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Im not interested unless it has; Hall effect thumb sticks to reduce stick drift
An OLED screen
Backwards compatibility with Switch 1 games.
A headphone jack that allows game chat and game audio
And is designed to be easily repaired, like not having tons of adhesive, uncommon screw types etc
They're never going to get rid of the tri-wing screws.
Is there a practical reason they use those obnoxious screws or is it simply to discourage home repairs? When I had to replace my Switch's fan last year, those insanely tiny screws were a pain in the ass to not accidentally strip.
It's purposeful to discourage user servicing. I recommend purchasing a quality tri-wing driver, e.g. from iFixit or Proskit.
iFixit have the best driver at the price point, period
iFixit's pro kit is great even if you only open up one device a year
I figured as much. And yeah, when I replaced my fan I bought the iFixit kit which was really useful.
I'm usually not one to advertise, but they provide extremely accurate and complete guides for precision electronics repair, and sell the necessary tools and parts with sufficient quality and reasonable prices.
So you want a modded steam deck?
Wait, you can put a OLED screen on the Steam Deck?
Yep
You're not going to be interested then.
Lmao keep dreaming then. The switch aint ever gonna be that.
Please backwards compatible, please OLED, please enough power to 720p60fps everything natively (no upscaling, cause that sucks on such low res, Idm 4k upscaling).
1080p60fps on portable would be a dream but I‘m not that delusional.
I‘d also be hyped if they could offer joycons that make it usable for extended amounts of time in portable without destroying my hands or having to rely on third party cases.
Can we add a cheaper non-portable option to the wishlist? I don't like paying for a screen or battery or junky mobile controllers that I will never use.
This is exactly where I’m at. I don’t think my switch has left the dock on purpose since I bought it, what a waste of resources.
You mean the Switch U? Super Switch? Switch Advance?
Swiitch
NINTENDO SWITCHTY FOUR
This right here is the correct answer
I'm hoping for Switch Advance. I'd love a throwback logo and that old "Bling!" startup sound.
Boi if it has that bling and a transparent frosty blue option it's over, I'm buying it day one. I miss my Gameboy advanced so much, or maybe I miss being a kid, who knows.
After the Wii U fiasco I'd be shocked if they called it anything other than Switch 2.
I'd be shocked if they learned, but relieved as well.
My only wish for this console, is that it doesn't launch with an SoC, that's already a year outdated, by the time the thing is announced
Literally impossible since SoC vendors literally can't deliver working pre-production chips for development work
I mean, they say they do, but they really don't
Nintendo is going to want a console they can keep standardized for a while without hitting hardware limits early. It’s one of the only major flaws of the Switch, and while it’s not entirely their fault, they know the type of direction devs want to move in. IMHO they will have listened in this regard.
I don’t expect it will run “on par with PS5” as some rumors have suggested, though.
The PS5 is the size of a small boat. The only way Nintendo can release a portable console that matches it would be if it came in a wheelbarrow.
But the ps5 plays games in 4k .if i remember correctly 4k requires 16x compute power compared to 1080p ( on the gpu side ). So with dlss from 720p to 1080p it might be possible to match 4k ps5 . Alghtough it might be immposible with the games bound by cpu , unlike the ps4/xbox one generation the consoles this time dont have a completly dogshit CPU from the get go.
Yeah I agree, the Switch family in general are mostly meant to play official games like Zelda, DK and Mario whose older incarnations were also designed for other small consoles that ran on battery power, and not-so-demanding third-party games that can be played without connection to power like Minecraft BE. They’re like a modern DS with a bigger screen that you can connect to a TV and play with detachable controllers, and never pretended to be anything more.
That would be nice, but it's Nintendo so it probably will be old by the time it comes out.
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Cool! Despite its age, I'm still loving the Switch. Best all around library of consistently good games, at least single/local multiplayer.