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Via Angie over on the purple forum:

The info comes from the same person that the past few months has provided The Snitch with details and screenshots of Rise of the Ronin, which he went on to post on his Discord channel. On top of that, he was also the one to inform The Snitch about the development of a God of War: Ragnarok DLC

Still, grain of salt.

Update:

 

[splattered]

At that price point are we actually looking at a more powerful piece of hardware than we would traditionally see? If so I may ditch the PS5 end of next year and just focus on Xbox and Switch 2. Hmmm

 

[ManaByte]

Brave to actually set a date. But next time look at a calendar first. The 24th is a Tuesday. Nintendo releases on Fridays now, even the Switch hit stores on a Friday.

 

[Loomy]

This year for real lol. Seriously, every year for the last 3 years someone has shared a rumour that Switch 2 or Switch is coming out "in the fall".

 

[DenchDeckard]

I just wish it had OLED at launch, but give me a really nice IPS screen and it might be ok.

 

[SmokedMeat]

Gonna need the physical version if there's bc.

 

[tusharngf]

449 means its powerful with OLED screen?

 

[Trogdor1123]

449 means its powerful with OLED screen?

It means nothing.

 

[64gigabyteram]

lol

 

[Black_Stride]

450 dollars......

Lets see dem launch titles first.

 

[ManaByte]

Wait he said $449?

 

[Walter Matthau]

$400 would be roughly in line with inflation.

 

[Draugoth]

Isnt this the fake Angie? Because $449 sounds insane for a nintendo console.

 

[Wooxsvan]

This sounds incredible. If it can actually run some/most of current gen games via DLSS im so IN!!!

 

[jm89]

Digital only SKU? Nintendo!?!?!?

 

[ManaByte]

Isnt this the fake Angie? Because $449 sounds insane for a nintendo console.

Because it is. Even with inflation, Nintendo won't launch higher than $350 in the US.

 

[Draugoth]

Because it is. Even with inflation, Nintendo won't launch higher than $350 in the US.

I mean, there's this as well:

lol

 

[ManaByte]

I mean, there's this as well:

Spyro is in the works.

 

[ADiTAR]

With a release schedule like Princess Peach and remakes, I doubt the new console will arrive this late. I'm thinking first half of 2024.

 

[NeonDelta]

I wonder if BC will be digital only and they're moving to a new card system

 

[Walter Matthau]

Because it is. Even with inflation, Nintendo won't launch higher than $350 in the US.

It's going to be over $350. There's no way the cost is going to be flat with what they charge for the Switch OLED.

Nintendo doesn't sell hardware at a loss. It's what keeps a Wii U scenario from becoming a Dreamcast scenario.

 

[Windle Poons]

First post in the screenshot 'Ya'll'

Yeah. I'm out.

 

[ManaByte]

It's going to be over $350. There's no way the cost is going to be flat with what they charge for the Switch OLED.

Nintendo doesn't sell hardware at a loss. It's what keeps a Wii U scenario from becoming a Dreamcast scenario.

Nintendo has never launched a console over $350. Even the Wii U launched with a $299 SKU.

 

[kuncol02]

It means nothing.

That's not true. It means it's $449. Not more and not less. At least assuming that leak is true and plans will not change in future.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

$400 and digital-only with Nintendo is like being asked if you prefer spooning or fisting. Either way, get fckd.

 

[IFireflyl]

Nintendo has never launched a console over $350. Even the Wii U launched with a $299 SKU.

Your assumption is that because they have never done it before, they won't ever do it? With inflation and game prices increasing, this is the perfect time for them to up their console pricing. They have every excuse available right now.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

At that price point are we actually looking at a more powerful piece of hardware than we would traditionally see? If so I may ditch the PS5 end of next year and just focus on Xbox and Switch 2. Hmmm

Current spec rumors is it'll probably provide Series S-level performance thanks to some form of DLSS 3.x. Which is very believable IMHO, as internal rendering resolution could be lowered and they'd need less RAM, less bandwidth, less storage, storage speed, raw GPU perf etc. to reconstruct to resolution and framerates of what a Series S could do.

Only thing that may mess this up is the CPU; Nintendo will need a pretty good CPU for the system.

Gonna need the physical version if there's bc.

One of the current rumors is it won't have BC. Which I find frankly insane to believe.

Isnt this the fake Angie? Because $449 sounds insane for a nintendo console.

There's a fake Angie? I thought there was just a fake Snitch.

 

[alucard0712_rus]

128GB basic 'Lite' model without detachable controllers, without dock.
512GB OLED 'Pro' model with detachable joy-cons and dock.

 

[Horseganador]

I hope they don't do like with the 3DS, where they put a price on it for launch and when they saw that it wasn't selling as they wanted after a few months they had to lower it.

 

[Spyxos]

Sounds unbelievable and too expensive.

 

[Walter Matthau]

Nintendo has never launched a console over $350. Even the Wii U launched with a $299 SKU.

I understand what you're saying, but the Wii U launched in 2012.

We don't know the manufacturing cost of the Steam Deck, but Gabe said the price they were selling at was "painful".

Nintendo can likely buy components for somewhat cheaper than Valve due to scale, but they also need to include a dock.

It all depends on the level of visual fidelity and battery life that Nintendo is aiming for, but I doubt this is going to be cheap for them.

 

[onnextflix5]

fake, why would there be digital only sku for something that has no disc drive

 

[Bernkastel]

I will believe it when it launches with Lococycle 2.

 

[ZoolNL]

Lol, do we believe this?

 

[ManaByte]

Your assumption is that because they have never done it before, they won't ever do it? With inflation and game prices increasing, this is the perfect time for them to up their console pricing. They have every excuse available right now.

