Nintendo Switch (OLED model) - Announcement Trailer - Releasing on October 8 (UPDATE: Nintendo confirms no spec upgrade)

[Jarmel]

How are we to know someone is simply spreading false information intentionally as opposed to just having a bad source or having outdated information or reporting on something that has simply changed? Does that distinction even matter? At the end of the day if people here want to play with "insiders" (and I think most do, this place and the people in it fucking beg for any scrap or morsel of information they can get) then you have to take the good with the bad. If you want to have a blanket "no insders/no teasing" allowed on this site, sure go for it, but I don't think that's what people actually want, at least not outside of the weird anger/backlash to this announcement. People will be angry but in 2 weeks when someone teases something they'll go back to eating it right up because frankly that's what gamers want. They want to be in the know. They want a peek into what is generally a very secretive industry. So if you are going to do that, you take the good with the bad.

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I feel like that absolves the 'insiders'/leakers too much. Part of the deal with this game is that the leakers get clout and fame if they're right and if they're wrong or just lying then they get the boot or whatever. Of course plans change but there's plans change and just completely whiffing. Somehow Nintendo insiders in particular are always whiffing.

 

[Bishop89]

So it's not a 'pro' model?
Lol.

Pass.
I rarely play my OG one

 

[NESpowerhouse]

Well at least I don't have to stress about preordering anything

 

[JABEE]

I feel like anger and disappointment should be laid primarily at the feet of insiders, not Nintendo. Nintendo never planned to make a big deal out of this model. As a random announcement, with no expectation of a performance boost, I imagine reactions wouldn't be as harsh.

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Nintendo is the company releasing old hardware for $50 more. Bloomberg was reporting on a more significant hardware change. They are the financial press. Nintendo is responsible for their own disappointing announcement and hardware revision.

Insiders and the real press fucked up though. You don't get partial credit when breaking news even if the incentive is to publish less than locked down information.

 

[gogojira]

I think the Switch Pro hitting such a fevered pitch really made this announcement worse than it is. What the fuck ever about insiders; they've been all over the place since before the Switch was even announced -- sometimes right, sometimes wrong. Maybe have a little fun with the info but always be skeptical and know that Nintendo does what Nintendo wants.

For me, it stings because it's not even the slightest upgrade for a docked user. They very much cater to the handheld side and I'm looking for something they don't seem to care as much about. I mean shit, even without more power it'd be nice for a somewhat functional online system but in this announcement trailer they're showing the stupid ass voice chat app and I can't help but not how absolutely pathetic it is. But hey, at least Metroid Dread got a nice spot in the ad!

 

[digita1alchemy]

I had my wallet ready for this, but without any performance upgrade there's no reason for me to buy one. The OLED screen is nice, but what's the point when most of the games will be sub-native and look like shit.

 

[Starshine]

Nintendo Switch O (rly?) LED

 

[SunBroDave]

So how easy is it to get homebrew working on Switch nowadays? Seems like the move would be to hack my OG switch to use for rom dumping to PC, and then pick up one of these new guys to use as my regular Switch

 

[HMD]

Yeah it's definitely weird to me that insiders turn into an oppressed class the second their info turns bad and people are upset. Like, isn't this the deal you make? You're trading rumors for clout on the internet and the gamble is people are gonna be mad if your info is wrong. Just mute people whining or don't make needlessly vague comments about secondhand information—it's just video games

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If a big chunk of the information is correct then you gotta assume that plans changed instead of it being false info.

 

[Wein Cruz]

That's it? Just a screen upgrade? I guess the wait to buy a Nintendo system continues.

 

[Pancakes R Us]

This thing needs an easy name to reference it on the web.

I hear by name this system the SwOLED.

Thank you and goodnight.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Oddly enough I was playing my launch switch for the first time in awhile a few days ago and I was like the screen is fine as it is. It's colorful enough, I have oleds so I know the difference on what the screen can produce. This seems like a lackluster update, IMO. Also 30 fps games on this OLED screen may(will) do worse than the LCD screen for motion handling.

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agreed. the screen quality wasn't something that I needed upgraded. Like, the lowest thing on my list. I'm curious to see how the speakers sound and if they've done any changes at all to the on-board audio chipset.

 

[Belthazar90]

How are we to know someone is simply spreading false information intentionally as opposed to just having a bad source or having outdated information or reporting on something that has simply changed? Does that distinction even matter? At the end of the day if people here want to play with "insiders" (and I think most do, this place and the people in it fucking beg for any scrap or morsel of information they can get) then you have to take the good with the bad. If you want to have a blanket "no insders/no teasing" allowed on this site, sure go for it, but I don't think that's what people actually want, at least not outside of the weird anger/backlash to this announcement. People will be angry but in 2 weeks when someone teases something they'll go back to eating it right up because frankly that's what gamers want. They want to be in the know. They want a peek into what is generally a very secretive industry. So if you are going to do that, you take the good with the bad.

