• bird@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    I can’t see how they could possibly market a “Switch 2” handheld successfully.

    The average parent/consumer isn’t going to understand or care about slightly updated graphics or hardware. It’d have to be something fundamentally different.

    • ‘Leigh 🏳️‍⚧️@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 year ago

      I can’t see how they could possibly market a “Game Boy Advance” handheld successfully. It’d have to be something fundamentally different from the Game Boy Colour. 😉

      For the average consumer, it’s all about the games. If the next platform has awesome games you can’t play on the current-gen platform, it’ll sell. (Well, barring some disastrous marketing…)

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    1 year ago

    At some point it’s going to be true, it’s not like Nintendo won’t implement a DLSS capable gen2 Switch at some point, with full backwards capability like the 3DS.

  • ‘Leigh 🏳️‍⚧️@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    Wishful thinking at best. Nintendo has no incentive to rush forward with a new platform yet. Hardware ain’t where the money is, and they’re not struggling to sell software when they have something good.

  • UprisingVoltage@feddit.it
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    1 year ago

    Pretty sure they already said it’s not going to happen before a year or so (assuming it’s going to happen next year I strongly doubt they’ll announce it now. But sure I hope so. Let’s see)

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          1 year ago

          People have been saying that for years and yet Nintendo is performing quite well. The average consumer does not care about resolutions and framerates. If a Switch 2 does come out in the next couple of years, I would expect it to perform similarly to a PS4 Pro/Xbox One X with 1080p and 60fps as @ampersandrew had already mentioned.

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    1 year ago

    If it didn’t come with Tears of the Kingdom, it won’t come for at least this year.

    This game release was the biggest opportunity to introduce a stronger Switch or even a successor.

    • freebread@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      I’d buy it. Right now the only time I use the Switch portably is on vacation. Something with a smaller form factor, even a Switch Lite OLED, would be great for mobility around town.