Gaming Smack My Switch Up: The Nintendo Switch Discussion Thread (was: NX)

Also you can nab Xenoblade Chronicles X.

As to the new Switch, sounds like I don't need it - might as well grab the old Switch for the number of games I am likely to play on it. It might also reduce the price for original Switch.

Edit - wait 64GB internal storage and better net capability? That could make the case for the newer version.

 

IMO barring a massive price difference I'd say get the new one. The screen in particular is a game changer for mobile play, which has long been frustrating due to poor resolutions and the actual display size. Obviously this is not an argument for an upgrade, but going in fresh? OLED all the way.

 

You must have just missed the edit.

 

I also really dig the black and white colour scheme.

 

Yeah, that is pretty cool.

 

Actual conversation in the kitchen:

“Baby they announced a new Nintendo switch”
“Does it do anything new?”
“No”
“You don't need it”
“Its white”
“When does it come out?!”

 

Boooooo

 

Yeah she really likes uniformity and anything not black. My XSX is hidden behind the tv. At least I’ll be able to display the dock now.

 

I was so ready to buy a Switch pro for 4k, but this ain't it.

 

Also, $350 = £300. Switch original currently goes for £280 so trying to bag one of these is a no brainer at that price difference.

 

More importantly, it's more than a Series S which plays next gen games. It's only $50 less than a PS5 digital which play next gen games at 4k 60.

Like what is Nintendo.

 

A card game company that still hasn’t figured out how the internet works?

 

Well, that's a disappointing upgrade. I know the storage is expandable unlike with most mobile devices nowadays, but 64 GB is still ridiculously tiny. I have several games on my SSD that are each larger than that.

 

It is, and everyone already has a cheap micro SD card for their original Switch.

 

Guess that confirms there's nothing especially jazzy under the hood.

 

If Nintendo are releasing a new Switch, why not improve the performance or battery life?

The screen seems like something they could have put on the Switch Lite.
If the battery isn't improved, this new OLED screen will mean far less playing time.
It makes no difference to the graphics and it won't improve the look on TV.

Internal storage matters not when the SD card option exists already, I have 128gb in my Switch.

A very strange announcement by Nintendo

 

Because it's not a new Switch, it's more like a DS vs DS Lite situation. It was put well on the Bombcast a little while back, as following Nintendo's handheld model: you release a new version with some spec adjustments, new buyers get that version, diehards buy the new version and pass their old system to younger relatives or the resale market, the rest of us just keep our old model.

Also as Quest noted they already improved the battery in unlabeled revisions.

 

Apparently Jeff Grubb is still hearing there's an actual Switch Pro coming in 2022.

 

Is the current version of the Switch still going to be produced?

 

They’re never going to admit it but I think it’s pretty likely they’ll phase it out.