Nintendo Switch 2 Hardware Leaks Early? & The Wild Xbox Situation Continues | News Wave

An impressive investigation online has shown several pieces of the Switch 2 puzzle with certain specifications now showing a sizable leap over the current Switch. More reports are hitting Xbox with it looking more and more like Microsoft is now taking over.
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00:00 - Start
1:03 - Animal Well Reviews Go Live
2:38 - Phil Spencer Gets Nuked In Fallout 76
3:43 - Nintendo Switch Losing Twitter Integration
4:41 - Nintendo Switch Specs Leak Through Package Information
11:59 - New Xbox Report
16:30 - ROG Ally X Announced
19:48 - Poll
21:02 - Comment Of The Day
#Nintendo #Microsoft #NintendoSwitch

[@TheeForgottenHermit]

the fact that someone nuked phill spencers camp in fallout 76 is fucking hilarious

[@novustalks7525]

I don't get the context to this so I'm confused lmao

[@brocku0]

@@novustalks7525probably because he’s a head of xbox and they haven’t been making very smart decisions lately 😭 it’s pretty fuckin funny

[@gamefan6219]

Serves him right for shutting down Tango (the studio that made Hi Fi Rush).

[@gamefan6219]

@@brocku0 Phil deserved it for shutting down Hi Fi RUsh's studio.

[@cdrick94]

I'm surprise it didn't happened earlier

[@BrianCam.]

Hearing Phil's shit getting nuked made me spit out my damn coffee 😂

[@droid4d279]

Nuke o cola

[@joefawley9264]

Subscription entertainment hurts the quality all the way down to a developmental level. It is the most anticonsumer move in entertainment.

[@jqwright28]

I agree. Sub models are just as bad as live service or mtxs, just in a different way. There's a limit to how many people will sub and so either companies can't fund proper development of new content once sub counts stall, or they have to constantly raise prices.

[@jobi-wankenobi2244]

Sadly thats where the gaming industry is heading. First will be the removal/discontinuing of physical media (which is currently happening, you can't buy Movies and Video Game disc at Wal-Mart and BestBuy, soon Target is next) then after that, it'll all be sub based on systems cause it's more profitable to release it on your sub instead of a disc.... or so they say

[@bfhandsomeface409]

People from the very beginning said this, but everyone wanted their "free" games!

[@jobi-wankenobi2244]

Also since Physical media is being phased out, watch GameStop BOOM all of a sudden cause you bet they're going to continue on with Physical media. I predict it'll bloom.

[@Hazeman.]

I already said since years ago that Game Pass will not be success but Xbox moron didn't believe it

[@RedMage8BT]

Xbox killed the profitability of its individual games in exchange for a subscription service that's now plateauing because it has an inherently limited audience

[@christonchev9762]

i think ppls at the top did it cause the are way to greedy like the PS ones cause remember that when MS bought Bathesda few months later they said that they made double the $$$ they spend on Bathesda just from GP/Game sells(and y they included both Xbox/PC GP)

[@Penance2277]

Unfortunately, the average consumer is extremely shortsighted. We want everything for nothing. The Xbox community refuses to acknowledge the obvious fact that gamepass harmed Xbox.

[@namenlosNamenlos]

​@@Penance2277 real facts. Exactly.

[@g0g2151]

@@Penance2277I wouldn't call $18 a month exactly "nothing." Perhaps Game pass would have been successful if Xbox first party games were actually impressive and came out in reasonable intervals. However, the current output of Xbox first party games have been pretty average outside of a few key titles.

[@InnerRise]

​@@Penance2277 Gamepass is the BEST value in gaming. PERIOD!

[@masterjcb117]

Microphone built into the Swith 2? Hey you Pikachu 2 confirmed!

[@brandonwirtz2308]

Adding microphones to consoles is one of the worst, most intrusive decisions ever made. Gamers already lack trust in big companies. My ps5 lowering the volume of whatever im watching because it "thinks" I said something, when really im trying to work out with some background distractions is the epitome of intrusive. People are paranoid enough when we can mention a city somewhere, and see adverts for it on our phones 30 minutes later.... Now my console is listening too??? wtw.

