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Machine translation. Open to interpretation. Native Taiwanese speakers will be appreciated. Credits to Fami for Translation.

Source: https://money.udn.com/money/story/11162/7694628

It is widely rumored in the industry that Nintendo is expected to launch a new Switch this year to capture the market. In response to the pressure of global inflation and the weak yen, the price of the new product will be unprecedentedly raised. The retail price will be raised from $300 to $400, a 33% increase.

Industry sources pointed out that during the initial launch of Switch, Nintendo’s senior management formulated a core strategy of pricing the console just above cost to quickly penetrate the market, and recovering the profits through game software. This market strategy is indeed quite successful, but as a result many suppliers are under considerable cost pressure. Now as the prices of new generation product rise, the supply chains can breathe a sigh of relief.

In addition, since the Switch has never had a major hardware update since its launch, the market expects that Nintendo is likely to launch the new generation in the second half of this year, and some hardware specifications will be upgraded, including NVIDIA’s T239 processor, 8GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, a greatly improved battery life, and a screen refresh rate of 120Hz.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

Internal storage doesn't matter that much when microSD cards are so cheap.

 

[64bitmodels]

120hz??? Nintendo WTF???

 

[OverHeat]

120hz??? Nintendo WTF???

Switch games at 120hz !!!!!

 

[Mowcno]

120hz??? Nintendo WTF???

120hz is pretty standard on phones these days so it wouldn't be that surprising that their screen would support it. Doesn't mean there'll be many, or any, games running at 120hz on it. It would open the door for 40fps nicely though.

8GB ram is about what I expected, PS4 to PS5 doubled the ram, Switch to Switch 2 doing the same. If they're targeting $400 it makes sense though 64gb internal is lower than I would have thought.

 

[StereoVsn]

120hz VRR screen akin to ROG Ally (but OLED) would be amazing. It helps a lot with fluctuating frame rates.

8GB of RAM and 64GB local storage would be tremendously disappointing. Maybe it will be like a WiiU with upgraded model for $100 more…

 

[systemr123]

Only reason to do 120hz is to get 60fps 3D games. Maybe this device will be the Switch 3D. 120hz on such a tiny screen is completely useless for a lot of reasons but 3D.

It takes battery, power, more cpu and gpu requirements for zero visible improvement on a carry device.

So in short, I don’t believe the rumor because 3D seems pretty dead nowadays even though I love it personally, and 120hz is just useless for a gaming handheld

 

[FingerBang]

120hz??? Nintendo WTF???

It could make a ton of sense for VRR with LFC, although I'm not sure 720p/120hz screens exist?

 

[Ozriel]

64gb storage screams eMMC, which would also mean SD card expansion for storage.

These guys are probably just speculating…

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Wait... improved battery life? The revised Switch models already tops at 5h-6h of battery life depending on the game. Even more than that would be nice though.

 

[Imtjnotu]

Another Nintendo console hampered by little ram....

Still buying

 

[StereoVsn]

It could make a ton of sense for VRR with LFC, although I'm not sure 720p/120hz screens exist?

Rumor is 1080p. But even there VRR will help especially with dynamic res.

 

[splattered]

Don't care about onboard storage as much but sheesh please increase the ram to 12-16GB if at all possible I will pay moreeee

 

[cyberheater]

The lower the spec, the easier it will be to emulate.

 

[tusharngf]

Don't care about onboard storage as much but sheesh please increase the ram to 12-16GB if at all possible I will pay moreeee

Lower resolution, low textures and less ram

 

[Luipadre]

64gb internal storage sounds so dumb that i believe this rumor, because its so nintendo

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

I'm guessing multiple SKUs. And the 64GB thing might be just internal storage. I'm assuming you can put in an additional memory card for any amount above that. Disappointing if they're not doing SSD or at least ultra-fast storage, though.

120Hz screen sounds good. 8GB ram is double the current Switch. Combined with DLSS and majorly beefed up CPU/GPU, honestly I think it'd be fine. What are people expecting the specs to be, realistically? It's at most a $399 device that Nintendo has to make money on from day one.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

It's Nintendo, you aren't going to get bleeding edge hardware from them.

 

[splattered]

I'm guessing multiple SKUs. And the 64GB thing might be just internal storage. I'm assuming you can put in an additional memory card for any amount above that. Disappointing if they're not doing SSD or at least ultra-fast storage, though.

120Hz screen sounds good. 8GB ram is double the current Switch. Combined with DLSS and majorly beefed up CPU/GPU, honestly I think it'd be fine. What are people expecting the specs to be, realistically? It's at most a $399 device that Nintendo has to make money on from day one.

The Steam Deck has 16GB of Ram.

The ROG Ally has 16GB of Ram.

The Lenovo Go has 16GB of Ram.

The next phone i am going to buy in a month from now is rumored to have 16GB of Ram.

For Switch 2 - i am expecting 16GB of Ram.

 

[hinch7]

Urgh 64GB... 256GB of storage really should be the very bare minimum now.

 

[Interfectum]

The RAM can’t be right.

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

Nintendo is about to make money on external storage

64gb internal storage sounds so dumb that i believe this rumor, because its so nintendo

Super Nintendo Switch - 2x internal storage, 2x RAM

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

64gb internal storage sounds so dumb that i believe this rumor, because its so nintendo

It's whatever tbh since you'll most likely given the option to expand it like on the current Switch. They shouldn't cheap out though on RAM, battery and screen.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

The Steam Deck has 16GB of Ram.

The ROG Ally has 16GB of Ram.

The Lenovo Go has 16GB of Ram.

