Such a feature would be neat, but rumors around it have fallen quiet. This extra chip would be used to boost the console's power and video output when docked and connected to a 4K TV. There were murmurs of a potential co-processor chip to live in the dock of a Switch 2 or the once-rumored Nintendo Switch Pro. But we’d like to hope that Nintendo taps into enough CPU and GPU power to deliver a next-gen gaming experience. It would be difficult to guess at potential power or clock speeds. In fact, after a chaotic rumor tipping a Tegra chip based on Samsubg's 5-nanometer process node, which was then refuted by the tipster it originated from, we feel that the Nintendo Switch 2 will definitely have some form of Nvidia chip at its heart. But we’d still err on the side of Nvidia. We’d not be surprised if Nintendo got a custom chipset from Nvidia as well, given the success and scope of the Switch.īut advancements by AMD, as seen with the Valve Stream Deck, could put Team Red with an outside chance of providing the silicon for a next-generation Switch. We can expect Nintendo to stick with a system-on-a-chip from Nvidia, likely some next-generation take on the aged Tegra X1 chip found in the current Switch. (Image credit: Katarzyna Penar at Lightframes) So we would hazard a guess and say a next-gen Switch would sit around that price point, especially if it does indeed make use of an OLED display. This would allow the gaming company to ensure adequate supply at launch and avoid a stock shortage like the PS5 and Xbox Series X experienced.Īs for price, the Nintendo Switch OLED comes in at $349 / £309 / AU$539. The majority of reports suggest that a launch in 2024 is being targeted, but sources with "knowledge of Nintendo's next-gen console plans" (via VGC) suggest Nintendo is planning for a release date in the second half of next year. We take that to be referring to the Nintendo Switch 2. The same publication then reported that sources from a CMOS sensor provider, which has Nintendo as a customer, noted that a new "Japanese game console" is due to launch in early 2024.
This means we should not expect the Switch 2 until sometime after March 2024.Ī release in the first quarter of 2024 was given some weight by a report from Chinese investment site MoneyDJ, which when outlining the production outlook at Hongzhun, a metal cases manufacturer and subsidiary of Hon Hai Technology Group, expects the company to benefit from the launch of the Switch 2, presumably by manufacturing parts of the console.
While we had originally hoped Nintendo's latest hardware could arrive in 2023, during the company's annual financial report president Shuntaro Furukawa confirmed there are no plans to release any hardware during the next fiscal year.
0 kommentar(er)
