Frenetic Pony
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A series of words that mean nothing to Nintendo
Switch 2 Speculation
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A series of words that mean nothing to Nintendo
Yeah, but means all for the customers
Or should mean anyway
Some recent rumors, maybe early 2024 with 4k and HW ray tracing? Though not from sources with a reliable track record in consoles.
Read in T3: https://apple.news/A_0hMrO11S5yg0edhNfs1Aw
Read in T3: https://apple.news/A_0hMrO11S5yg0edhNfs1Aw
arandomguy
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None of this is really as sensational or all that revelatory as it might seem.
If they want it out on shelves in 2024 than it would be hardly surprising if they want to start the marketing and announcement in early 2024.
4k support is really just a vague buzzword, not being able to output 4k would actually be surprising. We're long past the point in which output support meant the games actually run native (or near native) at that resolution.
Massive ray tracing upgrade would be a given since that the existing Switch has 0 hardware acceleration, unless they actually purposely remove RT support.
If they want it out on shelves in 2024 than it would be hardly surprising if they want to start the marketing and announcement in early 2024.
4k support is really just a vague buzzword, not being able to output 4k would actually be surprising. We're long past the point in which output support meant the games actually run native (or near native) at that resolution.
Massive ray tracing upgrade would be a given since that the existing Switch has 0 hardware acceleration, unless they actually purposely remove RT support.
I think Luigi’s Mansion will benefit the most from raytracing and/or 60fps.
Hmmm wondering if they'll use oled in SDR or hdr
Frenetic Pony
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On the one hand, they have the opportunity to do so many cool things by controlling the default screen everyone uses.
VRR by default, hey look "FPS targets" are a bit arbitrary now (there's some interesting stuff about even frame pacing making motion clearer but that's truly niche stuff). Make it an LTPO screen that could go down to 24/48hz etc. lower if someone wants to make really "cinematic" cutscenes or even anime style cutscenes at 16hz or whatever. Turn HDR, even if it's just 500 nits, on and 10bit P3 color by default for everyone look how shiny! I'd love to see Rainbow Road in HDR.
On the other hand, it is, sadly, Nintendo, trying to force them to do something cool can feel like trying to give an unwilling dog a bath.
then again its nintendo.
if they use HDR screen, they surely will take advantage of HDR in imaginative ways
I dont think you can 'utilize' HDR from a game design standpoint.
Either way, Switch 2 games will still need to play right on external displays which they cant control.
Only thing you can really do is use overbright to hurt the player's eyes! Run the game darker so they acclimate, then go full bore bright for a flashbang, or have a heavenly aura that it hurts the eyes to gaze upon. Maybe you could use the natural contrast to have details in dark areas hidden and need the player to cover a light source wtih an in game 'hand' or whatever so they can make out the dark details without the contrast of the light-source affecting their dark-vision sensitivity.
Even that would be difficult to do properly depending on the brightness of the environment you're in.
Good brainstorm, though. lol
Switch 2 to have 8-inch display but they will go back to LCD?
arstechnica.com
Why not keep the 7-inch OLED and upgraded internals? Not much details about the silicon though:
Analyst: Switch 2 will have a massive 8-inch LCD screen
Larger screen size could lead to a larger device footprint than the current Switch.
arstechnica.com
Why not keep the 7-inch OLED and upgraded internals? Not much details about the silicon though:
No idea if it's true but that would be a very Nintendo thing to do. Have slightly lower costs at launch and a "free" way to create hype for a mid-gen refresh which a good number of people will buy again which Nintendo have a history of doing. If it is an 8" screen and has small phone-like bezels it'd be only slightly larger than the original Switch from a rough guesstimate, hopefully they'd use a good LCD panel too.
Costs. They want an appealing price (and at a profit). If they want a good amount of storage and RAM, cutting costs on the screen makes even more sense.Switch 2 to have 8-inch display but they will go back to LCD?
Analyst: Switch 2 will have a massive 8-inch LCD screen
Larger screen size could lead to a larger device footprint than the current Switch.
Why not keep the 7-inch OLED and upgraded internals? Not much details about the silicon though:
Costs, also nice to have the option to put up a refresh with OLED laterSwitch 2 to have 8-inch display but they will go back to LCD?
Analyst: Switch 2 will have a massive 8-inch LCD screen
Larger screen size could lead to a larger device footprint than the current Switch.
Why not keep the 7-inch OLED and upgraded internals? Not much details about the silicon though:
cheapchips
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They were never going to have oled as anything other than a premium option, either at launch or later.
I cant remember what the Switch screen is like, but the one in my daughter's Lite is quite good from the limited time I've spent with it. Better than the Steamdeck's.
I cant remember what the Switch screen is like, but the one in my daughter's Lite is quite good from the limited time I've spent with it. Better than the Steamdeck's.
Yea, it's an entirely adequate IPS screen. Good colors, great viewing angles, reasonable brightness.
I very much hope they keep the Switch successor as just some standard plastic device with another 'adequate' LCD display and whatnot to keep costs down. If it's gonna be another hit platform for Nintendo, cost of entry needs to be as reasonable as they can get it. And yes, that means cheaping out in certain areas.
cheapchips
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They could launch with both. Maybe a tiered launch is too confusing.