The next phone i am going to buy in a month from now is rumored to have 16GB of Ram.

For Switch 2 - i am expecting 16GB of Ram.

It's Nintendo, I'd only expect 12GB.

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

It's whatever tbh since you'll most likely given the option to expand it like on the current Switch. They shouldn't cheap out though on RAM, battery and screen.

They will port Mario Kart 8 and sell another 50m

 

[Luipadre]

It's whatever tbh since you'll most likely given the option to expand it. They shouldn't cheap out though on RAM, battery and screen.

Storage is cheap af, its not whatever to me. Atleast go with 256gb so people dont have to spend more money immediately to buy new storage for a brand new console

 

[tkscz]

The Steam Deck has 16GB of Ram.

The ROG Ally has 16GB of Ram.

The Lenovo Go has 16GB of Ram.

The next phone i am going to buy in a month from now is rumored to have 16GB of Ram.

For Switch 2 - i am expecting 16GB of Ram.

I'd be expecting 12GB but a dedicated gaming device doesn't need the extra RAM a handheld Windows machine would. Less overhead to run in the background.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Storage is cheap af, its not whatever to me. Atleast go with 256gb so people dont have to spend more money immediately to buy new storage for a brand new console

That's the point though, it's cheap af so you can pay $20 and get a 256GB micro-SD card. Those $20 in savings should be put to better use than storage (E.g. RAM, Screen, Battery, etc.)

 

[Team Andromeda]

Piss poor Raytracing here we come

 

[Bernoulli]

Impossible they were running the Matrix demo on it with PS5 graphics

 

[DR3AM]

Good luck running CoD on 64GBs

 

[yurqqa]

Super Nintendo Switch - 2x internal storage, 2x RAM

Duct tape strategy again ?

 

[DenchDeckard]

The Steam Deck has 16GB of Ram.

The ROG Ally has 16GB of Ram.

The Lenovo Go has 16GB of Ram.

The next phone i am going to buy in a month from now is rumored to have 16GB of Ram.

For Switch 2 - i am expecting 16GB of Ram.

It will have 8gb of ram. Its the nintendo way.

 

[vaibhavpisal]

If it’s targeting PS4 graphics I assume games will be 30-35 gb?

64gb cannot be possible in that case.

 

[tmlDan]

120hz??? Nintendo WTF???

Means nothing when no game will take advantage of it according to spec rumors. Unless you enjoy navigating the UI most of the time lol

 

[Gaelyon]

If it’s targeting PS4 graphics I assume games will be 30-35 gb?

64gb cannot be possible in that case.

well maybe they'll make a "bare" version with only 64gb (at $399) and a premium one with 256gb (at $449). It's Nintendo what do you expect ?

 

[tommib]

From 30 fps to 120.

X doubt.

 

[Nvzman]

64gb of storage sounds extremely Nintendo.
120hz is something that makes me slightly doubtful but I could possibly see it, especially if Nintendo decides to double down on the touchscreen aspect of the device.

 

[splattered]

It's Nintendo, I'd only expect 12GB.

I would take 12GB worst case scenario.

If they really expect to bump this to $400 it should be 12GB minimum.

 

[cireza]

120Hz wooooouhhouuuu.

Everything frame of that 20fps game will be refreshed 6 times instead of 3, this is going to be awesome.

Or maybe they are bringing back 3D.

 

[Thaedolus]

8GB would have me scratching my head...maybe some sort of rationale about its performance relative to Switch 1's RAM? But 12GB seems like the better target. Internal storage I don't really care about, I'll be throwing at least a 1TB SD card in there anyway. All of this presumes I'm buying one...which let's be honest, I will be, but when I will be depends on it having a BC solution.

 

[Woopah]

It seems like this is investor expectations, not based on any actual leaked info.

As others have said I'd expect 12GB of RAM and more internal storage.

I'm not sure I believe the screen or battery claims either

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

Give me OLED or give me death.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Piss poor Raytracing here we come

If at all.
The 8gbs of ram seems pretty low to me. Even for Nintendo. Ram is one of the cheapest components these days.

 

[Thaedolus]

Give me OLED or give me death.

I play my day 1 Switch on OLED 95% of the time

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

It's Nintendo, you aren't going to get bleeding edge hardware from them.

Its what happens when you don't have any competition

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

The Steam Deck has 16GB of Ram.

The ROG Ally has 16GB of Ram.

The Lenovo Go has 16GB of Ram.

The next phone i am going to buy in a month from now is rumored to have 16GB of Ram.

For Switch 2 - i am expecting 16GB of Ram.

None of those are designed by Nintendo, and they all have to run a very resource-heavy OS in the background. Switch 2 will be a snappy little game-focused handheld laser focused on just playing games with no frills. So none of the above are good points of comparison, honestly. And let's be real, no one serious expects next-gen Switch to launch with more than 12GB ram. Even 12GB seems high to me. Nintendo will prioritize portability, small form factor, and battery life at the cost of performance and everything else. Specs are secondary to sexiness. And again, this is a rumor.

 

[Fake]

8 GB, just like base PS4.

Those reports are matching each other.

 

[jroc74]

8GB of ram....huh.

8 GB, just like base PS4.

Those reports are matching each other.

How much of that 8GB will be available for games is the burning question.

For Nintendo 1st party, Switch 2 exclusives, its whatever. For multi platform games....?

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

Give me OLED or give me death.

Do you want it to be more than $399?

8 GB, just like base PS4.

Those reports are matching each other.

8GB is a bit disappointing to me. But realistically so. Compared to what they offer now it's 100% more, and prolly a lot faster as well