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pipeline_peak ◴[] No.42065845[source]
Pro: We won’t have to repurchase games.

Con: Assuming native compatibility, this likely won’t be a very exciting console.

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1. BudaDude ◴[] No.42065910[source]
A beefier Switch is what everyone wants. The number 1 complaint I hear about it is how game X looks worse on it than the Xbox/PS version.

Hopefully Nintendo learned its lessons from the Wii U.

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2. pipeline_peak ◴[] No.42066324[source]
A beefier iteration is the Xbox PlayStation way. To many people what makes Nintendo special is that they often avoid that. Wii, Switch, snd DS being successful examples.

>Hopefully Nintendo learned its lessons from the Wii U.

That’s my concern, Nintendo doesn’t like incremental titles like “Switch 2”. They’d rather call it something weird like “Switch Me” which only confuses non informed customers.

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3. internet101010 ◴[] No.42067650[source]
Yeah playing emulated Switch games is a much better experience on a Steam Deck than it is on the Switch. Nintendo is in a weird spot now because the competitive landscape is much different.
4. digging ◴[] No.42069106[source]
If they were on their game it would just be "Big Switch".
5. vunderba ◴[] No.42069655[source]
Agreed, a lot of people were expecting a bump in processing power in the OLED refresh, but it's pretty clear now that they were saving that for the Switch 2.
6. StephenAmar ◴[] No.42073367[source]
The only thing I want is to be able to play totk without horrific fps drops. That’s all
7. consteval ◴[] No.42089028[source]
> Hopefully Nintendo learned its lessons from the Wii U

But... this is in direct contradiction to what you're saying.

The Wii U was essentially a beefier Wii and it failed. It wasn't revolutionary, wasn't much of a new form factor. But it did have beautiful games.

If you look at all the Nintendo consoles that ate up the competition, none of them are "iterations". They're brand-new things. DS, Wii, Switch were all major departures from what came before them.