I understand what you're saying, but the Wii U launched in 2012.

We don't know the manufacturing cost of the Steam Deck, but Gabe said the price they were selling at was "painful".

Nintendo can likely buy components for somewhat cheaper than Valve due to scale, but they also need to include a dock.

It all depends on the level of visual fidelity and battery life that Nintendo is aiming for, but I doubt this is going to be cheap for them.

Iwata has been gone since 2015, but Nintendo is still his church and his way is still their bible. They even credited him in the Mario movie as the "former president of Nintendo". His philosophy with the Wii forever changed how Nintendo does things, and they're still operating under that. They aren't going to outprice the mass market and throw away what Iwata built.

 

[Trogdor1123]

That's not true. It means it's $449. Not more and not less. At least assuming that leak is true and plans will not change in future.

if you say so. I would put too much faith in this (nothing against the person, just that it's at least a year away) on anything.

 

[kuncol02]

fake, why would there be digital only sku for something that has no disc drive

To lock you into singular store with no used games market.

 

[Walter Matthau]

Iwata has been gone since 2015, but Nintendo is still his church and his way is still their bible. They even credited him in the Mario movie as the "former president of Nintendo". His philosophy with the Wii forever changed how Nintendo does things, and they're still operating under that. They aren't going to outprice the mass market and throw away what Iwata built.

I would be pleasantly shocked if they released at $350 and somehow managed to take a big leap forward in visual fidelity while retaining battery life. I'm just very skeptical they're capable of doing it because there's nothing on the market right now that would serve as an adequate comparison.

 

[Imtjnotu]

With the rumor that said it won't come with oled at launch, $449 sounds fucking stupid

 

[Pop]

That seems a little too expensive for traditional Nintendo fans. But at that price point I am expecting a pretty powerful system. And if it's around PS4/PS4 Pro power in handheld mode then that's amazing.

Looks good for Nintendo to compete at the power department also

 

[AmuroChan]

At that price point are we actually looking at a more powerful piece of hardware than we would traditionally see? If so I may ditch the PS5 end of next year and just focus on Xbox and Switch 2. Hmmm

Could be, or it's due to the historically high inflation that we've experienced in the past couple years. Literally everything else in life has had huge increases in cost.

 

[SmokedMeat]

One of the current rumors is it won't have BC. Which I find frankly insane to believe.

Personally I think it will, but I can't say I'd be shocked if it didn't.

I don't see myself as an early adopter if there's no bc. Even if there's bc I'm half expecting the hardware to run Switch games at better performance.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

Personally I think it will, but I can't say I'd be shocked if it didn't.

I don't see myself as an early adopter if there's no bc. Even if there's bc I'm half expecting the hardware to run Switch games at better performance.

Same; no BC should be a dealbreaker, considering there's really no reason the Switch 2 shouldn't have it, AFAIK. Nvidia's still the chip provider, and whatever they provide for Nintendo should technically be BC with what the Switch ran on.

Anything else like performance boosts to Switch games, is probably up in the air. It technically should provide some boost but there's no way to be sure. BC support at all, however, should be expected at this point. There's no real excuse for it to be missing in the Switch 2.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

First post in the screenshot 'Ya'll'

Yeah. I'm out.

Not even interested in the "deets"?

 

[amigastar]

I just hope the Switch 2 will have a 3d Mario game at launch.

 

[Walter Matthau]

Same; no BC should be a dealbreaker, considering there's really no reason the Switch 2 shouldn't have it, AFAIK. Nvidia's still the chip provider, and whatever they provide for Nintendo should technically be BC with what the Switch ran on.

Miyamoto had hinted that backwards compatibility should be easier now, but didn't go as far as confirming it:

"Video games developed for dedicated consoles were created in different development environments for each console," Miyamoto continued. "As a result, when the hardware changed, the development environment could not necessarily be reused, and so the video games that had been released on older consoles could not be played on newer consoles without additional modification.

"Recently, however, the development environment has increasingly become more standardised, and we now have an environment that allows players to enjoy older video games on newer consoles more easily than ever before."

Miyamoto concluded: "However, Nintendo's strength is in creating new video game experiences, so when we release new hardware in the future, we would like to showcase unique video games that could not be created with pre-existing hardware."

 

[saintjules]

At that price point are we actually looking at a more powerful piece of hardware than we would traditionally see? If so I may ditch the PS5 end of next year and just focus on Xbox and Switch 2. Hmmm

Or you could just keep the PS5 and have everything under one belt. Then there will never be potential FOMO (if at all).

 

[Chuck Berry]

Sounds like an excerpt out of Tales From My Ass Vol. 4

 

[IDKFA]

With a release schedule like Princess Peach and remakes, I doubt the new console will arrive this late. I'm thinking first half of 2024.

Not a chance. They'd need to announce it this year to release in early 2024. They're not going to want to disrupt their final Switch Christmas.

It'll be announced in early 2024, but won't release until the later half of that year.

I would bet my dick on it, but I've learned from my last dick bet.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

Miyamoto had hinted that backwards compatibility should be easier now, but didn't go as far as confirming it:

Good to hear, but even so, at this point it should just be expected. These aren't the days of going from say the SNES to the N64, or N64 to Gamecube. Plus, the Wii U was BC with the Wii even though the hardware changed a lot between the two systems.

Even if the Switch 2 is a significant upgrade over the Switch, whatever Nvidia tech it's using will have some form of BC with what the Switch provides, so BC should be present. Obviously, we want to see new experiences from Nintendo's 1P with the Switch 2 but that and BC are not mutually exclusive things.