[@cashtwonine]

pokemon channel 2 pls

[@systematicallyshocked]

"Playstation" PIIIIIKAAAAACHUUUUUUU

[@jarde1989]

@@brandonwirtz2308 Then keep the mic muted I’ve literally never had this issue? My mic is defaulted to mute and I never unmute

[@user-fe8gx3ie5v]

@@jarde1989 They can still be turned on remotely. The FBI and NSA can access them if they really want to, LOL. Same with companies.

[@mitchjames9350]

Satya really did a good job damaging consumer confidence in Xbox and Microsoft.

[@sokar813]

He did a good job in reminding me to cancel game pass that I wasn't using much. Thank you Satya.

[@mitchjames9350]

@@sokar813 I have an Xbox and not throwing the baby out with the bath water yet. Hopefully Microsoft gets its act together and fixes the Xbox brand.

[@Adamtendo_player_1]

Switch 2 is looking like a significant upgrade from the current Switch, with the 12GB RAM so no more memory bandwidth bottlenecks and people complaining it’s not 16GB RAM should remember that Nintendo’s OS won’t be bloated like on the Steam Deck that runs windows or PS5 or Xbox which has heavy OS and Nintendo isn’t going anywhere near 4K but 1440p is possible.

[@BMR86]

Sarah Bond's interview at Bloomberg Tech was tough to watch, I felt second hand embarrassment! she shouldn't have gone publicly speaking right after all this has happened... The questions by Dina were actually legit and we got no answers whatsoever It was like watching any politician

[@chrono_s9699]

It was funny to watch. She's more interested in talking about gamepass growth and how successful it has been. Who care about petty questions like who got shut down and whatnot? She's happy about all the profits they have made.

[@BMR86]

@chrono_s9699 well they won't be happy for long as ultimately if you don't have customers (gamers) to sell to your done. People are getting tired of the Shenanigans

[@christiancsq]

She was sent to perform damage control

[@BMR86]

@@christiancsq 100%

[@LoomDoom]

I’m glad we don’t have separated videos for members anymore Jon. It’s more fun being with the rest of the viewers.

[@carterhearst2784]

He just said he separates them

[@DarkTyyp]

I agree. The background play never worked, and I have KZbin Premium anyways.

[@KartKing4ever]

@@DarkTyyp And the rest of us run adblockers or have KZbin Revanced anyway lol

[@InnerRise]

There are separate videos bc he accidentally posted 2 of the member ones to the public recently and I was able to save it to my Playlist before it disappeared. But I couldn't view them bc I'm not a member. I didn't even know he did that until I saw those videos.

[@InnerRise]

​@@KartKing4everI don't. I only use KZbin on my phone like a majority of people

[@Iramek]

You can see Sarah vibe was all negative. She did not want to have to answer what was going on.

[@tangstanky]

The Activision Blizzard acquisition was terrible for Xbox in hindsight. It brought a ton of attention to the Xbox division of Microsoft, and they're paying the price. It's really sad to see this implode. So much wasted potentially because the heads of Microsoft only care about numbers...

[@dasaiyantv8483]

If Xbox does end up Sega-ing, then I wonder who's gonna take up the new opening. As insane as it sounds, I wouldn't be surprised if we see a Stadia Box or an Apple Box if Xbox actually does go full third party.

[@dapperfan44]

All the people saying this was a bad idea in the first place were dismissed as being "crybaby Sony Ponies." Now look where we are. Everyone who was against this was right all along.

[@lemonhead2]

This is a bad moment but not a Sega level catastrophe. It took several failed console launches and infighting between Sega America and Sega Japan before the company crashed and burned. Things can turn around but Xbox needs to 1) pull their head out of their ass and 2) start releasing the large library of games they are sitting on onto Game Pass

[@fishyperil2153]

If Xbox really went 3rd party that doesn't necessarily mean there's an opening . There are already 3 other major platforms out there - Nintendo, Playstation and Steam. Xbox is hardly anything more than a gimped PC anyway

[@YunisRajab]

Blizzard was already infected and dying and xbox brought that infection on board

[@matthewdewitt26]

The microphone on the Switch 2 is really just there so we can defeat the Pols Voice in Zelda the proper way.

