If it's a similarly capable system built on a different SoC then it's totally reasonable for it to be a tiny boost like the Xbox one S. In fact it almost demands it since it may (or may not) have an op or two that's slightly slower at the same clock. Bumping the clock by 10% is probably very reasonable.
10W... Board consumption? TDP? to give undocked Switch performance, when the undocked Switch consumes less than 9W at full screen brightness, and 7 at minimum screen brightness. Surely the upgrade Nintendo needs to make a fan-less Switch.
People (like me) are speculating/assuming that Switch Pro will have the same form factor with the joy con and dock at around the same price making keeping the original redundant.
Thats super unrealistic anyways. Double Switch OG perf docked is around 750 Gflops
for nintendo handheld revisions, I think it's less than 3 months ahead of time.
That's not part of the rumor.
The memory bus is heavily rumored to have been updated, meaning a higher bandwidth.
X2 is newer and more efficient. X1 die shrinked with higher clocks I think is what we should hope for. Anything else we can be pleasantly surprised.
GBASP, DS Lite, and New 3DS were all 1-1.5 months between announcement and first regional launch.
Understood. I was just explaining my choice of "neither" on the poll.
That certainly isn't the only viable option to bring these devices to market, the big weakness to dropping the current SKU is no price drop for the hybrid switch this year.
I'm not trying to keep you from speculating, I'm just saying that we should keep speculations and facts far away from each other, and when you said what you said about 12nm, it creates false information that informs other's speculation and forces them into using that false information in debates and turns threads like these into a mess, and a frustrating experience for people who know better.
Thanks for the info! That's pretty interesting...I would've imagined there'd be more lead up time into the new release. The turnaround between announcement and actual release happens actually pretty quickly.
I think discontinuing the current switch makes more sense to simplify the market. 3 different pieces of switch hardware is just going to confuse people. Also don't see it dropping to $240 or the lite being $130 cheaper than the current model. That's a weird price.
The only difference between the X2 and the X1 is the ram bandwidth and the A53 swapped for Denver cores. If you die shrunk the X1, you'd just get the X2. They're the same thing in Nintendo's eyes
The thing I think is cool it the money they save on the screen and the removed components could be put toward CPU/GPU... they really could release a pretty decent box at $300
Agree, that's why I think the cheaper model will keep in some way the hybrid functionality. If the so-called Pro model releases for 300 bucks and replaces the original model then people will find themselves with no cheap option. The thing is selling crazy and most people will pay for it but still I believe there's a big room for people who simply want a cheaper Switch experience. If people want a Switch and see the only options are a handheld only and a 300 bucks console then they won't get any of them, Nintendo will find itself in the same situation as of right now.
However, you're segmenting the market again (having a WiiU and 3DS, for example) if you spend so much of the $300 on power; it's unlikely that software will be able to effectively take advantage of a huge jump in performance (if you want that software to be compatible with portable models as well).
I don't think it's a problem.
No, cause 300 still feels quite expensive for those more price sensitive, in my country the Switch is still around 330 euros.
That's why I don't expect one until they are ready to phase out the base model... could be sooner if "pro" model becomes the standard and they stop selling the old model... give it a year or to phase out
Again, Switch is selling pretty well right now as is. A better switch would have a lot of people double dipping and those on the fence might jump in on that.
Exactly, some people don't want to make a big investment. Despite its strong sales, I just refuse to believe there won't be a cheaper Switch.
...the lite will be the cheaper one?
So you agree that switch at its current price point/value is selling well.
It's probably a better idea for the end of the generation when they're just trying to get cheap boxes out there.
