A reader argues that for the Switch 2, Nintendo ought to make a reverse of the Switch Lite: a non-portable mannequin that’s extra highly effective.
I’m penning this on Thursday afternoon and I really feel assured in saying that the Nintendo Switch 2 (or GTA 6) isn’t going to be introduced at The Game Awards. I simply don’t assume that Nintendo or Rockstar Games wish to try this type of annoucement at another person’s occasion, the place they don’t have full management over each single issue. It’s fascinating to me, how the very best recreation makers are all so very totally different by way of what they create however surprisingly related in how they act.
In some ways although, I’m not that within the preliminary reveal, however extra the second that can inevitably go into extra element concerning the video games. Given what number of rumours there have been lately, it might now be a shock if the Switch 2 seemed very totally different from the present Switch, bar this additional ‘pedal’ on the again and another minor variations. But that’s fantastic. The bodily design of the Switch has been a confirmed success, and I’m pleased for it to be iterated on.
What I need from the Switch 2 is for it to be extra highly effective, not only for the sake of it however in order that it may well run all or most present gen video games. I realise that’s most likely unlikely this technology, even when it has been a small leap from final gen, however that’s why I would really like them to do an equal of the Switch Lite, however as an alternative of being portable-only I’d prefer it to be not transportable in any respect and extra highly effective.
This very thought, of there being two fashions of the Switch 2, was prompt by a hearsay a yr or so in the past however I’ve by no means heard it introduced up once more, which suggests it’s both not true, and somebody simply made it up, or Nintendo’s legal professionals acquired to them. Sadly, I really feel the extra seemingly rationalization is the primary one.
The factor is although, the Switch Lite is a particular mannequin that removes the principle gimmick of the console (and loses the which means of its title) to be able to provide a less expensive model for a particular use and viewers. What I’m arguing for is to easily do the other: a costlier model for a special viewers.
I’m not suggesting a £700 PS5 Pro monstrosity, however I don’t assume that might be mandatory. It have to be potential to approximate the PlayStation 5’s energy rather more simply now than it was 4 years in the past, particularly because the Switch 2 wouldn’t want a disc drive, so that you’re already one thing extra equal to the PlayStation 5 Digital Edition’s value, which is round £350 for the time being.
That’s lower than £100 greater than the Switch OLED, so we’re not speaking about some huge leap in value. That’s why I feel my suggestion is cheap, as a result of a extra highly effective Switch 2 will instantly permit it entry to a a lot wider vary of third celebration video games. Remove the transportable options, just like the removable Joy-Cons (which the Switch Lite additionally doesn’t have) and I feel you’d have the ability to preserve the worth fairly low.
Now, I do know what you’re considering: Nintendo wouldn’t need sure Switch 2 video games to solely work on one mannequin however they’ve finished that a number of occasions earlier than with their portables, going way back to the Game Boy Color – when it was fairly commonplace – and as lately because the New Nintendo 3DS, which had over half a dozen video games which solely labored on it and never customary variations of the console (Xenoblade Chronicles 3D was probably the most well-known).
So, all I’m asking for is that this: a non-portable model of the Switch 2 that’s lower than £400 and which is highly effective sufficient to run Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 video games. I consider this may promote in important numbers, actually a better proportion of regular Switch 2 gross sales than the PS5 Pro in comparison with the PlayStation 5.
Ordinary Switch 2 prospects wouldn’t be inconvenienced in any method, however people who needed to pay somewhat extra and/or sacrifice the portability, could be given entry to a wider vary of video games, of the kind that extra hardcore players would most likely solely be all in favour of anyway.
I haven no expectation that Nintendo will do that, nevertheless it’s what I hope for anyway.
By reader Cinnamon
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