[@reedlheureux7466]

So we can blow on the fans in Mario

[@lucdubois3927]

For 1 or 2 silly minigames in warioware 😂

[@senorsnipey1595]

For Nintendogs license renewal

[@Tomtycoon]

It's for a chat app they will discontinue after 2 years

[@senorsnipey1595]

@@Tomtycoon they only discontinue features when a system is a flop like the Wii U

[@vectoralphaAI]

Imagine working your ass off as an indie to create your own studio and be proud of it, then you get bought out by someone like Microsoft worth more than 3 billion and think your studio will grow and improve because of it only for said company to shut your studio down. That is just evil and sad. At this point it's better to stay indie and far away from these corporate entities.

[@NuiYabuko]

I wouldn't say to stay far away, but publishing deals might be better than outright getting bought, though indie devs might not always, or even most of the time, have a say on that. Something like those indie games published by EA or doing timed exclusivity deals for games that make sense, like a platformer getting first released for Nintendo consoles, might be preferable.

[@jrrr9219]

Trillions, with a T.

[@GundamWarrior1]

It’s like it was a bad idea for a crappy corporation to buy a bunch of studios all at once……

[@NuiYabuko]

That didn't keep some people for giving away development studios online. Like really, remember all that "MS should buy SEGA." etc.?

[@OdinAesthetic]

As I suspected ( from shortly after launch) they're throwing in the towel on this xbox generation. They never truly committed to it. "You'll see next time."

[@NoName......]

They already did "we lost the most important generation to catch up" real quote from phil

[@jqwright28]

Everybody celebrating that Activision acquisition and forgetting this kinds of things never end well. Now hopefully people will think twice before pushing for and supporting Microsoft and Sony to acquire companies. Having a couple boardrooms and ceos control this industry is bad for it.

[@maxinesmith1966]

I felt like I was going crazy when I was seeing everyone cheer for this stuff. Like how are you going to trust Microsoft lol

[@yx6810]

People celebrating purchase of Activision is that there is final a chance to get rid of Bobby Kotick, under his leadership things wouldn't get any better anyway.

[@dapperfan44]

Like I said back then, I will happily repeat a phrase when the time comes; I told you so.

[@jimmymac2292]

Zenimax operates on its own. Microsoft is just their parent company. Zenimax executives made the call. Citing Tango lacked devs. Which was likely caused when Shinji left. This idea that this doesn't happen and Microsoft is evil is wild. Take-Two literally closed two like 2 weeks ago and radio silence from reactionary youtubers

[@felipeemanuel5790]

You talk like it would make difference if people are or are not pushing companies to acquire studios, if a big company want to buy a studio, and the owner/owners want to sell, it's gonna happen.

[@easymoney480]

I think most of xbox's player base moved on to PC and playstation. AAA single player expeirences and large multiplayer live service is what's in right now. Smaller "gamepass studios" aren't making them any real $ and neither is selling xbox console

[@dasaiyantv8483]

Tbh I feel Xbox needs to replace Halo as their system seller. Sony replaced Crash with Spyro, Spyro with Jak, Jak with Greek Kratos, Greek Kratos with Nathan Drake, and Nathan Drake with Norse Kratos. Xbox got on the map when Halo was a groundbreaking series, so they need to make a new groundbreaking series while Master Chief retires.

[@ChaoticHoly]

Yet chasing those AAA & large multi's are part of what's murdering gaming. AAA might be doing better...if corpos weren't so hard for """consultancy""" companies who are literal quality-wreckers. Of course, due to the cost of AAA development, a LOT of companies are accepting loans from certain financial institutes who in turn require the usage of the previously-mentioned quality-wreckers in exchange for the cash. Execs also have yet to realize that they don't control what multi-player games get popular.

[@Noname15514]

The Xbox brand was never really all that successful. . . . Ever! Since the days of the OG Xbox, games that weren't shooters or sport titles never sold well, that includes first party as well. It's hilarious how back in the day, pro-Sony websites would claim that third party games don't sell on Nintendo while they gave Xbox a free pass because they hated Nintendo more.

