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Nintendo announces the Switch 2 [video]

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781 points HelloUsername | 4 comments | 16 Jan 25 13:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.003s | source
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napolux ◴[16 Jan 25 13:30 UTC] No.42724828[source]▶
That's what I wanted. An improved Switch. Waiting for the specs
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ksec ◴[16 Jan 25 13:33 UTC] No.42724854[source]▶
Same here. Really hope it is more than what was rumoured, which was using some 6 years old tech.
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1. ryoshu ◴[16 Jan 25 13:38 UTC] No.42724916[source]▶
Nintendo never really uses brand new tech. It's their design philosophy. https://medium.com/@adamagb/nintendo-s-little-known-product-...
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2. oneeyedpigeon ◴[16 Jan 25 13:41 UTC] No.42724960[source]▶
It's a philosophy that worked for them incredibly well with the Switch, so unlikely they'll totally reverse it for the Switch 2.
3. ksec ◴[16 Jan 25 13:54 UTC] No.42725118[source]▶
Previous Nintendo were on 4-5 years tech. The rumoured tech is 5-6 years. A difference between two cycles or three cycles.
4. SecretDreams ◴[16 Jan 25 16:32 UTC] No.42727507[source]▶
> It's their design philosophy

I would say it's more about minimizing cost of the console and their first party games just so happen to be not intensive enough to need it... But some games would have absolutely benefitted from a bit better hardware.