• @HurlingDurling@lemm.ee
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    8410 months ago

    “And won’t natively run switch games. Players will have the opportunity to purchase their favorite titles in our new eshop available exclusively on our new console” - Nintendo probably

    Source: my ass

        • @Omegamanthethird@beehaw.org
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          810 months ago

          You think they’d call it the Switch 2? No, it’ll be way more vague about being a successor vs an upgraded console. New Switch, SwitchU, 3Dwitch, Switch Swatch, Sandwitch, SwitchPlus, Switch Yellow, Switch One. I’d bet on any of those.

        • @pimento64
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          510 months ago

          No, because when you think about it, how much Switch could the Switch 2 switch if the Switch 2 could switch Switch?

        • @pipariturbiini
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          110 months ago

          You could add a “then” to the end to make that wordplay even better than it already is!

    • @Limeaide@beehaw.org
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      210 months ago

      I mean Nintendo has been pretty good with backwards compatibility so I’m hopeful they will do that again. That will be the only thing that could push me towards buying a new nintendo console atm. I would sell my switch lite to add to my new switch fund lol

      If not, I will just stick to my Steam Deck and PC

      • @rgb3x3@beehaw.org
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        2310 months ago

        There’s no way Nintendo abandons the removable joycons. They’re such an important part of the switch experience.

        Literally all Nintendo needs to do is release essentially the same hardware format with increased computing power, better screen, and a bit more “robustness” in the hardware (the OG feels plasticy and flexes quite a lot).

        They’d sell it probably as much as the original. Because BOTW and TOTK deserve higher graphical output.

        • Gordon_Freeman
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          1110 months ago

          There’s no way Nintendo abandons the removable joycons.

          Nintendo abandoned the dual screen, and that was an incredible feature, I totally see them abandoning removable controllers

          • @sim_@beehaw.org
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            510 months ago

            Tbf, they tried dual screen with a console and it flopped (for various reasons). With the switch acting as both a console and handheld device, I can see why they dropped dual screens.

            • Gordon_Freeman
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              610 months ago

              Neither the DS nor the 3DS flopped, on the contrary. the DS was the most sold console in the world

              And it gave us new experiences, new ways to play and also made some stuff better (like having extra info, like maps, information or access to the inventory, having that meant you didn’t need to pause the game)

              • @sim_@beehaw.org
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                For sure, I’m not saying the DSs flopped. But with Nintendo dropping a dedicated handheld line, I can see one of the main features of that handheld line went with it, especially when that feature was unsuccessful in a console format.

          • @tombuben@beehaw.org
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            210 months ago

            Dual screen was a great feature with a handheld with two tiny screens. They tried it with WiiU on the home console and it was a massive failure. The Switch maybe doesn’t have dual screens, but the single screen is bigger than even the 3ds screens combined and they managed to port almost all WiiU exclusives to it with minimum loss of functionality.

            Maybe the revolutionary feature was the added screen real estate the dual screens allowed for instead of there just being two screens.

    • Gamma
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      10 months ago

      Prepare yourself, we’re in for these mockups until Nintendo does an official announcement 🙃 maybe we’ll get lucky and a few talented artists will fool the internet again

    • @knokelmaat@beehaw.org
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      2010 months ago

      PS5 can’t even consistently give 4k60 on all titles. A tablet with a way lower power draw will not be able to do this for but a bare minimum of titles.

        • @Limeaide@beehaw.org
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          510 months ago

          I don’t think Nintendo has really cared much about graphics since the gamecube era. They realized that people buy their consoles for the games not the graphics

          I doubt they would make the console significantly more expensive by adding a GPU that most people wouldn’t really care much about

      • bitwolf
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        10 months ago

        Nintendo games tend to be less demanding. They’re built for the platform whereas PS5 is running PC ports generally.

        The same can be said for Switch bs steam deck. Steam Deck can’t reliably play 1080p60 for every game but the switch can.

  • Dizzy Devil Ducky
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    1410 months ago

    The things I’m curious about is if it’s gonna have weak hardware like the switch does and will it have a working emulator just as fast as the switch did?

    One of my favorite things about the switch is just how in the span of a half decade we have emulators able to play commercial releases fairly well if your PC can handle it. It’s just absolutely funny how sintendo wanted to make a portable home console but made something so easy to emulate when compared to any other console of the same generation.

  • @alehel@beehaw.org
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    710 months ago

    Showing it to devs/publishers I can understand. Why would they be showing it to press though?

    • AaronStC
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      110 months ago

      They could be preparing for an announcement. This would give time for the press to do write ups ahead of time. If this is true there must be some kind of NDA/embargo so we won’t know anything until after a potential announcement.

      • @alehel@beehaw.org
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        110 months ago

        If that was the case though, I would have expected them to have announced it already 🤔. Nintendo doesn’t strike me as the kind of company to show their hardware to the press long ahead of announcement.