[@rogerarayasaborio549]

They are about to become a candy crush / CoD one trick ponny. Giving up on gaming as an artform. So basically on their way to become EA. Sad.

[@Adamtendo_player_1]

Sony will soon join Microsoft in oblivion 😂😂

[@Radek494]

12 GB is 2 GB more than Series S, also Nintendo OS is taking less RAM so it's gonna be at least 3 GB more for games than Series S!

[@Duckman8213]

I just want Metroid Prime 4!

[@saldanamoreno]

I saw that Sarah Bonds interview on Bloomberg....ooh that was cringy.

[@Capoeiraplaya22]

Micr./Xbox could’ve nurtured and grown Tango - Like what Sony Did for Housemarque - but nooope easier to close it down. Straight BS !!!

[@faceurhell]

Literally just put out a masterpiece with dozens of masters of their industries , including the director of multiple Viewtiful Joe games, many Devil May Cry 3 devs, Okami devs, and Resident Evil 2 / 4 devs, and multiple Bayonetta devs. I would check your sources next time, because those are some revolutionary games, which Hi-Fi Rush is one of them.

[@zerohbeat]

It seems like the Leaders wanted to start their own company/s.... partially I think that Tango should not have shut down... yet if the people wanted to move and do other things and maybe partner with xBox in the future, it would be best for everybody.... There is way too much that we don't know.

[@immortaldragon7980]

Exactly, it's a process that takes time. ps has been in a long process to grow organically and Xbox on the other hand though that throwing money on buying studios was the answer, well these are the consequences.

[@niveketihw1897]

Games targeting a true1080p on handheld, 1440p docked or 1080p docked with locked 60fps would be sufficient for me to consider the Switch next gen. Don't need true 2160p60 or 2160p120.

[@Moravia90s]

Amen!!!!!

[@jameswalterthethird]

…… good luck with that lol

[@jarde1989]

We don’t even have LOCKED 60 on Xbox or PS5… why would you assume Switch will have it?

[@jameswalterthethird]

@@jarde1989 my thoughts exactly lol

[@DeadPiixxel]

We should be past 60fps that's 8th gen, consoles should be 120fps at this point.

[@samvimes9510]

You know what would be nice for the Switch 2? If the grips on the side were a little more ergonomically designed. The Switch isn't comfortable to hold for extended periods unless you get some kind of case for it.

[@Hazeman.]

Why you don't by 3rd party grip for your Switch ? I buy grip for my Switch Lite in it's miles better. Nintendo clever because they want to help 3rd party business. If you give grip in your base portable console likes in Rog Ally & Steam Deck, 3rd party grip will not sell many

[@thelastdragon5551]

Let’s be real. We’ll all be getting a protective case for it.

[@pablocasas5906]

But the Joy-Cons still have to function as individual controllers, NES-style

[@thelastdragon5551]

@@pablocasas5906 TBF, they could design it to fit ergonomic vertically and horizontally.

[@famouskoifish]

Yeah. The Wii U gamepad was much more comfortable.

[@jberg5441]

I feel like all these Phil Spencer feel good stories are kind of there to distract us from the monstrous decisions made by him and his team recently.

[@silversonic1]

If Phil Spencer wanted to avoid the fallout of unpopular decisions, he probably shouldn't have been playing a game literally called Fallout.

[@wayneswirl]

Doubtful its actually him playing half the time. Probably has players for him to keep him online like some youtubers

[@duppypixels]

haHAAAH

[@duppypixels]

@@wayneswirlbased on what info? I mean I wouldn’t know so im curious lol

[@wayneswirl]

@duppypixels a lot of time to play games for a Microsoft executive. Xbox likes to appear reachable but its corpo BS

[@Colorado-Coyote]

The next switch actually looks like it's gonna be good. I'm surprised. It seems like they're not gonna fuck it up.

[@Adamtendo_player_1]

The current Switch is still awesome but Switch 2 is gonna be next level.

[@PoutingTrevor]

This is the beginning of the end for Xbox. I still love my Series X, but it will be the last Xbox I buy whether they stay in the hardware business or not.

