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Nintendo is updating the original Switch with a new CPU and storage
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launching with Metroid prime 4 and snes games included with Nintendo online
They fixed a bootrom exploit with a set of ipatches that specifically address that vuln, but there are other issues that ipatches cannot address.
This. I think it's a nonstory.
Switch Pro is likely another year out.
What a twist.
If the media misunderstood and the Pro ends up not existing, just being an OG revision with a new SoC but downgraded to match the OG specs... talk about disappointment.
I'll still hold up hope for a Pro next year, but I'm not as sure anymore.
If the media misunderstood and the Pro ends up not existing, just being an OG revision with a new SoC but downgraded to match the OG specs... talk about disappointment.
I'll still hold up hope for a Pro next year, but I'm not as sure anymore.
Sure. There's a revision coming this year to replace the OG Switch. And I'm expecting it to come in at least two colors.
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Not at all surprised. The big question I had coming out of the Lite announcement was when we'd see the new silicon in the main Switch. Unless the Bluetooth connection for the joycons really took up that much energy, I didn't see anything in the Lite that would intrinsically lead to better battery life out of a smaller battery than the original Switch.
Makes sense to me. This'll likely let them make just one SOC for both systems, and the Tegra had to be moved to a modern fabrication sooner or later.
I don't think there's a need for a Pro. Just work on enhancing what we've got, and make the power-leap of Switch 2 seem bigger.
I don't think there's a need for a Pro. Just work on enhancing what we've got, and make the power-leap of Switch 2 seem bigger.
That's what I'd expect. It's going to be like countless console revisions where you won't be able to tell the difference unless you know exactly what to look for.
Edit: Apart possibly from the new colors, as Emily noted.
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Nintendo will quietly release this on the market. This will replace Switch we have now.
Switch "Pro" will release next year alongside BOTW sequel.
Switch "Pro" will release next year alongside BOTW sequel.
this is what i'm expecting. we'll just have switch and switch lite on the market, and a big deal won't be made about the switch replacement.
It might be worth noting that the confidential part of their FCC filing expires in December or January, but maybe that can be extended if necessary.
Could be a '64GB edition' perhaps. Assuming the model number is final then I guess it'll look identical externally.
Could be a '64GB edition' perhaps. Assuming the model number is final then I guess it'll look identical externally.
I'm guessing this is simply Nintendo's efforts to get around the flaw in the original hardware that allowed for exploits. I don't see it being anything more than that.
You're setting yourself for disappointment, there won't be one.
Maybe they will just announce the new colours Emily is referring to (if one of them was red, I could be tempted...), if the specs are basically the same
i think this is it, i doubt there's going to be a switch pro after this point.
the Nvidia exploit was fixed for a while i the ipatched units.
I hope it's not a straight replacement of the OG switch as in the outside is not changed at all and it uses the exact same screen, screen size, and same bezel
The exploit that is currently public was fixed. There are numerous others.
even after this some people will keep waiting for that imaginary switch pro, lol.
I feel like if a pro release was imminent in the next year or so, this would be completely unnecessary unless they intend to stick three distinct SKUs...so maybe there is no pro model.
Apparently not this year, but Nintendo has lied about future console announcements in the past (DS Lite, a few days prior to announcement).
I take WSJ over Nintendo, but the worst case scenario is we get a new console next year.
Apparently that's what people in this topic are saying now. After reading countless post in the other topic of people discussing a Switch Pro coming, now I have to believe it never existed (or what we thought Switch Pro could be). No external changes??
Hm, so they aren't marketing it as a separate pro, just slipping in a little upgrade?
WSJ never called it a Pro, they said it had 'enhancements for avid gamers'. One of which is probably more internal storage.
How many SKUs did they have for the 3ds? A lot more than three.
I could see a Pro model releasing in a year to keep the Switch momentum going, especially with the next gen consoles stealing their steam.
The original report always talked about enhancements to the system, it was never specific, it never mentioned a Pro model nor external changes. This is the Pro model.
this is the second Switch model that's been rumored alongside the Lite, if that's what you're asking
the RCM was fixed in the iPatched unit, deja vu (software hack) is working and already patched on 8.0.
so the mariko has other uses for.