Nintendo is reportedly working on two different Switch gaming devices. The company’s original Nintendo Switch has been a huge success so far, and it wants to continue that trend later this year with two new versions of the device.
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Nintendo will launch two new Switch devices — a cheap variant, and a more powerful but expensive variant. The more powerful variant will be focused at “avid videogamers” with “enhanced features” to compete with the likes of Xbox One and PlayStation 4. It won’t be as powerful as the other consoles, but it will still compete with them with upgraded internals and new features for actual gamers.
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The cheaper version, on the other hand, is more of a successor to the 3DS. Nintendo is reportedly getting rid of vibration on the device, as well as the detachable Joy-Con controllers. That will turn the device into a regular hand-held device that will continue to offer the portability of the original Nintendo Switch but at a cheaper price. It’s not clear if the new device will be cheaper than the original Switch, however.
Nintendo apparently plans to announce both the devices at E3 this June, followed by a potential release a few months later.
Thom77
<p>Switch was a bait and switch. The store has become crap phone games and ports. There's a couple of good titles, but not much. Ark and WWE are basically unplayable on it on portable mode. Haven't played mine in a while. NBA 2K18 is amazing on it, to be fair. So is Skyrim … but no mods support.</p><p><br></p><p>Just bought a Microsoft Go 4Gb model and I'm amazed at the games it can play. MLB 2k12, NASCAR 2003 (the best racing sim ever created and whose engine Iracing uses),Civ 5, PSP emulator runs NCAA Football 07 perfectly at 2x resolution and I suspect from experience with using it on android plenty of other games, American Truck Simulator, Total War Medieval 2, Fallout New Vegas, FIFA 11 (considered one of the best Fifa games) ….. And YES .. Even Skyrim with performance mods although it gets really hot so I don't run it. Oblivion runs too but it doesn't have native controller support and the hacks are not ideal. PsX emulator runs fine at 2x resolution too, Tomb Raider. I've seen Fallout 3 and GTA 5 working on it too on YT.</p><p><br></p><p>The Go, for me, is a much better portable gaming device. Unforrunately, it sucks as a regular tablet but I bought jt for gaming after researching its capabilities. </p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
skane2600
<blockquote><em><a href="#415361">In reply to Thom77:</a></em></blockquote><p>To each his own, my teenage kids love it. I think it's pretty clear that the Switch wasn't intended to compete with PC gaming.</p>
skane2600
<p>"its slowness in bringing new Switch hardware to market"</p><p><br></p><p>How does the criticism not apply to PS/4 and XBox?</p>