[@pablocasas5906]

To be honest, even if I am not the biggest Xbox fan I think it's pretty sad that if they'll abandon the hardware business, just for the fact it'd mean that the market will be dominated by PlayStation and Nintendon and even then PlayStation would dominate the high-spec console business, while Nintendo would fill their hybrid console niche, they won't compete directly unless Sony considers entering the portable market again. There's the PC market, but that's another thing

[@dapperfan44]

The Series X is both my first and last Xbox. I bought it mainly to play older games I missed out on.

[@felipeemanuel5790]

The beginning of the xbox was in the beginning of the last gen, when they make xbox one more expensive because of kinect, and trying to not let people sell their physical games, they never recovered from that.

[@PoutingTrevor]

@@dapperfan44 Same. I love the backwards compatibility, but let's face it, without it there'd be nothing to play otherwise.

[@MasterZebulin]

I've never owned an Xbox and I am starting to see why: VERY bad business decisions, attempted anti-consumer practices and just not enough games for me to be interested in.

[@IaconDawnshire]

After what they did with Tango I'm done with Xbox brand

[@Mr.Tomato69]

I’m calling it. The Nintendo Switch 2 will sell out immediately when pre-orders start. Get ready to pay $600-$700 on eBay for the Switch 2.

[@krazycharlie]

The guy who nuked Phil Spencer's camp: "It was nothing personal". Satya Nadella about nuking XBox: "It was nothing personal".

[@ET_Videos]

"They have been talking about new Nintendo hardware for 5+ years".....So have you my guy lol. We all have! lol

[@Kapono5150]

Those OLED users are gonna hate going back to a translucent display

[@moderndaynerd]

😢😢

[@DungarooTV]

True that, but they will eventually release an OLED version a few years after - you watch.

[@Kapono5150]

@@moderndaynerd Don’t worry Nintendo will sell an OLED model later. Pretty smart decision to get gamers to double dip

[@Oceanandskylinevidss]

I have an og switch and i still think it looks good handheld.

[@VagrantValmar]

Depends on the quality of the LCD. A good LCD can be very competent.

[@remingtonA123]

The Wii U had a mic and it was really fun to use in games like capt. toads treasure tracker where you would blow in to the mic to activate fans to move platforms or other things in the puzzle

[@eppy5630]

Death is just sat reading a magazine in the Ninja theory waiting area.💀

[@dasaiyantv8483]

Hope the devs read the room and start looking for new jobs now so they have a plan in case Microsoft lays them all off

[@Regnier575]

They're definitely next lol

[@dapperfan44]

​@@Regnier575I hope not. Really liked Heavenly Sword and Enslaved on PS3.

[@OldMan_PJ]

Microphone in the Switch 2 = Seaman (Dreamcast) port confirmed.

[@nintendork64]

I had been looking forward to animal well since it's very first trailer dropped, and even then I'm shocked with just how positive the reception has been. Glad to see it doing so well. It's really fun, and its world is so intruiging.

[@bigduke5902]

Me too. In fact, the overwhelmingly positive reception to it makes me skeptical that it's anything like the game I thought it would be.

[@XxZannexX]

These spec leaks for the Switch 2 are very promising. Makes me even more excited for it

[@evancendrowski687]

Although I am excited for the switch 2, I haven't seen many people talk about their online infrastructure. I really hope there's an upgrade of some sort, party chat at the minimum would be nice.

[@rugby681]

I’ve watched your channel for about 3 years now and this will be the time I’m watching as a college graduate! Thank you so much for keeping me informed and updated on my favorite hobby!

[@emanttnf]

You all gotta stop worrying about the next console and start figuring out the next game in your 100+ game backlog to finish 😅

[@minecrafter3448]

Oh yeah. Still have to 100% Mario odyssey and finish Luigi’s mansion 3, plus I want to replay Totk and try out some gameboy advance games

[@Adamtendo_player_1]

I’ve got a huge backlog of Switch games so I’m not worried about Switch 2 but I’m excited for Switch 2.

[@bigduke5902]

This is EXACTLY what I'm always talking about.

[@jamesfort3]

Honestly I think Nintendos new teams have played the safe route which I actually love I think even the next switch will just be the switch 2. No need to break what’s working.

