Open any Famitsu statistics for the last 2-3 years, Nintendo has practically squeezed out all competitors from the Japanese market, plus nowhere in the world are so many Switches sold as in Japan. And I can say with 200% certainty that they will not want to lose their positions in Japan and share the market with someone.
Cost reductionNvidia has so much power over Nintendo they didn't even put Nintendo name of the chip
Nintendo: what can I get for a dollar fifty?Nvidia has so much power over Nintendo they didn't even put Nintendo name of the chip
Mark my words, it wont be this powerful
Switch has proven that there is a market for portable games among core gamers.
We knew from the leaks switch2 is roughly base ps4 performance in handheld mode, ps4pr0 in docked mode, so slightly below series s, thats solid af for handheld experience from nintendo, who stopped participating in graphics race long time ago, their last highend graphics console was fricken gamecube from 2001, so 24years ago...
i don't get... in what way, in 2025, ps4 pro level is a decent level of power? with a life cycle of 5-6 years, among other things
SweetTooth is correct that this SoC was made specifically for Nintendo.I asked because I believe there is no current device that uses these chips and Nintendo is the only vendor for them (currently)
But knowing how horrible Nvidia as partners this should be the least of Ninty fans worries
Nintendo sold way more Switches in the US than Japan.
Nintendo systems are always weaker than the decent 'leaked' specs, but the system will still give us great Mario and Zelda. No way in hell are they trying to attack anything. They did well with an affordable price point and a weak system. How could they justify risking not repeating that by making an expensive system? The only thing they are attacking is there targeted price point.
Home Screen / Docked experience should be 4K HDR (after having had XSX and PS5 I prefer the always HDR approach).
Console warriors are already doing their job… PS4 to PS4 Pro level of graphics is exactly what people were expecting, by reading some of the comments here is obvious that some people are going to have a hard time with the Switch 2.
Switch already surpassed the PS2 in US, is the best selling home console ever there.
It is if we take into consideration switch2 just like og switch, is handheld hardware at its core, including powerdraw:
www.eurogamer.net
www.eurogamer.net
This is from the Q4 2023/2024 earnings release:
There might be more recent numbers available though. I'm not sure.HARDWARE
SOFTWARE
Title Lifetime Total (millions) Quarterly (millions) Released Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 61.97 1.39 April 2017 Animal crossing: New Horizons 45.36 0.57 March 2020 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 34.22 0.55 December 2018 Zelda: Breath of the Wild 31.85 0.24 March 2017 Super Mario Odyssey 27.96 0.31 October 2017 Pokemon Sword & Shield 26.27 0.10 November 2019 Pokemon Scarlet & Violet 24.92 0.56 November 2022 Super Mario Party 20.66 0.32 October 2018 Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom 20.61 0.33 May 2023 New Super Mario Bros. Deluxe 17.45 0.25 January 2019
I don't quite understand what this has to do with my question.
Thank you very much, this is what I asked!
Exactly what I was thinking. I'm saying 3.5.
The link LordOcidax shared shows that Switch had sold 46.6 million in the US by the end of November 2024.
Do you not see this as a problem for Nintendo, right as Steam is preparing to expand SteamOS' reach across handheld devices of varying performance and price levels? And as Sony and Microsoft prepare to encroach on their field too?
. Like i predicted in a old thread… The next move is.. But but looks worse than the PS5 Pro port 
Yes, for me it also is of great importance. Since I consider Switch primarily as a portable console, 3-6 hours of operation would be very good. If the operating time drops to 1 - 1.5 hours it will be sad, of course I have a powerbank, which I always carry with me, but in my opinion these are no longer comfortable conditions of use.
In the same way that most developers have yet to utilize the full power of a PS4 pro in any way that moves gaming forward besides graphics.
For handheld is pretty powerful and is going to be capable to run every third party game, at least until the next gen comes out, around 2028.
In what way do you think it'll be less powerful than a portable PS4?
Mark my words, the Switch 2 is going to receive a port of Cyberpunk 2077 and in the dock mode is going to run and looks better than the PS4 Pro version…
Needs more bits and bobs for the plebs to be really impressed.
Bold of you assuming we're not doing just that.
Bro thinks this is some flex. Congrats I guess, cause anything less is gonna be a big oof.
Nintendo newer would give us PS4> level performance for no reason, Switch 2 would run fast enough for Nintendo games with half the performance. By Nintendo standards Switch 2 seems exceptionally powerful.
