Despite your opinion on the matter the "Switch Pro" leaks were almost entirely accurate. Thinner bezels, better kickstand, OLED screen, it all happened. The only thing missing was the better chip, and the rumors began before the chip shortage. That obviously caused a change in plans.
Leakers can be very reliable and the Switch 2 is coming next year.
>source: my pussy-deprived brain
have sex lmao
why can't nintendo stay with one color for buttons?
they just keep going full retard with minimalism and changing color of buttons
Because that's meant to be a callback to the Super Famicom colors, they're trying to make people see the Switch 2 as a the Super NES of the Switch line.
so they're going to finally admit the playstation had the best controller layout?
Releasing a console that's too familiar to its predecessor in some way is a recipe for disaster as people will mistake it for a peripheral and not buy it. See: THE FUCKING WII U
Nintendo knocked it so far out of the park with the Switch that there's nowhere left for them to go.
>THE FUCKING WII U
That's why they'll just go for something that has a precedent, people know that the NES and SNES were different systems so they're betting on people understanding that Switch and Super Switch aren't the same thing.
But again, where can they go? The PS5 proved that at some point people don't really care about graphics, and the shitshow that is outsourced pajeet development only further proves that. Games like MK8 still look great and are very fun. So like, what exactly can they do now? The Smash dude even said he has no idea what Smash could even do after Ultimate. Upping the graphics won't sell systems as Switch games look good enough.
>The PS5 proved that at some point people don't really care about graphics
It's still a requirement to get some degree of 3rd party support. Sure it'll be the objectively worst versions but they can market it as being able to play the games portably. I mean Switch lets you play Dragons Dogma DA on the go.
The PS5 is mostly being bought by casuals that just want to play GTA and FIFA. Nintendo's playerbase is mostly casuals.
The Switch can't even get a consistent 1080p and 60 FPS while running games like Zelda.
The Switch Zelda games are shit so why should I care? It isn't the hardware's fault that the devs decided to make a shitty Ubisoft-esque "open world" game full of dungeons that look all look the same.
Yes it is. OOT would not have been possible on the NES and the SNES.
The Switch struggles to run BOTW and TOTK. Nintendo's developers would find a way to use better hardware to make better games.
>The Switch can't even get a consistent 1080p and 60 FPS while running games like Zelda.
I'm not sure what you think your point is. Developers maximize spectacle/novelty/flash over everything else because it moves copies and gaymurz are mostly kids and teenagers. Almost any game that runs at 30FPS could run at 60FPS if it were allowed to compromise elsewhere, but that almost never happens, especially not with AAA games. There isn't some threshold where they arbitrarily choose to prioritize different things.
My point is that the Switch is a potato. PC manages to emulate the Switch, run Zelda, and have mods for 1080p and 60 FPS.
>My point is that the Switch is a potato.
But that's irrelevant because of what I just said. Lots of machines that were relatively cutting-edge at the time had games that sacrificed performance for something else (usually spectacle), and the Switch also has a number of games that do run at 60 FPS at 1080p because that's what was prioritized. It applies to every platform.
The Switch is literally a third of the power of its competitors. The N64 was more powerful than all of its competitors, but it used 64 MB cartridges instead of 650 MB CDs.
>The Switch is literally a third of the power of its competitors.
Again, irrelevant. What I said also applies to developers on the PS4 and PS5, too. They're more powerful than the Switch, but the dynamic is the exact same.
Nintendo's developers are skilled.
It's not a matter of skill so much as priority. They decided they would rather have BOTW look like it did with the map that it did with a lower frame rate than some other compromise. It runs better when emulated on relatively high end recent hardware, sure, but that's true for everything.
The Switch 2 (or whatever the next thing is) will inevitably have games that drop performance for some other feature. Whether you think these tradeoffs are acceptable is a different question, but they will happen. The one difference we're starting to see now is the ability for the consumer to have some flexibility with things like PS5's performance setting, but the tradeoffs are still baked into the game itself and the range offered.
