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Shuntaro Furukawa: Switch Successor Will Utilise The 'Nintendo Account' System
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Sounds like backwards compatibility is a lock—not that it’s a huge hurdle for today’s machines—since most of the account features involve software and save data. The retro game archives will probably make the jump too, since keeping them locked behind a paid membership is probably more lucrative than the Virtual Console ever was.
Anyone who has ever transferred their account to a new Switch knows how easy it is, for the most part. The biggest chore is redownloading software data, so maybe Nintendo will allow full game data to transfer over via SD card this time.
I just hope it's fully backward compatible, and they keep the hybrid design. I love it. Rest they can play around as they like.
All nintendo has to do is make a higher resolution OLED display, a bigger battery, and a modern day chip. Heck, they can even go Snapdragon.
More memory storage would be great too, especially if the trend towards digital only distribution continues. I'd prefer continued commitment to physical media, but now publishers are even pushing it more towards the disk/SD card basically just holding DRM for a game you still have to download, not to mention DLC and updates. I don't even have a particularly large Switch library but my 128 GB SD card is filling up fast.
I am digital only, and my 200GB filled up fast. The only silver lining is, since Switch doesn't support 4K, the size of games is smaller, so it can still have lots of games installed.
Nintendo invested quite a bit in their NVN api from Nvidia so I would imagine they would like to keep that going for at least another cycle. It would also help with ensuring developers are still comfortable developing the system for potentially both the new and older models.
That's what we want, but it's Nintendo, they are going to do some "nintendo magic" with it. So, I am only hoping they don't change the basic things.
The hybrid design is probably the way they're going to go. I'd love a higher spec one that isn't though, even if it's just a pipe dream. The ideal set-up for me personally would be:
"New Switch Lite" - Undockable, permanently handheld, like the Switch Lite but with better hardware.
"New Switch" - Dockable, again like the Switch, but better hardware.
"New Switch Pro" - Undockable, permanently docked, better hardware than the New Switch.
New Switch obviously not the best name, but my creativity is bankrupt. At least it's not Switch U.
Just saving this comment for when "Switch U" is officially announced in April 2024 😅
It is Nintendo after all
If they announce a Switch U, having not learnt from the Wii U, I will be genuinely shocked. Do feel free to remind me if that occurs!
They lost 90% of their sales the last time they added that letter, I doubt the would do it again.
Switch V.
Super Switch would be cute.
It's not that easy. In a shop. When you're trying to keep your AC island and Pokemon saves. And you're trying to trade in your old switch. In fact, it's far from easy. It's a right clart on.