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Nintendo announces the Switch 2 [video]

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781 points HelloUsername | 1 comments | 16 Jan 25 13:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.2s | source
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fredoralive ◴[16 Jan 25 15:38 UTC] No.42726693[source]▶
Kinda tells us nothing, but I guess they got fed up with their supply chain leaking absolutely everything about the physical device before they could announce stuff.

I guess the direct will be interesting when they show some actually software and we can get a bit of a handle on what the device can actually do (although the MORE POWER type people are going to be disappointed, probably).

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sefke ◴[16 Jan 25 15:40 UTC] No.42726737[source]▶
At least we know for sure that it's backwards compatible with the old Switch.
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klausa ◴[16 Jan 25 18:24 UTC] No.42728924[source]▶
This has been announced back in November: https://x.com/NintendoCoLtd/status/1853972163033968794; though if you're not extremely plugged in, it has been rather easy to miss.
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1. jacobgkau ◴[17 Jan 25 00:03 UTC] No.42732553[source]▶
There was still some ambiguity on if it applied to physical games or only downloads. I'm all-digital on my Switch, so it doesn't affect me, but it'll be nice for the physical-only people to know with certainty.