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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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