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WSJ: Nintendo shifts part of production from China to SEA, and starts production for two new Switch SKUs
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I know what you mean i was there when it happened, i meant i'll believe it's coming the moment Nintendo announces it.
Everytime there is proof and when it doesn't happen the story changes to fit their narrative.
I have a crazy conspiracy about scarlett as a switch compatible console / dock being a collaborative effort between Nintendo and Microsoft in the works since OG switch development. My theory is that the new switch models and possibly the OG will be compatible.
The OG switch was a market test for hybrid console viability.
Microsoft is moving towards services rather than console focus.
They have been increasingly friendly to each other lately.
Many clues towards "bringing gamers together".
- scarlett - nintendo logo color
- original switch codename: NX (Nintendo / Xbox)
- american offices are on top of eachother, so a partnership is easy.
- hybrid chipset architecture would allow the compatible switch/scarlett console to support more games than any system / service.
- the switch family manufacturing is moving to taiwan (where xbox 1 and likely scarlett will be produced)
The OG switch was a market test for hybrid console viability.
Microsoft is moving towards services rather than console focus.
They have been increasingly friendly to each other lately.
Many clues towards "bringing gamers together".
- scarlett - nintendo logo color
- original switch codename: NX (Nintendo / Xbox)
- american offices are on top of eachother, so a partnership is easy.
- hybrid chipset architecture would allow the compatible switch/scarlett console to support more games than any system / service.
- the switch family manufacturing is moving to taiwan (where xbox 1 and likely scarlett will be produced)
Yeah let's forget about how she was right about everything else lol.
That happens all the time. It's like a conspiracy or something.
New 3DS had a ~6x increase in CPU power. Not nearly as much in GPU speed though, but an enormous CPU boost.
But yeah I'm assuming there will be some other upgrades. One of the original reports talked about better screen quality.
I'll wait and see what actually happens but UK pricing for Nintendo products is just getting worse and worse
£49.99-£59.99 for titles in the eshop with prices that never come down, ever, even the third party ones that are less than a tenner on other, far more robust platforms
It is like anti-business sense. It is like Salvador Dali's take on an eshop. It is like a company that neither cares about getting it right nor shows an interest in ever trying
I mean really it's not your job to do that, lol.
If Nintendo wanted to squash these reports they could do so very easily by issuing a very simple statement. "There will be no new Switch models released this year".
Easy as that. They're not doing that, probably because these reports are to some extent true.
Not really imo. The games like Witcher 3 are announced for regular switch. A pro model won't make this any easier since the game has to run on an OG Switch undocked @ normal launch specs.
Sure maybe it would perform better on a Pro but it's not like these games are brought into existence on Switch because of a Pro model.
It will be like New 3Ds. Minor improvement (yes, I know they added two cores and doubled RAM but they did this in 2015 when 4 cores and 1-2GB RAM were super cheap and they chose to only increase cores a bit and only up RAM to 256MB, whereas 512-1GB would have been cheap too) with a 1080p screen maybe, and better frame rates (like MH4U on New 3Ds)
New 3DS' upgrades likely would've seen more widespread usage had the New 3DS been introduced in the 3DS' 2nd year as opposed to coming out in the tail end of the system's lifecycle.
Those games can be shown/advertised with Pro footage, which those publishers would probably prefer if the games will look noticeably better.
Yeah, but Witcher 3 is being advertised on the regular Switch, for now. We will see what happens when the Pro comes out.
Even just a literal die shrink of the OG Switch Tegra X1 to 12nm would open up a host of issues like likely it would be possible for undocked mode to now run what the previous docked performance portably for 3 hours or so.
And docked mode would be able to likely go to full 500 gigaflop potential of the chip.
It would be a decent jump.
And docked mode would be able to likely go to full 500 gigaflop potential of the chip.
It would be a decent jump.
The Tegra X1 is from 2015, Switch uses a lower clocked version of the chip. It's really "old" in terms of technological advancement
I will 100% replay this game if a switch pro does release. 1080p XB2 with a solid frame rate sounds like heaven.
I think they should get these out before Astral Chain,Witcher 3, DaemonXMachina, DragonQuest XI etc launch so that those games can be seen in there best possible light on the upgraded Switch, which will be great for marketing the pro upgrade.
I was hoping the cheaper Switch would be out in time for MUA 3 because i think this game has potential to have enough content and replayability that it could be a surprisingly good system seller for Switch at 199.99 or less price point.
