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Are they though? I'm primarily a PC gamer, but I love my Switch. I've picked up a lot of pc ports, but the exclusives are what keep me coming back.

The Steam Deck has absolutely no appeal - why would I play a game at 800p and 30fps when I could play it at 4k and 60Hz+? It's portable, but the battery life is poor and the games won't be remotely optimised for the controls.

OLED is superior, everything else being equal. Colours will have more pop (although it runs the risk of games looking over saturated), but pixel density is much lower than the Switch Lite.

Consisering this is aimed firmly at people who play handheld and want to trade ppi for screen size, it's disappointing that it's not a bundled accessory.

@timleon Personally, I find it hard to take something like this on trust, especially given the number of high profile games that haven't lived up to expectations.

The game may be progressing well, but what does that actually mean and how do they expect us to reconcile that with them still having nothing to show? In the absence of anything concrete, people will speculate...

Purely going by what I'll actually buy, it's Breath of the Wild 2 vs Plague Tale Requiem, Outer Worlds 2, Forza Horizon 5 and maybe Starfield and Stalker 2.

It felt like Nintendo was holding back.

Switch Pro exclusive, clearly.

Nothing much for me there. I was hoping for some Fire Emblem or Bayonetta...

I think the original Switch strikes a good balance between screen size and resolution. The Lite is too small for text-heavy games.

My only real "need" for upgrading would be better visuals on my 4k monitor.

Why would you need this to connect your Switch to your monitor when you could just, you know, plug your Switch into your monitor?

So it's about a month off release then?

They're putting a lot of work into the Bluetooth driver... I've always assumed it's a controller only chip, as they have better latency, in which case the odds of them adding audio support are 0.

Now I'm not saying this 100% confirms they're working on the Switch Pro, but hurry up and release it Nintendo - we know your game!

@Moistnado I had similar issues with my 3ds - it's getting harder to find parts for it too.

@Moistnado if you do a lot of stuff like that, I really recommend the ifixit tool kit - it makes life so much easier as right sized head is invariably in there.

@chardir The back cover is about as easy as it gets. Likewise the battery (which the most likely source of swelling). Even the microSD reader was an easy job.

I'm not convinced about indigo, but you get my vote for chips and salad.

Throw in proper support for USB audio class 2.0 and Qualcom aptx low latency and they've got a winner. I have to use a Creative Bluetooth adapter for my headphones and an hdmi extractor to hook my dac up.

@nhSnork On the flip side, Baldur's Gate plays incredibly well on an Ipad, but the Switch port was a dog's dinner.

I can't believe you didn't go with "taking the Mickey".

@jrt87 The latest Nvidia Tegra chip has tensor cores, so it would support dlss scaling. It's a nice upgrade over the x1 - if it's powerful enough to run games at 1920x1080, scaling to 4k wouldn't be that tricky.

@ModdedInkling I suspect it's more that whichever fab Nvidia uses is stopping its 20nm process. Assuming they buy another off the shelf design, a Tegra Xavier would give them a Volta gpu, which would marry up with the dlss on-chip rumours.

@Olmectron That's precisely the point - the articles fuel the hype. If they are advocating a system where we judge the finished product, rather than an idealised/hyped version, how do you justify promoting pre-orders?

Does that mean Nintendo Life will stop running "where to pre-order..." articles?

Sounds awfully close to Longest Journey to me. Now there's a game I'd buy on Switch in a heartbeat!

I wonder what that means for Pillars of Eternity 2? After this, I can't imagine it being an easy sell...

@GrailUK I'd definitely take a game over the reality! Some of the things I've seen over the years fixing them for people eurgh...

As a dyed in the wool pc gamer, Switch was the first console I've owned. There really is something magical about it. They nailed the form factor and are promoting a lot of interesting games that you won't find elsewhere, but the biggest thing for me is they made gaming fun again.

Surely you just auro scale resolution or settings to a desired frame rate? Plenty of games do that...

What we really need is 4k upscaling in docked mode

@faint I suspect Nintendo don't want him pulling the trigger too early... Bayonetta 3 was one of the games that convinced me to buy a Switch (longer ago than I care to remember).

Actually just bought one to play the Fire Emblem and Bravely Default back catalogue. Hadn't realised online was an option!

A 1080p oled screen would be a good upgrade, or even 720p. 4k docked likewise makes a lot of sense if they want to extend its lifespan - I'm not expecting native 4k, but 1080p with good internal upscaling would be much better on the eye than what we have now.

@ziovax hmm might have to start on pc in that case. Guessing we won't see them until this time next year.

Any ETA on when the first 2 are coming to Switch? I've got them on Steam but never got around to playing them...

@Terra Same. I flit between my Switch and my gaming rig. I'd probably pick up a Switch Pro for better 4k performance though.

I struggle with the idea of game streaming at the best of times. The Switch is a hybrid portable, so it's a safe bet you won't be streaming on the move. Even with 5g, you're at the mercy of phone coverage.

On a home system, you need enough bandwidth for gaming and whatever media streaming someone else is doing. That means a high speed connection, which isn't necessarily cheap

I could see an argument that it lets you have a cheap system for the kids, but does it? A last gen console or a download only console would make more sense there when you factor in the fibre upgrade.

Personally I'm not fussed - I have a gaming PC so I'll play Control on there instead with all the 4k ray traced goodness. I would be curious to know how many Switch owners are in the same boat.

The real issue here is policy. They are not "unable" to offer refunds, they just have a policy of not offering them. Ultimately you can't waive your statutory rights and statute will trump policy if you were to go to court.

Goldeneye? Please, please, please, please?

I dock mine to a 4k monitor, so I'll definitely take it (provided it's not docked only). That said, I don't think it looks so bad playing at monitor distances as is. I'm much more interested in seeing what nvidia can add for handheld mode enhancements.

It's a tough one. Would I pay £70 for a game up front? No (unless it's Bayonetta 3 and I get it right now). Then again, I pre-ordered Witcher 3 on pc and bought all the expansions, so it probably came to more than £70 all told.

Borderlands, Witcher 3 and Outerworlds all definitely deserve a place on the list. Personally, I'm really enjoying Trine, Pillars of Eternity, Night in the Woods and Banner Saga, but they're not for everyone.

It's a shame. The game had a lot of potential, but they won't see a penny from me unless it's fixed.

Personally I go for the Tomtoc cases. Light, slim and pretty much bomb proof. (Or good enough to protect it from my clumsiness anyway.)

@TossedLlama You should be fine with any of the standard cards. I've tried high speed cards and it doesn't make much difference.

Whatever you do, avoid the temptingly priced 512gb Lexar A2. Mine lasted a week before the errors started, then I lost the whole drive. Stick to Sandisk.