The successor to Nintendo Switch named Switch 2 will continue to be a hybrid console that can be played on TV and in portable mode, it will be launched

The successor to Nintendo Switch named Switch 2 will continue to be a hybrid console that can be played on TV and in portable mode, it will be launched without an OLED screen (it will have an LCD) and it will have cartridges/cards for physical games , according to various sources. Anonymous to VGC, where they say that the device is “likely” to hit stores in the second half of 2024. They add that there are already development studios outside the Japanese company with the development kit.

  • Purplexingg@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    If this is real fuck you Nintendo, so bull shit for not just making it oled. There’s a $50 difference right now between the regular and oled variant which could 100% just be worked into the new switch pricing. You just know they’re releasing the oled model 1-3 years after launch so people buy again.

    • KoofNoof@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      I have an OLED model and cringed when I saw it will have LCD. It will honestly probably feel like a downgrade for me.

      I already mostly play in handheld just because the visuals look so much better compared to my TV

      • Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        Then vote with your wallet. Don’t buy something for more money, which have inferior features to the last generation product. This is clearly a case of monetiseing exclusivity and FOMO to sell you something which was not designed to last.

        • Chadus_Maximus@lemm.eeEnglish
          0·
          1 year ago

          Why not get a Steam Deck and emulate Nintendo games instead? Along the thousands of games you play on Steam…

          • ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            3·
            1 year ago

            Switch emulators have weird stuttering, frame rate, and various issues. I should know I tried to emulate them. It was a mess. Also, a lot of people really don’t want a handheld with all the hassles of a PC. People like consoles because they’re simple. Hence why the switch has sold like 150 million, and the steam deck has sold like 1.5 million.

            • probablyaCat@kbin.social
              1·
              1 year ago

              Switch has been out a lot longer and has a bigger company behind it. I don’t think anyone ever expected SD to catch up in sales. However, the SD has clearly had an impact on the handheld market. And without tinkering, it functions way more like a console than a full PC.

              And I don’t know what setup you used for switch emulation, but I’ve emulated several switch games with perfect success. I certainly mostly play my switch games on switch, but I’ve put a handful on the deck for travel and it’s been great. Along with my 3ds games since my actual 3ds went to electronics heaven.

    • Dandroid@dandroid.appEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I’m actually happy. I play my switch docked 99.9% of the time. I have brought it on exactly two trips on the six years I have owned it, and played it all of one time each trip in handheld mode. I wouldn’t want to pay extra for a feature I would never use. Even if it only saves me $50, that’s the price of a game right there.

      Ideally though, they would launch both on the same day at different price points.

    • TwilightVulpine@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Weren’t there rumors that they actually meant to release a new model years ago, but between the Pandemic and the Chip Shortage, they couldn’t get what they needed?

      That said, with things like the GBA SP, the DSi and the New 3DS, it isn’t off-brand for Nintendo to release minor improvements along the way.

    • -V0lD@programming.devEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      The screen on a handheld really doesn’t matter.

      If you cared about visuals, you wouldn’t play in a handheld, in the same way that if you want to watch high quality video, you don’t watch it on your phone either.

      The additional resources it needs are wasted on such a tiny screeb

    • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      They probably have a lot of old LCD screens they need to get rid of.

      Honestly, I saw that and was grateful that I won’t have the urge to buy it.

    • Captain_Ender@kbin.social
      1·
      1 year ago

      I’m probably in the minority, but I don’t mind a cheaper LCD model. The only time I see my switch screen is when I’m moving it from my living room dock to my bedroom dock. The only time I really use portables is like 8+hr flights, literally sits hidden under my TV 24/7 rest of time so I don’t really need it to have a fancy screen. As long as both models have the same dock performance, I’m fine with it.

      • Centillionaire@kbin.social
        0·
        1 year ago

        The people here really don’t understand Nintendo. They want the console to be as cheap as possible to get it to the most hands as possible and then make the real money on the games. Mom and dad see the price tag isn’t too bad and pull the trigger. Everything has a cost, including an OLED screen Vs LCD (presumably IPS).

    • curiousaur@reddthat.comEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I’d bet money that the dev kits are just LCD, and there will be a huge revision between the dev kits and the finished product. Historically early dev kits look nothing like the actual console.