Yes, and for the model revisions the DS Lite was out 15 months after the original DS and the 3DS XL was out 17 months after. This would still be a year later than those if this news is accurate.
could see something like this.
Thank You. This is what I'm expecting. Switch Pro for $300 and showing off MP4 on it. And lowering the original Switch at a more affordable price.
Plus if they did that they'd lose gameplay options for certain games.
true. forgot about joycon only games.
That $199 is really wishful thinking.
Literally could not play the new Mario Party.
Agreed, I don't see it happening.
Agreed, at least until they start releasing real budget version like 2DS. But that's years in the future.
Well not the handheld part... but docked mode could be possible. I'm thinking its possible to pull a Xavier with 500 GFLOPs handheld and 1.3 TFLOPs docked in GPU power on paper at the most. 1.3 TFLOP console with 8GB of RAM, A72 core CPU, +130 GB/s bandwidth, could have it punch above xbone base specs in GPU power, and get pretty close to PS4 maybe. If they do upgrade the hybrid specs, I think we'd get a minimum of 1.5x minimum power, which would be X2 territory. So next hybrid tech upgrade could be anywhere between 600 GLOPs to 1.3 TFLOPs. I'm not expecting a 1080p screen, even if its a 500 GFLOP console and could run current 900p swich games at 1080p.. That kind of resolution takes 2.2x more processing power than 720p and it would eat up battery. I'm thinking for xavier, we'd have to get a node down at least to 10nm.
Currently Nintendo need to improve Switch's attractiveness to 3DS owners. Nintendo doesn't really need you to upgrade, they don't really care which Switch you play your games on. Helping the handheld experience and lower hardware costs would bring in NEW customers, which they need to finally retire the 3DS.
Kid: Dad, I want a Nintendo Switch for Christmas.
And you think Zelda mobile isnt happening ? Switch success and Mario Run underperforming might have resulted in them going back to the drawing board on what a mobile Zelda should contain.
Yes it could, with separately purchased joycons or controllers, which it would still support.
That looks cool, but it'd be too big for the hinge I think. I imagine it would snap if the screen is too big. They'd probably have to make it smaller than the standard Switch to prevent that.Yeah I would buy a clamshell dedicated handheld Switch in a second.
There has not, however, been a game that isn't playable out of the box. That's the real issue.
