Sameish shape
Almost PS4 graphics.
Better battery
$500 (lol. I was over by $50)
No plan to stop scalpers
Old games work with it.
New games work on old switch (let’s be real… only for a little while)
Switch pro 2 controller
No eShop improvements
I was confused at first too, then realized these were just predictions and not an actual summary of the final product. I imagine the down votes are because people feel misled by someone’s opinions presented as fact.
At $500, the system would cost as much as a PlayStation 5 or XBox Series X and Nintendo would not be able to sell it as a low cost alternative. It would also be a 60% price increase over the previous generation. I would expect $400 and hope for $350.
I am ready for the battery life to keep getting worse, especially at the lower end of the range (so from 2.5-6.5 down to 2-6).
No graphics or performance improvement for old games running on the Switch 2 unless the publisher puts out a Switch 2 specific patch. Nintendo would rather have ugly games that work as expected rather than pretty games that introduce new bugs.
Oh it’s $450 for the base console and $500 for the bundle so they weren’t far off and then everything is proprietary from storage to their new controllers and webcam for some reason.
I’m crossing my fingers that it’ll actually be $450. But I disagree on Switch 2 games being playable on Switch 1. I could see switch 1 games getting an upgrade in terms of performance/graphics, but no way Mario Kart 9 is playable on Switch 1.
I think it definitely will. The only reason they do this is for money. How will they make money off a game where it’s only sold to the limited amount of people who get a switch. By allowing a low end version to be sold to switch they now have the potential to sell to 100 million people instead of the possible 2 million it sells in it’s first few months.
And they are also right that it will phase out over time as the switch 2 starts to take market share but that will be years. I’m pretty sure the ps4 still has games coming out. My guess is just like the ps4/ps5 versions there will be 2 available on the cart or whenever you download from the store.
Sony sells (launch) systems at a loss, so they want people to stay on PS4. Nintendo makes a profit on systems, so they want to get as much demand as possible for launch systems, to attract third parties to the install base. They don’t mind selling 2 million copies this month and the other 98 million over the next 5 years.
I’ll save you all the trouble.
Sameish shape Almost PS4 graphics. Better battery $500 (lol. I was over by $50) No plan to stop scalpers Old games work with it. New games work on old switch (let’s be real… only for a little while) Switch pro 2 controller No eShop improvements
Why all the negativity ?
I was confused at first too, then realized these were just predictions and not an actual summary of the final product. I imagine the down votes are because people feel misled by someone’s opinions presented as fact.
It’s not? It’s just my prediction
At $500, the system would cost as much as a PlayStation 5 or XBox Series X and Nintendo would not be able to sell it as a low cost alternative. It would also be a 60% price increase over the previous generation. I would expect $400 and hope for $350.
I am ready for the battery life to keep getting worse, especially at the lower end of the range (so from 2.5-6.5 down to 2-6).
No graphics or performance improvement for old games running on the Switch 2 unless the publisher puts out a Switch 2 specific patch. Nintendo would rather have ugly games that work as expected rather than pretty games that introduce new bugs.
Thanks for the TL;DR damn that price hike
Oh it’s $450 for the base console and $500 for the bundle so they weren’t far off and then everything is proprietary from storage to their new controllers and webcam for some reason.
It’s a guess/prediction. Not a tldr
I’m crossing my fingers that it’ll actually be $450. But I disagree on Switch 2 games being playable on Switch 1. I could see switch 1 games getting an upgrade in terms of performance/graphics, but no way Mario Kart 9 is playable on Switch 1.
I think it definitely will. The only reason they do this is for money. How will they make money off a game where it’s only sold to the limited amount of people who get a switch. By allowing a low end version to be sold to switch they now have the potential to sell to 100 million people instead of the possible 2 million it sells in it’s first few months.
And they are also right that it will phase out over time as the switch 2 starts to take market share but that will be years. I’m pretty sure the ps4 still has games coming out. My guess is just like the ps4/ps5 versions there will be 2 available on the cart or whenever you download from the store.
Sony sells (launch) systems at a loss, so they want people to stay on PS4. Nintendo makes a profit on systems, so they want to get as much demand as possible for launch systems, to attract third parties to the install base. They don’t mind selling 2 million copies this month and the other 98 million over the next 5 years.
Launch date?
Remored that preorders open tomorrow (April 2nd) or the 9th. But I guess it will be part of the announcement tomorrow
Hmmm… Q3 this year some time. Then they get two massive spike sales. So maybe September release