VGC is reporting this afternoon that its sources have told them that Nintendo is currently aiming to launch the successor the popular Nintendo Switch family of systems in the second half of next year and that developers already have development kits for the unnamed platform. The system Nintendo is planning to launch sounds very much like a direct sequel to the Nintendo Switch with their unnamed sources stating that the new system can be played in portable mode and will use cartridges. The system will launch with an LCD screen, rather than the more expensive OLED screen found on the Nintendo Switch (OLED Model) to keep costs down and will have increased storage. As always this is a rumour and Nintendo has yet to announce their follow up system to the Nintendo Switch family of systems.
VGC: Nintendo planning to launch new system second half 2024, dev kits with key partners
Even Nintendo president said something like its after march 2024.
It seems like every week we keep getting more and more information about a brand new Nintendo console releasing next year, guess will have to keep on waiting for an announcement reveal if this does infact become true.
I guess we have to wait for the actual announcement from Nintendo since they are being very secretive and quiet for all of their projects they are developing.
I can see Nintendo going back to LCD to keep the cost down, probably so that they can make a more powerful system that doesn’t drain it’s battery like the ASUS ROG Alia does, which that thing uses OP hardware.
From what I can gather, I think I can make a few guesses:
– LCD 720p Display, 60hz (You don’t really need anything above 720p for a portable console)
– Nvidia Tegra X2 SOC (Possibly on the same level as a Xbox One when docked and undock will be below)
– DLSS 2.0 Support
– 8GB LPDDR5 RAM (Though I Nintendo possibly upping it to around 12GB if pushed by Devs)
– 64GB Storage (Probably another Flash Storage)
– Outputs 1080p (Again, don’t expect 4K Output unless Nintendo surprises us)
– Dock with LAN port (I think Nintendo might want to keep that feature from the OLED model)
These can all be proven wrong, but you never know.
The Tegra X2 does not support DLSS so this is partly wrong with your assumptions:)
the chip that supports it is the RTX 30XX so it will be an Nvidia Orin as SoC (assumed of course)
uuuuh yea
Thts a pretty bad idea if the GPU is a X2. It’s barely more powerful and just solves the memory bandwidth issue of the X1 by doubling it.
If anything it wuld b the Orin, which is roughly in the ballpark of a base PS4 and has the hardware to support DLSS and RT.
“These can all be proven wrong, but you never know.”
“I think I can make a few guesses”
Notice how I didn’t act like a know-it-all and just made simple guesses?
I just mentioned “Tegra X2” because in previous rumours it was mentioned how it’s just an inhanced version of the Tegra X1+ chip, so put down your nerdy glasses guys, no need for the “Um achully”.
Likely hood it’ll be a full custom chip from Nvidia, might not even be a Tegra but rather one based off their recent Mobile Chips but suited for Nintendo next console
Then what was even the point of making your comment if you didn’t want people to refute with their own ideas? You don’t need to start being offended by it. yeesh
Could’ve just told us you weren’t looking for a discussion/differing opinion. lol
Interesting. Seeing as the Switch sales have no signs of slowing down.
Well Wii sales were still doing well before the Wii U’s launch, so it’s possible
@Chris That’s actually not true. Wii sales had basically flatlined by 2011. It’s true that the Wii often sold better than the Wii U… but that wasn’t hard to achieve. Wii U, at its worst, sold 160k units in THREE MONTHS.
Rate of sales under no circumstances is a reason for a company to not release the next big thing. In fact it would be very stupid of nintendo not to do so
Before I suggest therapy or you’re a looney tune. Do you know what year it is or where you are? I’m being sarcastic, but at the same time:
“Hardware is already projected to fall 16.5% year-on-year in the current fiscal, while the minus for software is expected to hit 15.9%.”
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sources-nintendo-switch-2-targets-2024-with-next-gen-console/
And sales have been been dropping for a couple of years. It’s not a slight against tou, it’s just a natural process. What goes up, must come down.
@linkmetroid see here https://mynintendonews.com/2023/07/08/japan-the-nintendo-switch-had-its-best-june-ever-in-2023/
Of course sales are dropping. Why wouldn’t they after 6 years. But if the Switch sells on average 20mil units per fiscal year, that 16% decline isn’t bad in the scheme of things.
