It's using a customised SoC called T239. We know that from the Nvidia leak and some shipping data.The thing needs to be capable of outputting decent looking 4k, so performance similar to a ROG Ally is required. With a NVME & 16GB RAM
DLSS will fix a little, but it's not a free feature, Nvidia will make Nintendo pay for every feature on the CPU.
I think 499 is the bare minimum if they want to compete with a custom SoC. But it's Nintendo, so they might slap a Tegra X2 innit and call it a day.
It will be 399$ (64 GB), maybe 449$ for a deluxe version (128 GB + accessories). People are probably overestimating how powerful it will be.
When you use a cartridge, you don't need to install games. You read directly from it.Good luck playing the 150GB of Rebirth or the 500GB of COD on that 128GB device, haha, I hope they do a 1TB option.
When you use a cartridge, you don't need to install games. You read directly from it.
People have been lobotomized by the shitty practices that became a standard. Installing games was never necessary... Neither are 50 GB updates every month.
Will be $700 when you add decent storage and controller.
yeah I'm afraid you're rightI would think it will be $499
The reason people are shocked by the PS5 pro price is because they're not paying attention to the cost of silicon. All chips have increased and the BOM for a handheld system with decent amount of ram, OLED screen etc etc - it's not going to be $399.
I suspect the reason Nintendo pushed back the launch (widely rumoured to be this year) was because the price of components would have meant a very high price. Also they won't take a loss on the unit - those days are gone. Next gen everyone will try to at least break even on the console.
PS5 Pro is not priced that high (just) because Sony want to gouge their customers, it's priced that high because the input costs (+ shipping + manufacturing + marketing etc) have all massively increased in the last 5 years. Nintendo are not immune to the cost of components, energy etc
It's hard to gage when we don't know what it is, rumors have been all over the place. Some saying it's like a handheld ps5/series X (I doubt) and some saying it's more inline with the deck but will some added dlss from Nvidia chips.
If they are going for high-end then I can easily see 499.
If they gonna do classic Nintendo and come in with a gen old hardware then 399.
I don't see anyway the Switch 2 is priced the same or less than the Switch OLED.Should've allowed us to pick two options OP
I think they'll have two SKUs; one at $349 that'll gimp the internal storage massively (probably just 32 GB) that'll be for people mainly playing physical cart games, and the other at $449 with the rumored 256 GB internal storage.
However, I think Nintendo could get a bit more "clever" between the two SKUs and make the lower-cost one with a lower-resolution screen and maybe less connection ports, etc. to hit $299, saving the higher-quality screen for the $449 SKU. So they could do something like:
SKU 1: $299, lower-resolution screen, lower WiFi (WiFi 5 or 6), lower expandable storage bandwidth, 32 GB internal storage. Comes with no dock. Basically the Switch Lite type model.
SKU 2: $449, higher-resolution screen, newer WiFi (WiFi 6 or 7), higher expandable storage bandwidth, 256 GB internal storage. Comes with a dock. Basically the "standard" model.
(If the lower-end SKU uses the same screen, I could see it being $349 instead)
Meanwhile the included dock in SKU 2 would be a "regular" dock and mainly intended for charging & ethernet support. They'll sell a more performance-orientated dock separately (allowing docked Switch 2 to run at peak performance as necessary).
...also for the poll I accidentally chose $499 but right after that I figured they'd go for $449 instead at the high end.
Why would there be a meltdown when that's the expected price?Will it be another massive meltdown here when the Switch is $399? lol.
+1399, and more underpowered then we expect.