains in certain games, similar to the OG Xbox One and the One S

@Snakesglowcaps That could be. I'm sure we'll know soon enough. Spawn Wave or someone will probably do a Youtube teardown and check it out.

@Prof_Yoshtonics I think if there is any performance gains to be had you won’t be seeing or hearing about them for awhile other than speculation and hackers testing the limits. Actual games utilizing it though I doubt will happen very soon in order to avoid alienating early adopters, which they’ve already kind of done with the battery life alone.

If they added more memory to it (at least 64gb) and added the charging grip they could've easily marketed this as a pro version

@Balta666 Well I didn't say bigger; I said better (or, more precisely, I said "improved").

@Snakesglowcaps I will still probably wait for the pro
We I will wain for spawn wave to check if they fixed the joy con and for someone to test the specs (if it will be like 30% increase it will be tempting, we will see)

Hope there is a part number difference so you can tell what rev you are buying (not just a box difference).

@Tantani I’m actually most interested in the cooler running temps. My switch has been getting seemingly hotter and hotter with demanding use. Odyssey has it to the point where I could cook an egg on it

@Spoony_Tech so they should just throw them away? I dont think so

@Spoony_Tech they are. Most stores probably have an order to sell all current models first. My local Best Buys and Walmart’s are sold out of the old model now.

But still the same drift cons😩

@Justaguest No, Nintendo should replace them for all retailers and recall any old stock. It just good business sense.

@Spoony_Tech you don’t really know that they aren’t right...

@Snakesglowcaps Nope, I don't so we shall see. I know my local Meijer only had one left from what I could see.

@Spoony_Tech what they did is probably sending supplies to every store until they were out of regular switches (as they stop making them a while ago) and now evry store that runs out is getting the new model to re-stock

If someone wants to sponsor me a new switch , I'll head to the local JB's, find one and do some analysis on it...

@Spoony_Tech That is not going to happen. No one does this either. It just gets into circulation and gradually the newer version takes over. People who are aware of this just need to know what the series number is which you can see from outside the box. There are on average 4-5 generations of the same console model during its lifetime.

@impurekind I seriously doubt you have other ways to improve it apart from getting it bigger

@Prof_Yoshtonics I find Spawn Wave videos pretty noob to be honest. There are more professional sources.

Drifting joy-cons, after 7months of usage or less. What's the need? when you can't fix the real issue permanently. What fun is the new improved version, if the joy-cons will still drift.

@Snakesglowcaps That is what I can't wait to see. I'm sure that Digital Foundry will check if there is a performance boost like better frame rate and higher resolution in games with dynamic resolution.

@Rpg-lover The drift issues are the most important thing so let's see if they are still the same and what sticks Switch Lite has.

@BlueOcean exactly, time will tell. Those things are expensive. I have four different joy-cons, three of them are drifting. Worst still i don't press hard on the joy-cons buttons. Tired of sending it for repairs.

@BlueOcean That's cool. Well he's been tearing down consoles and repairing them for upwards of 15 years now. He can tear down a 3DS and put it back together like Forrest Gump can a rifle. Lol

I agree and am glad it ended up as a good thing to end users (expanded battery life).
But is Nintendo doing this for that purpose, or because the previous first gen chip is hackable? I mean they could continue using the old one for cheaper because it is last gen for nVidia and up their profits, couldn't they?
I'm glad this time a Company's interests met 100% with the consumer's. That's rare.

I'm actually really tempted to get this instead of a Switch Lite.

@Prof_Yoshtonics Haha You're right. The important thing is to see the components after all. Can't trust Nintendo these days.

@Qu0te 100% Agreed, the joycons need an upgrade more than anything.

Just like I did with the Wii U I'm going to buy another stock base Switch to hack and one virgin to play and be online.

In that case they can have my switch back and replace it I only bought mine a month ago so I'd like either the new console or you can have it back for a refund. That's very unfair

I will be getting this at some point as an upgrade and then giving my mum my current switch and buying all the mario games for her preloaded to go.

But am getting the awesome yellow switch lite first as it should be better for bikepacking with reduced size

I can't believe people still think there will be a "pro" version. Nintendo don't do pro versions. They do updates/upgrades that replace an existing model. At best there will be a broader update of better screen, better battery, more storage and better kickstand. Again, it will replace the existing mode. There will be no actual souped up pro version sitting for sale alongside a base model. Period! @Bunkerneath @Tantani @The-Chosen-one