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Intentional or not I think people wanting to claim insider knowledge should have to put their accounts on the line and just be banned from the forum if the information is not even remotely accurate.

 

[HououinKyouma]

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LOL. And only one of those systems means "Life."

 

[OrochiJR]

Do we know when it goes up for preorder?

 

[TheXbox]

I wonder how the OLED impacts battery life in handheld. I've been really pleased with it for the revised base model.

 

[Gobias-Ind]

So what happens in the next 6-12 months if a Pro version is announced?

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I will buy it and be thoroughly relieved that I don't have to play BotW2 on a TegraX1.

 

[Gay Bowser]

Dumb move. This model will tank.

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hahaha

oh, wow

 

[hurlex]

This kind of makes me nostalgic. I remember getting burned by the same Nintendo insiders for the Wii U announcement.

 

[BassForever]

Dumb move. This model will tank. Everyone who already owns a switch is holding out for better specs…not an OLED screen. I'll keep my launch switch until the "pro" model is released.

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Gonna tank it's way to the top of the sales charts

 

[Arkai]

I'm sorry but... What's the point of the vetting processes and whatnot if the supposed insiders have no repercussions over spreading wrong information and misleading users? It's an honest and very fair question.

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People are verified to see if they are in a position to know such information.

The thing is, shit happens. Information can be old. Things also simply don't pan out. Not one person will have a 100% track record. Ever. Nor do you get insiders that come on to deliberately mislead, and that's the big thing. If anyone even tries that they get caught out and banned.

Names have been mentioned here of credible individuals. Why should they get punished? They've had things right before in the past that displays credibility. They don't deliberately mislead. Reports get corroborated. So if something ends up wrong, so what? Why the repercussion? It's not an all or nothing with insiders.

At the end of the day, people need to stop confirming things in their head when they read reports or things they want to hear. Everything should always be taken with a grain of salt until its confirmed. Regardless of how much smoke there is.

 

[HelloWorldCK]

I only wanted a cheap version only for TV, like Nintendo Switch TV.

 

[Tahnit]

Keep in mind guys. We are in the middle of a massive chip shortage. Nintendo is probably waiting until things calm down to get with Nvidia to make the next tegra specifically for a switch 2 or whatever. THERE IS GOING TO BE A MORE POWERFUL SWITCH at some point. Hybrid is the way forward and nintendo knows this. Right now though, things are rough making chips and until that calms down it does not make sense to make a new switch that only a handful of people will be able to buy. It is still selling extremely well, most first party games run fine on the thing. It's third party that is kinda an issue but even then there are games that run exceptionally well for how they look e.x. Monster hunter rise.

calm the fuck down, stop blaming insiders, stop whining like spoiled children, stop calling for insiders to be banned, Ect. Just be better. Please.

 

[Scottoest]

I feel like that absolvers the 'insiders'/leakers too much. Part of the deal with this game is that the leakers get clout and fame if they're right and if they're wrong or just lying then they get the boot or whatever. Of course plans change but there's plans change and just completely whiffing. Somehow Nintendo insiders in particular are always whiffing.

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I mean, it's entirely possible (maybe even probable) that Nintendo do indeed have a "Pro" model in the works still, and what was announced today isn't it.

This model is more of a minor refresh than an upgrade, so it may be integrating some of the changes that will also show up in that later Pro model (such as the OLED screen).

"Insiders" I'm sure rarely get the full picture of a platform's plans - they get pieces from individual perspectives.

 

[ArrogantBastard]

Didn't they share some analytics saying a greater % of people play in handheld. It sucks for us TV only players but it makes sense

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OLED is sexy no doubt, still playing at 20fps in sub 480P ain't.

 

[Arithmetician]

Hahaha I don't know why people are mad at the insiders. I've been following all the insider hints and I find them to be interesting and worth listening to, although I never once fell for the Switch Pro hype.

I think instead of a better vetting process for insiders, who are doing thankless work, perhaps we should have a better vetting process for regular users, who are seemingly incapable of critically evaluating the information presented to them.

 

[JetBlackPanda]

Wow that's disappointing. The standard hardware is struggling even on first party games and it looks like hell on my LG CX.

my launch switch and lite will have to keep going.

a slight hardware bump to output at a higher res and better fps would have set the switch on fire, even more so then it already is.

 

[Heazy]

Yeah, the longer the trailer went on for the more I felt dissappointed.
I just sold my OG switch and was ready for a "pro" enhanced version. deffo not buying the same thing again just a fraction of an inch bigger

 

[Ganondolf]

I'm guess dlss will be in the switch 2. Can't see them releasing a new model next year so 2023 would be too late and close to switch 2

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

You guys aren't serious about demanding a reprisal against the insiders, right?

You do know that the minute somebody says PS5 Pro at least half of you are going to jump in their arms again, right?

 

[AaronMT]

 

[Nerokis]

Nate made this video in response to Digital Foundry who had just put out a video declaring the new Switch was just an OLED-upgrade with no new internals, which contradicted Nate and Bloomberg. In hindsight, Nate probably should've backpedaled more at that point.