I don’t want another Switch. It’s my 3rd least favorite Nintendo console.
And yet its the 3rd best selling gaming platform (outside of PC) of all time. Most people love the Switch and Nintendo handhelds have historically been their most profitable for ages. I would be surprised to see anything but a second Switch like successor.
True but no Nintendo console sequel surpassed the orginal yet
Not SNES, not Game Boy Color, not 3DS and not Wii U. So what are the chances Nintendo will break this tradition?
I think the chances of a Switch 2 are very high. Firstly as I stated, most of their audience wants and expects a Switch 2. Its wise to listen to your audience when they’re being very vocal about what they want as that often times (but not always) is a fruitful endeavor. Now I suppose a counter to this argument is that Nintendo often times goes against what the public want and expect. In fact a popular YouTuber coined the phrase “The Kings of Left Field” referring to the fact they frequently do the unexpected.
And that would be a fair way to settle the argument and say I’m likely wrong, except there’s more to it. Let’s explore the various avenues they could take. I will be leaving out the idea of them creating a new way to play. Its a very Nintendo thing to do, but rather than list numerous ways they could potentially change things up or try to predict what they would do next I’d like to keep this a bit more simple.
A handheld only device doesn’t seem very likely to me as many people like to play games on a bigger screen. I would personally see this as a downgrade if I were unable to play Nintendo’s next generation gaming device on my monitor.
A console only device means they would have to directly compete with Sony and Microsoft’s current platforms and Nintendo has already stated that they choose this unique path (relating to the Switch) to separate themselves from the competition, saying that they want to free themselves to do their own thing.
A console and a handheld would be an odd choice at this point as merging them together was a brilliant idea when they created the Switch. The greatest handicap of this scenario is the split attention they would have to deal with again by having to support two separate gaming machines at the same time. By creating the hybrid design, they eliminated the need to create games for two platforms simultaneously and could focus all their attention on the Switch platform which was a merging of both ways to play.
Obviously I don’t expect every Nintendo platform in the future to be like the Switch and they will try something else sooner or later, but Nintendo does like to recapture the magic of a successful generation even if historically they haven’t had the same amount of success as their predecessor. I do have more faith in a Switch 2 though as the concept of the Switch was a smart design choice and would be wise to replicate one more time where especially the Wii U had a ton of flaws.
If they expect me to fork over $400 for new hardware console then I expect them to work on franchises one year after the previous game went on sale not 10
to 20 years later. Metroid 4 and Pikmin 4 over a decade from Metroid 3 and Pikmin 3 is no excuses. And Tropical Freeze is already 11 years old. If they workedmon Astral Chain 2 immediately then it could be a launch tittle.
And don’t tell me they can’t work on game franchises immediately because Galaxy 2 and Tears of the Kingdom says’s “HI. “
Galaxy 2 was just reusing a ton of scrapped ideas from the first game and Tears of the Kingdom recycled the same map as the first game. While both of these games were excellent sequels to their predecessors on the same platform, you realize these are the exceptions and that these are two of Nintendo’s biggest franchises they have right? Delegating their resources to making a new Mario and Zelda game is going to be more of a priority than to making the next Pikmin or Metriod game. Sure these aren’t dead franchises like Starfox or F-Zero (sadly as I like both of them), but clearly Mario and Zelda are going to have more attention than most other franchises they have and those games getting 2 major 3D adventures on one platform are a rarity.
Majora’s Mask is another one
Galaxy 2 already had most of the core finished anyways with the 1st game. It was revealed that alot of the game were just leftover content and ideas they didn’t have time to put into the 1st game.
And was in a certain sense the “Master Quest” version of the 1st game.
TotK already had its core finished as well since it used BotW as its main baseline, and the idea was originally planned to b dlc b4 they switched gears into making it a full fledge sequel.
So not really good examples since both had alot of its work done for them already.
“Increased storage” Oh boy can’t wait for 128gb storage (still not enough)
You could fit a whole Call of Duty game on that…. well the first installation