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If this is real fuck you Nintendo, so bull shit for not just making it oled. There's a $50 difference right now between the regular and oled variant which could 100% just be worked into the new switch pricing. You just know they're releasing the oled model 1-3 years after launch so people buy again.
I have an OLED model and cringed when I saw it will have LCD. It will honestly probably feel like a downgrade for me.
I already mostly play in handheld just because the visuals look so much better compared to my TV
Then vote with your wallet. Don't buy something for more money, which have inferior features to the last generation product. This is clearly a case of monetiseing exclusivity and FOMO to sell you something which was not designed to last.
They are just being hyperbolic. Sir this is a Nintendos.
I get you, but there is much value in learning to appreciate - truly appreciate - the smaller things in life. A good roast of coffee first thing on a cold winter's morning can be life changing, at least in its small part and moment. Many of us spend many hours with our televisions, and a great TV can also be life changing. I find life much more enjoyable when I appreciate the thousands of wonderful moments in between the traditionally "life changing" ones.
Perfect time to buy the switch 1 OLED when it comes out
Why not get a Steam Deck and emulate Nintendo games instead? Along the thousands of games you play on Steam...
Too bulky for me
Switch emulators have weird stuttering, frame rate, and various issues. I should know I tried to emulate them. It was a mess. Also, a lot of people really don’t want a handheld with all the hassles of a PC. People like consoles because they’re simple. Hence why the switch has sold like 150 million, and the steam deck has sold like 1.5 million.
Switch has been out a lot longer and has a bigger company behind it. I don't think anyone ever expected SD to catch up in sales. However, the SD has clearly had an impact on the handheld market. And without tinkering, it functions way more like a console than a full PC.
And I don't know what setup you used for switch emulation, but I've emulated several switch games with perfect success. I certainly mostly play my switch games on switch, but I've put a handful on the deck for travel and it's been great. Along with my 3ds games since my actual 3ds went to electronics heaven.
Why buy a steam deck when you can emulate Nintendo games on your PC?
I'm actually happy. I play my switch docked 99.9% of the time. I have brought it on exactly two trips on the six years I have owned it, and played it all of one time each trip in handheld mode. I wouldn't want to pay extra for a feature I would never use. Even if it only saves me $50, that's the price of a game right there.
Ideally though, they would launch both on the same day at different price points.
They probably have a lot of old LCD screens they need to get rid of.
Honestly, I saw that and was grateful that I won't have the urge to buy it.
Weren't there rumors that they actually meant to release a new model years ago, but between the Pandemic and the Chip Shortage, they couldn't get what they needed?
That said, with things like the GBA SP, the DSi and the New 3DS, it isn't off-brand for Nintendo to release minor improvements along the way.
I'm probably in the minority, but I don't mind a cheaper LCD model. The only time I see my switch screen is when I'm moving it from my living room dock to my bedroom dock. The only time I really use portables is like 8+hr flights, literally sits hidden under my TV 24/7 rest of time so I don't really need it to have a fancy screen. As long as both models have the same dock performance, I'm fine with it.
The people here really don’t understand Nintendo. They want the console to be as cheap as possible to get it to the most hands as possible and then make the real money on the games. Mom and dad see the price tag isn’t too bad and pull the trigger. Everything has a cost, including an OLED screen Vs LCD (presumably IPS).
Maybe but not all that much. Among all consoles, Nintendo Switch is the only one whose hardware is profitable.
Really? Virtually all consoles aren't, I expected the switch wasn't. The Wii was, which really boosted their profits.
Yeah, it's one of the reasons they stick to weaker hardware.
I have a switch lite. It costs me $140CDN used (as opposed to $250-$300 for an OLED). No complaints. Just wish I could play games like RDR2, Ubisoft on it.
I’m pretty fed up with Nintendo at this point not planning to buy a new console
I bought a Steam Deck and it's amazing. 10/10 would recommend. Never really play my Switch anymore.
The Switch has a screen? I've never really noticed mine.
I'd bet money that the dev kits are just LCD, and there will be a huge revision between the dev kits and the finished product. Historically early dev kits look nothing like the actual console.
The screen on a handheld really doesn't matter.
If you cared about visuals, you wouldn't play in a handheld, in the same way that if you want to watch high quality video, you don't watch it on your phone either.
The additional resources it needs are wasted on such a tiny screeb
I mean definitely fuck Nintendo, but why would people fall for that?