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Damn. Did this video go under the radar or something? March 8th! We could've been having more grounded discussion about this for months. :P

Also, y'all need to stop with the dramatics about insiders. Seriously. We should have the bandwidth for people getting things wrong. Insiders are imperfect, mix things up, and sometimes miss the sweet spot in terms of clearly delineating between confirmed information, plausible information, and deduced information. Feel free to add some additional grains of salt to the next round of leaks or whatever, but this great need to punish someone because you're disappointed by the lack of DLSS is too much.

 

[Zaheer]

Era's policies on on "insiders" is quite frankly laughable and stupid, this wouldn't have happened if the site stop giving carte blanch to any clown that call themselves "insiders" even worst, the site gets a bunch of user stanning for these "insiders" and get mad when they are call out on their bullshit.
It is time for ERA to update their policy on "insiders" get your act together.

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Totally agree.

 

[immortaljellyfish]

i have the same question. of course i'm against harassing or insulting insiders but it really feel like there should be something done when it turns out someone (knowingly or not) has been misleading people for a long time. it would be ok if it's just some random hint but when there's 500 pages of discussion and speculation on the basis that the insider was correct, it feels like there should be something done to stop this from happening again. not to mention basically every single thread about a switch game announcement getting derailed with switch pro talk.

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Just checking in to see if the meltdown is as disproportionate as expected. It's certainly delivering.

 

[NinjaScooter]

I feel like that absolvers the 'insiders'/leakers too much. Part of the deal with this game is that the leakers get clout and fame if they're right and if they're wrong or just lying then they get the boot or whatever. Of course plans change but there's plans change and just completely whiffing. Somehow Nintendo insiders in particular are always whiffing.

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How much "clout" or "Fame" they get is entirely up to the posters/community here, not the moderation. They get clout or fame because people eat this shit up. Again, how do people want to mods to determine whether an insider is just "lying for clout" as opposed to having a outdated or incorrect source? I mean a bunch of y'all already believe the mods are incapable of vetting so now you want them to do some insider investigation? Again, I ask, do you want Jason Schrier banned? Because he hinted at the Switch pro?

This is 100% in the control of the people here. You are 100% in control of how you react or respond the next time some "insider" rumor springs up. But most of the same people here up in arms are the ones who can't help themselves and will be all in when the next insider rumor hits.

 

[Lengusta]

Think I'll be buying it, I've been waiting for a bigger more edge to edge screen. Makes sense for nintendo to not release a pro model yet, it's selling like hotcakes might as well wait until next year.

I'm sure the pro version is still coming.

 

[Enrico Pallazzo]

LOL just an OLED version? This is lame. I'll stay with my normal Switch.

 

[Ouroboros]

This is some "in my bubble" out of touch stuff right here.

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hahaha

oh, wow

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Gonna tank it's way to the top of the sales charts

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Sorry, I just don't see this doing that well. I'll eat crow and change my avatar to whatever you choose if I'm wrong.

 

[Rune Walsh]

Lol. I put off getting a Switch for almost a year thinking that a pro model was coming, then I broke down and got one; now I find out it's mild improvements that I don't care about. I can't help but laugh at myself and the hype this generated.

 

[tadale]

This is a hugely disappointing announcement considering the rumors.

 

[jeelybeans]

Won't games technically look worse at the same resolution but on a bigger screen? I was hoping for a minor spec bump just enough to get 720p for some games on handheld. :(

 

[Kaeden]

I'm sorry but... What's the point of the vetting processes and whatnot if the supposed insiders have no repercussions over spreading wrong information and misleading users? It's an honest and very fair question.

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People make mistakes. I'm not happy about it either but I think directly attacking or trying to jump on the wagon against them is unnecessary.

 

[BarryBurton]

So it's not a 'pro' model?
Lol.

Pass.
I rarely play my OG one

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Probably wouldn't get much mileage out of a pro model either then.

 

[rasu]

i may just jump in on this! i see the specs mention bluetooth... if i could finally connect a pair of bluetooth headphones to the switch, i would be a happy duck!

 

[Deleted member 10737]

Just checking in to see if the meltdown is as disproportionate as expected. It's certainly delivering.

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i don't think my post counts as a meltdown? i wasn't invested in the idea of switch pro at all and almost never posted in the speculation thread.

 

[blame space]

good guy nintendo looking out for my wallet in these trying covid times 👍

 

[Dirtyshubb]

 

[Apath]

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[Okii]

All these insiders taking their fake clout and running out the back door now. Y'all played yourselves, this is the most Nintendo shit ever lol.

 

[Cyclonesweep]

Intentional or not I think people wanting to claim insider knowledge should have to put their accounts on the line and just be banned from the forum if the information is not even remotely accurate.

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Woof.
People take shit too seriously.

Bloomberg was talking about this. Should we ban Bloomberg now too?