I was hoping the cheaper Switch would be out in time for MUA 3 because i think this game has potential to have enough content and replayability that it could be a surprisingly good system seller for Switch at 199.99 or less price point.
Bookmarked this post to revisit it. Take the tinfoil hat off, mate.
Hahahaha. This post gave me a good chuckle. And to top it off, love the screen name! TRUE_EARTH. True story, bro.
So if they're starting production, assumption would be both models are coming simultaneously, right?
I mean they already confirmed Witcher 3 is 540p handheld. A Pro model isn't going to make these games possible, it's just going to offer an extra level of improvement while it still runs on base hardware. I just don't think any secret Pro model has anything to do with new games like Witcher 3 being announced because they have to work on OG Switch anyway
That's true. I could see them returning it to full fat clocks. In fact I'd guess exactly that if anything, as it's path of least resistance type of thing. Works perfect for back compatibility too. You literally convinced me right now LOL.
4GB RAM s already pretty healthy especially for the power class here, so not much need to upgrade that. I mean are they going to 8GB? would be pointless, that's as much as Xbox/PS4 which are still way more powerful. Also RAM is very expensive.
I think so.
Also, I recall PS4 (original) production starting in August for a November release. So three to four months away. Depends on how much they want to produce before launch. Also, they might still need to do a test run off the line first.
Right but I'm guessing CDPR would be more keen to port it if they were ensured that at least some of the pre-release marketing showed it looking better on the pro too.
We don't know when either of them started production, just that they're both currently in production. It's possible that the lite started production a month ago and the pro just started this week, for instance.
Yeah this is what I want most. Let it still be docked, maybe with a smaller dock, but work with everything else. No need to remove joy cons and break compatibility when they can just include joy cons that are gutted of functionality to bring down price, like the Hori Dpad Con.
I don't want to get my hopes up, so I'm going to assume one sku is the mini and the other is just a minor refresh my of the OG Hardware.
I'll be over the moon if we get a real Pro version.
I'll be over the moon if we get a real Pro version.
Dude have you heard these stories about how the TRUE_EARTH is flat? I think they may actually be more likely than this scenario
I'm trying to say that having the games shown running on a pro would be better marketing for those games than just showing it on the OG Switch.
Right now you see TW3 running at 540p handheld on the Switch, but in a month once the pro is revealed (or whenever it's revealed) they can have media outlets playing the game on the pro and looking/running better than it does on the base Switch. Then in the ads running up to release they can show pro footage.
It's synergistic marketing for both the pro and the game, moreso than you'd get without a revision.
That and the 3DS hardware, it's development tools, and games were never designed with variable performance in mind. Also it's GPU was a complete dead end design wise.
Theoretically, but there are so many hurdles to design around in that scenario, both from a hardware and software perspective, it seems to me that it would probably more worthwhile to just build a standard console that shares the same library.
I'd imagine that actual developers like those at CDPR are well aware of what they work with and are quite proud of the results they have obtained on Switch. Of course, marketing departments are another thing. But it's interesting to note that, at least for Nintendo Directs, all game footage is Nintendo Switch footage, so we will see what Nintendo's policy is with this matter.
Anybody remember that patent Nintendo filed before the Switch was announced about a supplementary computation device? Microsoft announcing that you can set up the Xbox as an I home server reminded me of that.
It said something l along the lines about allowing a device to wirelessly borrow processing abilities from other hardware. I wonder if that patent ever comes into play for Nintendo.
Edit: here's a link to an article from 2016 that gives a summary of the SCD https://amp.tweaktown.com/?url=http...tents-external-console-upgrade-box/index.html
It said something l along the lines about allowing a device to wirelessly borrow processing abilities from other hardware. I wonder if that patent ever comes into play for Nintendo.
Edit: here's a link to an article from 2016 that gives a summary of the SCD https://amp.tweaktown.com/?url=http...tents-external-console-upgrade-box/index.html
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Switch is gonna be close to 3 years old by the end of the year.
Hardware is from 2015.
Not believing in the Pro is going to be the new "X" game not possible on Switch 0_o
Moving production away from China makes sense. The tariffs were gonna ruin the pricing scheme in NA.
He already waited over 20 years as it is. What is a couple more months?
You realize you're claiming that the Wall Street Journal is deliberately and illegally fabricating a conspiracy to sink a company's sales.
Do you hear yourself?