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Nintendo Rumored to Release Updated Switch Model in 2021

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Nintendo is reportedly planning to release an upgraded Switch model in early 2021 according to a new report from Taiwanese news outlet Economic Daily News. The new SKU will feature internal flash memory from Macronix and is rumored to receive an upgraded screen, along with enhancements to interactivity features such as haptics, sensors, and the JoyCon controllers. It is currently unknown if this upgrade will replace the base Nintendo Switch as we saw with the battery upgrade in 2019 or if it will be the long-rumored Nintendo Switch Pro. The possibility of an upgraded model is plausible given that the Nintendo Switch was launched back in 2017 but it is unlikely to compete with next-generation consoles, as with any rumor be sure to take it with a grain of salt until Nintendo officially announces anything.



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as long as they fix the joycon drifting issue
 
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I was disappointed by the Switch hardware, they cheaped out on the hardware quite a lot, they should've used Pascal based GPU and not underclock the CPU.
 
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They could have fixed the joycon drifting issues with the lite, but didn`t.

Now they`ve got to stop the mod chips from working.
 
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Xex360 said:
I was disappointed by the Switch hardware, they cheaped out on the hardware quite a lot, they should've used Pascal based GPU and not underclock the CPU.
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I believe the clockspeed was selected because this is a portable console. I am not sure Nvidia ever introduced an ARM SOC with a Pascal GPU though. In my opinion, the main problem is less with the GPU, but the CPU which is a dated ARM chip.
 
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watzupken said:
I believe the clockspeed was selected because this is a portable console. I am not sure Nvidia ever introduced an ARM SOC with a Pascal GPU though. In my opinion, the main problem is less with the GPU, but the CPU which is a dated ARM chip.
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They did have a Tegra X2, it was better in both CPU and GPU. I just think Nintendo after the GameCube stopped releasing cutting edge consoles.
Yeah the CPU is also a huge bottleneck it runs at 1ghz instead of 1.7ghz treated for.
 
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