More information has emerged from Bloomberg today about the potential successor to the Nintendo Switch, which has yet to be formally announced by Nintendo. They are reporting that Omdia analyst Hiroshi Hayase says that the next generation Switch 2 system is indeed coming this year and that it will sport an 8-inch LCD screen rather then OLED presumably to keep Nintendo’s profit margins up for the system. Mr. Hayase says that is what he has heard via the supply chain.
Omdia analyst says Switch 2 launching this year with 8-inch LCD screen
I wonder where he heard this type of info? Nintendo employees who can’t reveal or say stuff outside of work?
The article says this Bloomberg reporter gets information from the supply chain. i.e. there are many many people not employed by Nintendo manufacturing millions of little 8 inch screens. That’s where this kind of leak comes from typically. Hence why it’s about a component, not games or general ideas.
As well as a rumour, this would be a pretty good guess anyway. More than likely Nintendo will increase the screen size to around 8” to improve on the size of the Oled model and to be on par with the ps portal screen.
Also the lcd part could be true with regards cost with an Oled model coming later.
I wish Nintendo would offer a more premium version at launch though so we have the choice to have a more expensive Oled version with a bigger memory capacity, but I doubt they’ll do that, more likely milk the lcd and expect lots of fans to buy both versions ( like myself with current switch models).
Just want the to lift the lid on this now. I’m dubious about mp4 too and whether or not this will still be a current gen switch game or a crossover or just simple in the next system, my bets the latter.
Daaaaang that’s a big boy, not a huge fan of huge portable console but whatever, I usually play docked only so I’m cool with this, can’t wait to see Mario kart 9 on this thing
Nintendo should be able to increase it to 8″ while maintaining the same size as the current Switch, actually. The bezels alone are huge, plus a lot of plastic framing around those bezels. I’m just disappointed it will be LCD at launch: after the success of Switch (130+ million and counting), you would think the Big N’ would easily be able to get a sweetheart deal on a high-quality, 8″ OLED panel from Samsung Display.
True, but you have to have that OLED for that mid gen refresh lol
Right, because what would they do if they didn’t have that for later? Lol
I imagine giving us a 7inch, and calling it the Pocket switch 2 😂
Well…I could see it…lol
Switch 2 doesnt exist….
And then: announcing the release of a machine that still hasn’t been announced, it’s strong…. Who’s to say that Nintendo won’t release it in 1 or 2 years?
The fact that we are closing-in on finishing the 7th calendar-year of the Switch and starting on the 8th and we haven’t so much as heard a code-name of the thing yet, is puzzling. It could be attributed to the new leadership at Nintendo. Maybe Furukawa wants to do things differently than they have in the past. Traditionally, Nintendo starts talking about the general direction they want to go into a year or two after console release, and we get the code-name for the next-gen console about 2-3 years before launch. However, we are in January of 2024 and to quote Tim Russ from the movie ‘Spaceballs’……………
WE AIN’T FOUND, S**T!!!
A like for the Spaceballs reference alone.
Kimishima used to say that they wanted to support the Switch for a long time, so that is why the successor ir not talked about yet.
Rumors aside my only hope would be that they learn the lesson from switch launch year and actually keep these properly stock.
I don’t see myself getting one anytime soon, because you can bet people will buying all the stock with their bots. It was actually fairly easy to preorder one because people didn’t take the handheld seriously at the time.
They didn’t. I know in my mind that Nintendo might share a small news about it very soon when the time is right.
Point being I was a teenager back than, and had money save for the switch but booking it too every store and seeing they were usually always sold out was frustrating I didn’t get my switch till like 3 months after launch before e3, I be quite surprised if I even land the new system on launch day.
Yeah, I was trying to get my Switch after launch day when I was 22 or 23, but it was completely sold out in my area. After going multiple places in just one week, other stores didn’t even have a switch and they were sold out too as well. So I try another method to buy a Switch honestly. Amazon.
That’s the only solution I had to go to get my very own switch. Sometimes, whenever there is a new console on the market and in stores, it always sold out completely in just a week depending how capable the system is from console manufacturers who build them.
I’m happy it will have an LCD screen. That will make it cheaper and more affordable.
8 sound good for me. I never buy smaller screen like on mine switch oled.
LCD? Definitely waiting for the OLED version then
Im not even trying to get one at release, with scalpers buying up retailers entire stock and selling them online for a profit and everyone trying to get the most sought-after new technology on the market. Getting the Switch successor will most likely be almost impossible, unless they mass produce them and have a wide variety available. It wouldn’t hurt putting a limit on how many people can purchase, so scalpers can’t purchase retailers entire stock.
Asus Rog Ally came out with LCD and it looks gorgeous; and to be frank — I would actually prefer LCD compared to anything that can have burn-in. Yeah, I know, the OLED panel on Switch is good and takes EFFORT to make significant changes that would be annoyingly apparent, but still — LCD is chill.
Honestly, I’m just curious to even see what it would look like. I mean, Nintendo have to be closing in on a new system release at this point, given that we are nearly 7 years into the OG’s lifespan. It could be another year or so, but the point remains.
Out of curiosity, for whoever reads this, who got their Switch at launch and who would be willing to do so again for the new system?
I did get mine at launch, and there is no way I’m not getting Switch 2 day one.
Heck yeah! I also wish to do the same. Unfortunately, the GameStop in my town, where I got the OG Switch, has really gone downhill so I don’t have a very reliable place to get one on release day. I might just be ordering from Amazon and getting it whenever.
Gamestop left Norway in 2019, and there is no dedicated game shop left that I know of anymore. Only bigger electronic retailers and “nerd”-stores that sell everything and nothing have games now.
Online ordering has been the standard a long time here for me, but the downside is that the distributors here are so strict at times, that games have embargos that won’t let the retailers send them before release day; making us have to wait until the week after before the games arrive.
Man, that totally sucks. I bet that does get old, but at the same time, what other choice do you have? It’s extremely unfortunate that it works that way.
Closest one to me shutdown early last year. I don’t even know if the other one close to me is still open or not. I missed out on Sephy & the TotK amiibo due to this. 😵
This… saddens me.
Amiibo hunting can be so tiresome.
I would if I got money for it. It couldn’t be any worse than the time it took to finally get a bloody PS5.