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noisyturtle:
What are people's thoughts on Nintendo's next console announcement? Coming as early as next year™

Really, all it needs to be is what the Switch already is, but with a faster CPU and more powerful GPU. Maybe upgrade the screen a little? Better refresh, and native 1920 or even 2048 resolution in portable mode?
I feel like they really nailed it with the OLED ver of the Switch, but the fact it is running on basically WiiU hardware and cannot even run it's own games (or can it?? why TF does Zelda run great, but Pokemon runs like garbage?)

All I hope it that it keeps the same cartridge format, and can play original Switch games. There's literally zero reason to change up the media format since it does not use discs, and wouldn't being portable. Don't see any reason for two screens either.

Rhienfo:
Yeah that's all it needs to be in order for it to sell, and they have definitely learnt from the wii u to market it well. I do think it needs to be a far more powerful difference, especially with stuff like the steam deck coming to market to the point where I feel Nintendo will under-deliver on that aspects. It will probably give developers more to work with though, which is a good thing when trying to optimize games for the platform. But of course that can only go so far.

Also pokemon gets far less time and manpower to develop than zelda, because of the yearly release schedule, so they basically get 3 or so years and even with time crunch is not enough time to develop and polish an open world in general pokemon games have to be rushed due to the yearly schedule.

Darthbaggins:

--- Quote from: noisyturtle on Wed, 02 August 2023, 02:55:22 ---What are people's thoughts on Nintendo's next console announcement? Coming as early as next year™

Really, all it needs to be is what the Switch already is, but with a faster CPU and more powerful GPU. Maybe upgrade the screen a little? Better refresh, and native 1920 or even 2048 resolution in portable mode?
I feel like they really nailed it with the OLED ver of the Switch, but the fact it is running on basically WiiU hardware and cannot even run it's own games (or can it?? why TF does Zelda run great, but Pokemon runs like garbage?)

All I hope it that it keeps the same cartridge format, and can play original Switch games. There's literally zero reason to change up the media format since it does not use discs, and wouldn't being portable. Don't see any reason for two screens either.

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I knew when I finally bought a Switch (got the OLED over last Christmas holidays), Nintendo would finally release or announce a new model.  I do hope they go with an AMD SOC even though the Nvidia Tegra has served them well for over a decade now.  If Nintendo allowed a bump in clocks and memory speeds, the current gens would have fewer issues running the newer titles - has been noted by people Overclocking the PCU and memory has shown the best benefit for consistent frames (think it was Digital Foundry).

PlayBox:
honestly i'd prefer it to be something new and innovative like their past consoles not just doing a new switch

no nintendo console will ever beat the wii/wiiu the motion control is just too much fun even in 2023

noisyturtle:

--- Quote from: PlayBox on Mon, 21 August 2023, 15:52:39 ---honestly i'd prefer it to be something new and innovative like their past consoles not just doing a new switch

no nintendo console will ever beat the wii/wiiu the motion control is just too much fun even in 2023

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There is always a chance of that knowing Nintendo's hardware history, but I think they can plainly see the success of the Switch and ease of transition keeping things much the same. A lot of people would be very upset if their Switch games suddenly were not playable on the Switch's replacement hardware.
Perhaps we'll see the return of the hardware add-on to add some gimmicky functionality that will eventually get it's own standalone built-in release later down the road.

Personally, I'd love to see a 3DS player, but there is zero reason for them to even consider doing that.

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