The successor to Nintendo Switch named Switch 2 will continue to be a hybrid console that can be played on TV and in portable mode, it will be launched

The successor to Nintendo Switch named Switch 2 will continue to be a hybrid console that can be played on TV and in portable mode, it will be launched without an OLED screen (it will have an LCD) and it will have cartridges/cards for physical games , according to various sources. Anonymous to VGC, where they say that the device is “likely” to hit stores in the second half of 2024. They add that there are already development studios outside the Japanese company with the development kit.

  • dinckel@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    It’ll never stop working for the same reasons why Apple does business they way they do it. If you design your stuff a very specific way, only allow people to run software on your specific hardware, and also strictly control distribution, people will have no choice other than to spend what you’re asking. And since people continue doing that, that’s the reason why the new Zelda game is 70 Euro instead of 60, and why MK8 will never go on sale below 20% off

    • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      It only really stops working when people go “wait, I can buy Nintendo and pay 70 a game, or I can buy Sony/Xbox and GamePass/PSN Extra for the same price and have games all year”.

      It’s especially a no-brainer if you have kids who finish games in a week because they have all of the time but none of the money.