[@DP3com]

My excitement for the Switch's successor is the idea that games that were released on PS4 natively but as cloud versions on Switch won't be a thing anymore. Hopefully with current gen games, publishers will opt to just not put their game on the Switch's successor if the Switch successor can't run it vs putting out a cloud version onto the system.

[@pablocasas5906]

Well, there's been plenty of speculation that many games that were released on the PS4 in the last couple of years will arrive on the Switch's successor. So we'll probably going to see games like the moderns Resident Evils (VII to 4 Remake), Kingdom Hearts 3, Street Fighter 6, Persona 3 Reload, Metaphor ReFantazio, Guilty Gear STRIVE, The King of Fighters XV, etc.

[@benhall8336]

It is confusing why Microsoft wouldn't sell these studios instead of closing them.

[@tardigrade9343]

When I hear microphone I'm thinking maybe Nintendo came up with their own version of Alexa and Siri. Imagine the Switch 2 sitting in the dock, maybe a "faceless" minimalist dock that doesn't obscure the screen of the system, and it displays all kinds of info and neat little animations. Then you say "Hey Mario, open Metroid Prime 4" and the little Mario animation reacts with a thumbs up and says "let's-a-go", the TV and system switch on and Metroid Prime 4 loads with zero loading times.

[@codezero7981]

those specs are pretty impressive, I hope they end up true.

[@lorddrifter7296]

Same but i doubt it lol

[@Adamtendo_player_1]

@@lorddrifter7296i think you’ll be wrong about that 😂😂

[@lorddrifter7296]

@@Adamtendo_player_1 i hope so

[@I_SuperHiro_I]

Why would they let a Satellaview be the CEO of Microsoft?

[@zerohbeat]

Really not happy with Microsoft right now lol... Still have to admit that Sateya did a lot of good, he gave the company focus and a new identity when they really needed it.

[@BigBrotherGnE]

Okay, so Animal Well could very well be a GOTY contender and I do hope it does well in sales. That One Person Behind the Game deserves all the praise.

[@zachpowell8653]

If you can't transfer your library, I'm not interested. After buying the Steam Deck Oled and knowing I'll always have my library, there is no going back.

[@kaneo1]

Want Switch2 headphone jack through controller. Bluetooth is insufficient as the only non-speaker output.

[@ThePepperkingXY]

Billy Basso is gonna be a rich man.

[@Regnier575]

Hearing that someone nuked phil spencer in fallout killed me 🤣

[@JodouTR]

Less than 25% engagement with Hellblade 2 is exactly the reason why Tango got shut down, and why Ninja Theory is next. You can't spend millions and years making a niche game for it to not move subs in Game Pass, let alone engage your current subscribers. This isn't a Game Pass problem, a MS problem, or even a creative problem: it's that games cost too much and take too long when making something at a Hollywood level. Animal Well shows once again how a small game can do better than AAA and that's what's killing the industry at the top.

[@alexk9295]

GP single digit growth for the past two years? So no 200M subscribers soon? Who would have thunk...

[@PabloMartinez-di2tt]

The people that post in ResetERA also post in Famiboards due to Era’s toxic posters and heavily strict moderation. Heck, majority of the Switch 2 leaks are coming from Famiboards

[@lowmax4431]

Resetera is horrible. I can't stand that place. They left neoGAF to "reset" but in reality they just wanted absolute control to censor users and control the narrative.

[@pablocasas5906]

Wasn't Famiboards created because there was a flame war at Resetera due to the Switch being more popular in Japan or something? Because I've heard that weekly Japanese sales reports posts in the site (and NeoGaf before) were very popular, but ever since the decline of the PS brand in Japan, there's less people discussing weekly numbers I mean, I lurked Resetera a few days ago and there was a 90 pages thread regarding the fact that Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is not doing as well as expected in sales

[@PabloMartinez-di2tt]

@@pablocasas5906 pretty much, they were also sick of Chris reporting weekly sales

​@@pablocasas5906yeah, Famiboards (Nintendo focused) and Installbase (sales focused) were created after that event 👀

[@MasterZebulin]

@@pablocasas5906 I think it's time to shut down ResetEra and other highly toxic sites.

