Nintendo

Hopefully they let the OG switch titles run with more horsepower.

It would be simpler for them to drop the clock cycle on the new hardware down to match the original hardware when running the BC titles, that way they don't have to do as much testing to look for side effects.

Just play it on PC. It looks better at 4k too.

As soon as I saw that I thought "there's this generation's joycon deadzone"

I’m very curious what they’ve done to prevent people accidentally forcefully removing it during gameplay. The sliding lock was annoying at first, but if you’ve ever gripped the controller hard at a pivotal moment it’s probably good that it didn’t rip away or even stress the parts.

That can be a good thing. Iterative improvement is vastly underrated.

I mean, there wasn't a lot wrong with the switch to begin with.

That's what I said. Really though, that is basically what all consoles are. They just used to get really dramatic upgrades because the period of time they released have been big growth periods. These days? Everyone has conformed to the same thing and given up on proprietary stuff. Then I thought about how this really is odd for Nintendo since they genuinely strive to offer something unique and new each time. Then I realized it's also called switch 2 so I don't feel like they did anything wrong since what did I expect to change when they are literally telling you what it is which is pretty much defined already.

In the end, I think it's a smart move. It's the least disruptive path and probably the cheapest route for them to continue on and as long as the thing is really powerful I think it's a good idea to continue the brand for another 5 years. I do have my doubts that it will be powerful so that we'll just have to wait and see. Nintendo has never been big on offering up the most powerful hardware, so I expect it to be a few years behind already.

Basically turned me off from buying one until the next version. Not dealing with the scalpers for something that’s that inferior to my OLED steam deck. Saw a report that N will only be launching with 1/3 of the amount of switch 2’s they launched for the Switch 1. The scalpers are going to have a field day if that’s true.

OLED screen comes 2-3 years later, right around the time consumers will actually entertain the idea of purchasing the same console again.

Where have you seen that it won't be OLED?

I made this FOSS template for easy reuse.

def describe_nintendo_creativity(nintendo_game_name, new_version_number):
    print(
        f"Hm, {nintendo_game_name} {new_version_number} seems to look pretty similar " 
        f"to {nintendo_game_name} {new_version_number - 1}."
    )

describe_nintendo_creativity("Mario Kart", 9)
describe_nintendo_creativity("Pokemon", 21)

Did it even say it was MK9?

I do believe there are replacement sticks available nowadays that should mostly eliminate drift.

Edit

Yeah, I found them. They're made by a company called Gulikit. I know the joycons are faulty little things, but I will hand it to nintendo that they're the easiest controllers to work on currently. No soldering needed to replace the sticks.

Yeah, unless something really cool comes along, let's stick with "Switch". Maybe add some extra feature if something makes sense, but let's keep the hybrid system for a while.

On the bright side it confirms backwards compatibility which is big.

When the DS became the best selling gaming handheld we got

• DS OG 2004
• DS Lite 2006
• DSi 2009 (removed Gameboy slot)
• DSi XL 2010

They then went on to make the 3DS in multiple iterations including one where they just removed the 3D functionality and sold it again as a DS and the most recent model in 2017 was...

• New Nintendo 2DS XL

When they have a successful and well selling portable console they slow down on the innovation and go full into embrace the ecosystem as long as possible with minor improvements and if we use the DS as an indicator we have a decade of this.

It doesn't help that the rumored price is $450. If it ends up being that high, I'll definitely go for a Steam Deck instead. Con: can't play Switch 2 games. Pro: everything else. I know electronics are super expensive now, but without the advantage of a lower price, a competitor's portable console that's not a walled garden is a very tempting alternative.