Nintendo Switch 2: Thread 01

[briareos_kerensky]

Gives Nintendo between now and March next year to try and aim for the all-time console hardware sales record.

I don't think it's for that, but to squeeze every possible drop from the old hardware, and have at least one big cross-generation title ready to bolster sales of both.
I think Switch 2 will launch from September '25 onwards, which sits perfectly with me.

[Nu-Eclipse]

I don't think it's for that, but to squeeze every possible drop from the old hardware, and have at least one big cross-generation title ready to bolster sales of both.
I think Switch 2 will launch from September '25 onwards, which sits perfectly with me.

I disagree. Nintendo might not say it openly but really it is. There's literally no other reason for them to persist with hardware that is nearly a decade old at this point. Also, the numbers matter more to Sony, MS and Nintendo then they like to admit (see how Sony recently tried to say that the PS2 sold more than what was actually recorded).

The cross-gen sales boost argument might've worked a year or two ago but not now, not when so many many people own more than one Switch system, though I will say that I do think the Switch Lite will get a new model to bring it up to par (or as close to par as possible) with whatever the new hardware spec will be.

IIRC, Nintendo's recent sales forecast for Switch in the new fiscal year was 15m units - precisely the amount needed to overhaul PS2. That isn't coincidental.

[Neon Ignition]

It's impressive that in its eighth year they're only now projecting it to sell less in a year than it did at launch - or in other terms in the coming year the Switch will 'only' sell 50% of the Xbox Series S/X lifetime sales

[Neon Ignition]

https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/1cnfop9/famiboards_investigating_customs_and_shipment/

Publicly listed shipping information has emerged details about Switch 2


-The suggestion is that the standard tablet, two joy-cons and dock set up remains intact
-2x 7500 M/T Ram chips totalling 12GB
-256GB internal storage space
-T239 Nvidia SoC
-Realtek audio chip
-NFC reader
-HDMI 2.1 support
-Realtek Ethernet controller
-Headphone jack support
-Built in microphones
-14mm deep hardware design
-115mm tall hardware design
-206mm width hardware design

[fishbowlhead]

Ive no idea what that SoC is or what it can do?

[briareos_kerensky]

Ive no idea what that SoC is or what it can do?

System On (a) Chip, a single chip with CPU, GPU, etc etc rather than several separate chips doing one particular workload. Basically what every smartphone and mobile device use nowadays.

[fishbowlhead]

Sorry I should of been more specific, I know what A soc is, I just don’t know what that one is capable of.

[briareos_kerensky]

If rumors have to be believed, the T239 is derived by an nVidia SoC with 12 CPU cores and 2048 CUDA cores based on Maxwell technology; in numbers alone, it would mean 3 to 4 times the Switch's power. However that is a 65W chip, so we can expect at least half the cores on both CPU and GPU.

[dataDave]

Ive no idea what that SoC is or what it can do?

You can get cotton ones, and they can be blessed.

[Nu-Eclipse]

Yes, the follow-up hardware to the original Switch will definitely maintain the same RRP and there will definitely be no chance of it price matching 1:1 across currencies. None whatsoever.

If this isn't Nintendo - the masters of keeping R&D costs comparatively low when making consoles and console games - publicly letting consumers know that they should expect pricier hardware and software come Switch 2 then I'm Waluigi.

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/08/nintendo-notes-a-rise-in-research-and-development-costs-as-switch-2-looms

[Neon Ignition]

There's a rumour that Nintendo will be moving up its Direct to land this month instead of September like normal. It's flimsy stuff but perfectly possible too, however it seems to have triggered all manner of fever in some that Switch 2 is suddenly going to decend like God upon us any day now due to some panic stricken mindset at Nintendo HQ over Switch's 'poor' sales figures. Much like the half decade of nonsense Switch Pro tales, it feels like a staggering amount of wishful thinking over common sense. Nothing will help Nintendo sales more than razing the Switch 1 market to the ground weeks before the Xmas season

[Neon Ignition]

https://www.eurogamer.net/hopes-fade-for-switch-2-launch-in-early-2025

I wonder if that source was... Nintendo several months ago?
*bangs head on table*

[Neon Ignition]

https://www.moneydj.com/kmdj/news/newsviewer.aspx?a=3cb5741c-67db-4864-9b39-e02d6636bc8e

Mass manufucturing potentially looking set to begin within the next Quarter

[Lebowski]

surprised nobody talking about the nintendo museum direct, looks interesting but surprised by the poor condition of some of the exhibits.

you’d think nintendo would be able to source decent condition boxed consoles and games, dog eared donkey kong boxes and tatty NES boxes in glass cases is not what you expect to see in a museum.
the lego vault in billund has a library bunker type situation with multiple copies of every set they have ever created mint in box.

in contrast the dog eared and shelf worn boxes on show in the direct that are in worse condition than my own are particularly sad.

https://www.eurogamer.net/heres-a-peek-at-nintendo-museums-huge-controllers-super-scope-shooting-gallery-and-more

[QualityChimp]

I'm just gonna pop over to importaku's house instead. More interesting games and in better condition at his carefully curated collection!