Nintendo to launch updated Switch next year - report

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Nintendo will launch an updated version of the Switch in 2019, according to a Wall St Journal report.

There's no firm detail on what this will entail, however - the article [paywall] simply mentions a "brighter, thinner" screen as one of several possible options. As for a release date, a broad summer to late 2019 release window is apparently on the cards.

An earlier Wall St Journal article [paywall] from March this year stated the opposite - that Nintendo was "holding off on Switch 2.0" to make money on peripherals instead. But after several years on sale, a refresh for Nintendo's console is hardly surprising - especially after a noticeably quieter year for Switch following the console's meteoric launch.

Back in March, Digital Foundry put together its thoughts for what Nintendo may target in the inevitable Switch 2.0 model to boost the console's power and improve the look of existing games.

Eurogamer sources have previously heard rumblings of far-off plans for a Switch upgrade. Today, those rumblings still sound far-off, with little details set in tone. Indeed, Wall St Journal's report states Nintendo is still to decide what features it will set out to improve. Well, Nintendo, if you're short of ideas...

 

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Lunar

Nintendo needs to release actual games for the switch and not ports.  It's been out for a little over a year now, the switch is fairly new, there's no need to update the console itself.


Planetary

ah theres just not enough games on switch right now imo


Solar
Maix99 said:

Nintendo needs to release actual games for the switch and not ports.  It's been out for a little over a year now, the switch is fairly new, there's no need to update the console itself.

it's a shame, only ports of indie games are coming out


Lunar
kpi666 said:
Maix99 said:

Nintendo needs to release actual games for the switch and not ports.  It's been out for a little over a year now, the switch is fairly new, there's no need to update the console itself.

it's a shame, only ports of indie games are coming out

I know, I've had the switch since May of last year and although there were some ports I missed out during the Wii-U era, and I'm glad to see some indie games that I've had on Steam available for the Switch.... I just need Nintendo to stop being so lazy and actually make new games.

Not just Nintendo, though.  Most game companies are fixated on remastering ports than a new game title.  It's like their next level of micro transactions.