>Nintendo makes good games, but their hardware is weak. Better hardware would allow the developers to make more ambitious gameplay.
>But Nintendo makes good games!
name 5 good playstation games that weren't made before 2013
>Better hardware would allow the developers to make more ambitious gameplay.
That often doesn't happen, though, even from Nintendo. Besides, BOTW is the most ambitious game in terms of gameplay that they put out on the Switch, and it's the one that you're using to demonstrate that the Switch is a potato.
If your point is that you'd like to see what Nintendo would do with more cutting edge hardware, fine. But that's a separate question from why BOTW performs the way it does on the hardware that it was developed for. The latter dynamic is a constant no matter what the hardware ceiling is like because everything involves tradeoffs. They make the tradeoffs that they think will sell more copies.
The SNES was twice as powerful as the NES, and it went from 8-bit to 16-bit. The Switch is a third of the power of the PS5 and the XBOX Series X, so the Switch's successor will need to at least make a similar jump.
Anon you need to understand that fun games are what sell a system, not polygon count.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_PlayStation_5_video_games
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_Nintendo_Switch_video_games
57 million copies of the best selling game on Switch is retarded. You can harp on about graphics all you want, but it means nothing in the face of that.
It doesn't even mention GTA and FIFA, so this list is definitely incomplete.
How does muh sales disprove the fact that the Switch is a potato?
I had thousands of hours of fun in GTA, while I got completely burned out by BOTW within 200 hours.
>57 million copies of the best selling game on Switch is retarded
That's been the holiday pack in title every year so far. Those are bloated sales like Sony's Horizon numbers. ACNH is still absurdly impressive though, no bloat there and no other console has a game that sold THAT much that wasn't a pack in.
Animal Crossing had the COVID bonus.
True, we'll probably never seen an Animal Crossing hit those numbers again but it's still absurd that it sold that well even with the COVID bonus. I was thinking about fluke sales in regards to Elden Ring earlier too, I'm curious if From will have a game sell that well again because Elden Ring was operating under an absurd amount of hype + the GRRM bonus.
You might want to check the buttons on your 3DS and New 3DS AKA 3DS pro.
There is absolutely zero evidence of any chip that would be used in the Switch Pro existing.
Switch 2 is likely coming next year, but "leakers" don't deserve any credit for saying water is wet. Either give solid information on something concrete or fuck off.
The real issue is that Nintendo has nowhere to go with their "flagship" games. Mario Wonder only goes to prove that with how awfully uninspired and phoned in it feels. You really think Mario games on a new system would somehow be better? Graphics don't make games more fun.
That applies to just about every major series, though, not just Nintendo's. Even as-is I think the Switch had a very good library, even if I sort of hate the Switch as hardware (because of the build quality/inelegance, not the tech specs).
What's so inelegant about the Switch? It's a home console that can also be used as a handheld. It's pretty much form factor perfected.
The joycons, primarily. They've always felt a little flimsy to me, with or without the stick drift problem. I also would have preferred the dock to have been designed a little differently. Clearly I'm an outlier because the Switch sold a fucktillion units, but it felt a little undercooked to me. As with the Wii I'm curious to see how they react to the Switch's success, especially given all the other handhelds vying to occupy a similar (but more expensive) space.
I don't hate the Switch. I've gotten more use out of mine than the PC I built the same year I got it.
If joycons are a problem they can just fix those problems in later versions of joycons. What the fuck dude, companies do that shit all the literal time. Ocarina of Time had all sorts of bug fixes in later production runs.
>If joycons are a problem they can just fix those problems in later versions of joycons.
But they never have, as far as I know.
Why would they go 8 years without fixing joycons for the Switch then magically fix them with the Switch 2?
I'm not saying they would. My post wasn't about the Switch 2, just why I thought the Switch was disappointing as hardware. Maybe the Switch 2 would be the impetus for better joycons or maybe it wouldn't; I imagine that would depend on whether they wanted to maintain compatibility.
