03-27-2019, 06:04 AM
(03-26-2019, 04:27 PM)Boyobmas Wrote: In addition to a Wall Street Journal report, Eurogamer is also stating that Nintendo is planning to release two Switch hardware revisions later this year and that they are likely to be announced during E3.
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One will (allegedly) be a cheaper, handheld-only variant meant for younger players. While the other will be a more powerful, enhanced version meant for "avid gamers". The cheaper model will ditch features like HD Rumble to keep the price low, while the "Pro" model has a power increase similar to the New 3DS over the original.
The thing is, I could see the kid version. For the most part only kids are playing 3DS systems now and Nintendo is desperate to get rid of the system at this point, so a handheld only version of the Switch would be right up their ally. That said, the more powerful one I'm questioning, which is why I didn't put this in the E3 2019 thread. A more powerful one is coming I'm sure, but unless it had a standard amount of storage, which at this point is a terrabyte, announcing a more powerful system could come back and bite them. For that matter, the handheld only Switch better come with an adapter or it New Nintendo 3DS controversies all over again. If Nintendo really wants to do these systems, they've got to do them right, but there's so much wiggle room to do them wrong, it's hard to know where they are gonna go.