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[cartman414]

I wouldn't expect a 4 month delay to have any impact on the parts used at all.

Wasn't thinking 4 months, but a theoretical 1 or 2 years, accounting for COVID/etc.

 

[ResilientBanana]

Well, it certainly falls under my prediction of 2025 which is when nvidia was releasing the chip the Switch 2 is rumored in having.

 

[Woopah]

Wasn't thinking 4 months, but a theoretical 1 or 2 years, accounting for COVID/etc.

Yes that could have an impact, and make them decide to put in more RAM for instance.

 

[cartman414]

Yes that could have an impact, and make them decide to put in more RAM for instance.

But I'm guessing no change in CPU/GPU/SoC, right?

 

[Woopah]

But I'm guessing no change in CPU/GPU/SoC, right?

If it was a 2 year delay then yes, but that doesn't look like what happened in this particular case. It's a delay of a few months to finish games and build more supply.

 

[Wooxsvan]

I predict the largest single day unit sales in console launch history. The time they are taking to build up stock is a great strategy. Otherwise if they had launched earlier the stock would have immediately sold out and then people would be waiting for restocks instead of buying Switch 1 stock. This way they maximize all hardware sales.

 

[Porcile]

Is Nikkei usually accurate with their predictions?

Yes. In fact it is quite possible that this information has been directly communicated to them by Nintendo.

 

[asdasdasdbb]

If it was a 2 year delay then yes, but that doesn't look like what happened in this particular case. It's a delay of a few months to finish games and build more supply.

I suspect this is basically the Switch Pro with maybe minor exterior changes. Maybe if you are lucky they will have shrunken the SoC to a smaller Samsung node but that might not lead to better performance but better battery life.

 

[amigastar]

I'm so excited what Nintendo can achieve on the Switch 2 with games like Mario, Zelda etc.

 

[Jesb]

Are you guys expecting any big 3rd party re-releases on this? I’m thinking that we will see some stuff from Capcom. Maybe some of the RE remakes that have already released. I think this system is going to see a lot of re-releases from last gen.

 

[Tarin02543]

Is Nikkei usually accurate with their predictions?

The only rumour source I trust.