All they have to do is make a Galaxy 3 with button controls. It's literally that simple and they'll sell at LEAST 10 million copies.
colored buttons are based and i hope the top 2 are concave
I wish they would do an elongated diamond formation like on the SNES controller.
>Thinner bezels
Don't care.
>better kickstand
Already have a kickstand I got for $2, don't care.
>OLED scren
Already have one.
Switch 2 isn't happening for years. Why would it? The Switch is still selling well, its games are selling well. There's literally nothing for a Switch 2 to provide. The Switch is already the perfect form factor.
It's literally all but confirmed by both NoA and NoJ CEO that a new platform is coming next fiscal year, look at the fucking catalogue
Nintendo also confirmed in the past that there was no sequel to the NES. Stop listening to corporate people, all they say is lies.
They're saying the exact same shit now, there's no Switch 2 or Gamescom demo or whatever, but you can definitely read between the lines when Furukawa and Bowser talk about "a smooth transition"
Switch 2 will go down as the PS5.1 in the history books. Nobody wants or needs it.
the funniest nintendo denial was saying there was no ds revision the day because announcing the ds lite. never take what those motherfuckers say at face value, like how the switch wouldn't replace the 3ds.
Imagine how gay you are to care about nintendo when gta 6 is getting announced. Manchilds playing on ps4 graphics next system while everyone else playing newgen.
just do some real crime pal
>manchilds
Hola, Lewis!
I don't play western games so I don't care.
holy fucking shillnagger post
>The only thing missing was the better chip
i.e. the only thing that would have made "Switch Pro" leaks accurate
Shut up ReviewtechUSA, go back to attend your damn daughter.
>Leakers can be very reliable and the Switch 2 is coming next year.
Bro they've been saying "next year" for the past 2 years.
As multiple NES->SNES "documentaries" on youtube have shown, Nintendo watches sales figures with an eagle eye and won't release a new console while the older one is still selling well, and will factor economic conditions in the equation. People are feeling the squeeze right now and the Switch is still going strong, so there's no reason to release a new console. None.
>there's no reason to release a new console. None.
Well cementing your successors place in the market before a competitor emerges is absolutely a reason. As is making sure that consumers don't buy into competitor's consoles to play all the games missing yours. Just because the Switch was successful does not mean the Switch 2 will be. The PS3 and Wii U are great examples of the popularity of the previous system not mattering in the slightest. Chasing short term profits and fucking yourself over in the long term seems to be in vogue right now, so maybe Nintendo will join everyone else in the gaming market and hold off on releasing a new console while people still care about it.
There's been talk of a "Switch Pro" since 2019, I'm glad that I didn't sit around for 4 years waiting for it to come out.
The “Switch Pro” leaks turned out to be a successor console which people thought would be a revision because we had just gotten the Lite and PS and Xbox had started doing Pro versions.
>because we had just gotten the Lite and PS and Xbox had started doing Pro versions.
Nintendo has always done pro versions of their handhelds. The only exception is GBA which was rushed off the market for the DS.
It has nothing to do with Sony/MS except the moniker being common so people knew what you mean.
>OKAY YEAH IT DIDN'T HAPPEN BUT IT ALMOST DID
What the fuck is wrong with you?
>still making fake leaks about a switch pro when an actual successor is coming out next year
>the only thing missing was the better chip
Nah, the Switch Pro was the OLED with the Mariko overclocked. It's physically wired differently to the motherboard that the Lite or V2 to allow 4k output. The leakers just confused it with the next gen Switch because they didn't have enough information and like to mix in safe speculative shit so it looks like they know more than they do
What's actually going to happen I hope :
Big box console superior enough compared to the Series S to blow the Series X out of the running
Roughly par with PS5, or, not noticeably poorer
Pairs with Switch to play like a WiiU gamepad
Free updates to old Switch games like BotW so they have gamepad map gameplay
Supports 4KUHD playback
About the size of the Xbox One X
Same exact design as the NES with the text being "New Nintendo Entertainment System"