2023-11-02 11:22:54
Nintendo is working on the successor to its best-selling console. What can we expect from it? Let’s do a check in…
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The Switch is the best-selling console in NintendoNintendo’s history: more than 129.5 million units. The immense bestsellers that have been Mario Kart 8, Animal Crossing New Horizon or Zelda : Breath of the Wild strongly contributed to this triumph, especially since, as for Pokémonthese are licenses exclusive to Nintendo.
The fact remains that the Switch was launched in 2017 and that Sony and MicrosoftMicrosoft are marking their territories, whether with the PS5 or the Xbox Series X. The time has therefore come for Nintendo to release a Switch 2. And in fact, the Rumors are multiplying on all kinds of publications…
A release in September 2024?
If we are to believe various indiscretions relayed by VCG, the successor to the Switch will be released in the second half of 2024. Nintendo’s big concern would be to do everything to avoid stock shortages encountered as during the launch of the WiiWii in 2006. WCCFTech goes further and brings forward the date to September 24 2024, or, alternatively, November 3. Enough to panic the level of pre-orders on Amazon and elsewhere. The same source, apparently well informed, claims that the new console will be sold for $449 in its basic version.
An LCD screen and a look reminiscent of the DS?
Last May, Bloomberg revealed that Sharp would have chosen an LCD screen optimized LCD screen – following an executive’s blunder during a meeting with shareholders. This choice of LCD instead of OLED would help reduce production costs.
Furthermore, in November 2022, Nintendo filed a patent for a two-screen device reminiscent of the one formerly used for the DS.
What regarding power?
Computing power is usually the advantage of both Microsoft and Sony consoles. What regarding the new Switch? Leaked documents from game publisher Activision suggest that it would have similar power to the PlayStation 4. A few journalists attended a private demo and it appears from some rare confidences that the Switch 2 would be able to run the graphics engine advance ” Unreal Engine 5 » and will integrate artificial intelligence capabilities. Furthermore, a man named Felipe Lima assured that the console would have ample RAM: 12 GB. According to this same source, the game Far Cry 7 – an open world – will be released at the same time as the Switch 2. Another “leaker” by the name of Zippo suggests for his part that Nintendo is working on a new version of the classic Donkey Kong !
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