[@DoctorRover]

If a rumor I read is to be believed. 2.31 TFLOPS at 755 MHz, 4.14 TFLOPS at 1.35 GHz If it has 1536 CUDA cores as some cores tend to be disabled for improved battery life. 1.35 GHz is believable on a 8nm though

[@BonusCrook]

YO 12GB of ram nintendo weren't greedy enough to use only 8GB 🏆!

[@ROADKIL80]

Microsoft is going to kill call of duty next😂😂😂😂😂

[@ArjanSnijder]

Call of duty isn't as special as once was either. call of duty modern warfare.....didn't we also have them on ps3/360??. Those also where more fun on content.

[@MarkHogan994]

That wouldn't be so bad tbh.

[@youwayo]

Quite possible newswave’s longest review yet.

[@omegavalwin]

a yes the specs that always release before a new console and never turn out to be true

[@robbyrobot3303]

The fan in my switch totally failed, and for a month i used an external fan that plugged into the dock, only playing it while docked, and it worked surprisingly well

[@benjaminjohnson6936]

Fan in the dock? I'm going the copium route and hope that they're going to have some hardware in the dock to improve things, whether it's a whole dedicated GPU, an upscaler, or, heck, even additional storage. I feel like the dock was a missed opportunity last time. Anyway, in that case, the fan wouldn't necessarily cool the actual Super Switch device, but cool the dock itself.

[@shreder75]

Also, you'd think they'd give it a little bit to see if possibly adding COD to gamepass would up subscription numbers before giving studios the ax. The whole thing smells of bad management decisions from the top down.

[@G360LIVE]

At this point, it doesn't matter. When Game Pass flatlined at 30 million subs, it became apparent that it wouldn't be sustainable. Microsoft's goal was 90 million subs by 2027, and even if COD could double subs to 60 million, that's still well short, and there are no other heavy-hitter games, nothing bigger than COD that's coming out. The next big game is GTA6, and there's no way Rockstar is letting that game go to Game Pass. So, that's why Microsoft is probably going to be raising the price of Game Pass and may even stop having their first party games go to Game Pass on day one. It's just killing sales.

[@shreder75]

@@G360LIVE only gta is bigger than cod, that much I'll agree with. Anyway, all supposition. Can't say for sure how many console and pc players would sign up for cod because they haven't announced it yet.

[@ElAlex214]

Im kinda excited for switch's first-generation titles, possibly getting the upscale treatment and other enhancements. That said i would love a BotW Complete Edition with said enhancements, that might be a 80$ since it would include all the dlc.

[@LG555]

Why does everyone assume, that Nintendo is doing enhancements to their Switch games for Switch 2. Like, can you imagine them doing this for all their games, also having to go through all their 2nd Parties (IS, HAL), meaning they have to put a team aside for just doing this. I can maybe see the games running more stable, like on a overclocked Switch.

[@ElAlex214]

@LG555 we should see automatic gains across the board just with the spec bump. I know this because ppl are playing tears of the kingdom at 60fps by overclocking the apu. Enhancements would be more textures, shadings, and other visual gains. All i want is true 1080p60 on handheld, 4k60 docked and hopefully 128gb internal storage. As far as enhancements(remasters) go, yes they could do this for all their games but most likely they will do this only for their best sellers and perhaps some 3rd party will too.

[@TheLegendofCalista]

The excitement I feel for the next switch is similar to the excitement I felt for TOTK... literally just because I want a smooth experience with that and BOTW... i.e. no 5 fps in korok forest or during battles 😭

[@bryanwharton6692]

The ROG Ally presentation made me think of when Sony had that PS5 press release in March 2020 where nothing really was announced

[@jeremyf1901]

How long before the switch 3 rumors start?

[@Munchticles]

It'll need to be after the Switch 2 Pro rumors.

[@davidspicer5683]

😂

[@felipeemanuel5790]

6 months to false leaks of Switch 2 pro, like it was with the switch.

[@canosisplays5152]

I’m curious how much ‘this’ Nintendo Switch would cost.

[@Redstar19791979]

Probably $400. That would be my guess.

[@ArouzedLamp]

I think it'd be less than 400. Seems like the cpu/gpu/igpu architecture is half a decade old with some with some newer enhancements. I'd say 350 personally.

