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I want a Switch Pro by 2020 which runs every Switch game (with better details and framerates) and exclusive 3rd party multiplatform games that wouldn't run on the regular Switch.
Remove the big bezels around the display, like this;
1080p display
Analog triggers
Better processor
My guess
-Switch Mini (Smaller screen but can fit the current Joycons)
I want a Switch Pro by 2020 which runs every Switch game (with better details and framerates) and exclusive 3rd party multiplatform games that wouldn't run on the regular Switch.
I have such an easy answer, brace yourself.
Because the Tegra X1 isn't bleeding tech.
Again, what would be the point of that?
Either they figure out how to shrink all the chips or we see a giant break through in battery tech. Only way it happens.
We want better battery life, not worse.
Either they figure out how to shrink all the chips or we see a giant break through in battery tech. Only way it happens.
We want better battery life, not worse.
Nintendo should make a ds formfactor of switch ... say the joycons attached to the bottom portion of the clamshell design .
I think a Switch mini is a fantastic idea. The Switch is just too big and embarrassing for portable play in the U.S.
Does the clamshell close on the analog sticks?
Remember the nvidia shield portable .... somewhat like that could be achievable i guess
So the logical conclusion is... a Nintendo Vita!? True rebirth; renovatio!
What.I think a Switch mini is a fantastic idea. The Switch is just too big and embarrassing for portable play in the U.S.
Little Monser;243550185 said:That Switch mini looks horrible
Goes completely against what the Switch is lol
Just like the 2DS?
Why not make portable only and console only variants of the platform? I'd buy a console only switch in heartbeat.
Also, I found the current version to have too much flex and awkward weight to be comfortable to use as a portable.
You don't have to change the size or shape of the platform to offer what you want. An external dock could handle all the performance you'd want from a stand alone console and a shrink to the internals could add stability and balance to the shell.
Offering an extended battery that slide onto the side of the Switch like the joycons do now, and docks the joycons into that, could be sold for as little as $50 and offer a pocket size similar to the n3DS XL
You'd be cutting out a screen and battery, this doesn't actually lower the price much, probably around $50 and loses it's key selling point.A console only switch could have a much lower price and a smaller footprint.
Adding the clamshell would offer stability much like a laptop has along it's spine.The flex in portable mode is caused from the Joycon rail system.
I'm not saying they shouldn't do this, but they shouldn't do this soon, IE "next" they need to establish what the Switch is, and fill the market with a large user base before they can chase other segments of the market, basically they haven't met the demands of the current target, so you only create confusion by targeting people interested in other form factors already covered by the market.Again, why not expand the ecosystem by offering a variety of form factors?
Digital Foundry has this speculation covered at informed length.
Switch v2 is likely to sport a Parker based SoC as it seems to be fully BC with the X1 SoC.
A next generation Switch maybe a Xavier based SoC.
A Switch Mini is unlikely as there is no "die-shrunk" X1 on the Nvidia roadmap among the litany of other reasons why that doesn't make any sense.
This is definitely the most likely roadmap going forward.
The current Switch is already the "mobile" version of the device with more powerful variations / docks aimed at people who want more power.
I wouldn't expect any new version of a Switch until Spring 2019 at the earliest though. Nintendo have no reason to rock the boat with the way Switch is currently selling and will continue to sell through until next Spring.
Volta is a 12nm Tegra chip which could see the same power envelope that the switch has, but with 512ALUs vs the 256ALUs found in the current 20nm Switch. If Nintendo goes for A72/A73 they could easily exceed even XB1X's CPU with a simple 4 core at ~2ghz and still keep everything at the current power consumption. Moving even just to 6GB would also yield quite a bit of parity to the current consoles.
Heh.
I would totally buy a Switch mini that is only portable. Call it the Nintendo Vita and give actual support to it.
Isn't a 12nm Xavier chip still going to be larger than the X1/X2?
Seems silly to go for a big power jump after only a year when you can go for a big efficiency jump instead.
I'm still waiting on that Wii U revision that doesn't include a GamePad that GAF predicted 5 years ago when the Wii U came out.
Makes the system become bulky though having to add depth to make space for the sticks.
People on here always ask for a Switch Mini because they want something that is portable and they equate portable to something that fits in their pocket and not just something that can be carried
I'm still waiting on that Wii U revision that doesn't include a GamePad that GAF predicted 5 years ago when the Wii U came out.
If I was Nintendo, I wouldn't shy away from an external GPU powered dock for 4k gaming, you could get a GTX 1060 or a Volta GPU of similar performance could match the XB1X and come in at $199. The GPU in the current switch can even be shut down to give the CPU more clockrate to keep up somewhat with the newer Switch I outlined above. Meanwhile this dock could be used for both iterations of the Switch, simplifying an otherwise messy hardware catalog.
And usb c to connect the cpu with the gpu in the external dock ? I think thunderbolt 3 has shown how much performance degration occurs through this method.
You'd be using alternative mode, with a short connection (dock size) meaning that you can get enough bandwidth to handle the GTX 1060 that was part of that foxconn leak/rumor from last November.
Wasn't that just your/GAF speculation it was a 1060?
I think it was more likely to be an FPGA and not a GPU at all but idk
Prototyping some secondary chip or other, I wouldn't know what.Not mine, Thraktor's. The size and shape (The die was L shaped iirc) matched the GTX 1060. Why would they have an FPGA in it, what functionality would it bring?
Prototyping some secondary chip or other, I wouldn't know what.
I'm not talking about using one in a commercial system, the system described obviously wasn't one.
I think a Switch mini is a fantastic idea. The Switch is just too big and embarrassing for portable play in the U.S.
Whatever it was, there was 2000 of them made. Just speculation here, but that sounds like devkits.
People taking videos and photos with their 7" smartphones is ok though right? or people who still use ipads to record video in public.