[@jeffeisley]

that Xbox podcast where they talked about the 4 games coming to other platforms, I could feel the board room pressure on them, now it makes even more sense

[@DisloyalGaming]

I'm always confused by the people that expect handhelds to come up to ps5 territory or better. There is a reason desktops and gaming laptops are all as big as they are. It has to have controllers, screen, battery large enough to game cause yall will complain if you get more performance but can't play for more then 30 minutes. Tech doesn't magically shrink it takes a long time and lots of research especially if you want a system under 1k dollar.

[@santiagocapellan3245]

Corporations took over Atari back in the 80's... they are doing the same now with xbox. We all know what will happen.

[@TheHardStyleLife]

Nintendo's going to dominate next gen. My body is ready 💦

[@James-ky6pt]

Animal Well is like Halo 2 meets Halo 3

[@DarkTyyp]

Petition to make May 9th International Indie Game Day (credit to Arlo for the idea)

[@akg7873]

Switch 2 I’m going to wait for the switch 2 OLED. I upgraded from switch to OLED and I don’t think I can go back. I’ll see how the new screen looks I guess before I judge. But also my backlog is massive so I rather wait for the OLED version or pro or whatever they will release after.

[@Mintcar923]

Yeah I love the Oled but my only issue is its weight for a handheld.. I'll probably hold off til after I get a Portal & replace my dead Vita

[@akg7873]

@@Mintcar923 I have a portal. Highly recommend it especially if you’re a dad and get so tired even playing on a TV sometimes is inconvenient 😂. It runs surprisingly well on remote play as long as you figure out the proper wifi and tv setting.

[@Mintcar923]

@@akg7873 Not a dad but i think it’d be cool to be able to play ps4/5 in another part of my home and also not have to be able to worry about shifting cloud saves between my ps4 and 5 all the time.. I could kinda retire my ps4 as far as gaming

[@akg7873]

@@Mintcar923 yah it’s pretty clutch for that purpose. You would enjoy it then. If they can fix the public wifi issue it would be an amazing value.

[@balaam_7087]

Where are all the ‘Xbox is playing 4D chess’ copium idiots now? The most vocal fools (Destin, Colt, Dirt, Zalker) are all feebly attempting to walk back their fanboy rhetoric. It seems only KingDavid is courageous/dumb enough to still Hold the Line as the ship goes down.

[@Slaskisofa_TLG]

I see a lot of Xbox fanboy channels on youtube defend Microsoft, despite that even the devs themselves are calling Microsoft out... it takes a new level of corporate bootlicking to do that, lol. And they aren't even getting paid to do so...

[@SUPERSMASHTV177O13]

Why do people expect a hybrid console to as powerful as the ps5, Xbox Series x and a high end gaming pc

[@LordSpleach]

The Twitter/X integration with the Switch was far more convenient than Facebook. I never have to constantly log back in with X.

[@nasis.]

If it really does have 12GB of RAM, coupled with DLSS and modern file compression techniques, then holy cow, this is gonna be a beast of a console and the closest Nintendo has been to their competition specs-wise since the GameCube. Its gonna be relatively future proof and stay around for 10 years.

[@mitchjames9350]

12 gb with decent memory bandwidth will help with future proofing.

[@MrEditorsSideKick]

@@mitchjames9350 More memory than XSS too, meaning that we could see better textures in games on the Switch 2 compared to XSS.

[@gumpyflyale2542]

Maybe 5 with 3 years of cross gen compatibility

[@ArouzedLamp]

It NEEDS to be at least 16 if they want it to last more than four years. Unless they have some all purpose dlss that doesn't need tweaks done by devs, but that isn't a thing yet

[@VEN0M415]

Been saying that the leap in power for smaller chips has been pretty big over the past few years, when the switch came out it was kind of old hardware already so lots of years of improvements will definitely let us see a big boost in performance. Hopefully it helps make games run at 60fps more consistently or at all. Just hope we dont get the ghosting of DLSS too.

[@h2ohero739]

Hellblade 2 can't help GamePass grow when it is a 10 hour (or less) game. You buy a trial month and cancel it after. Your poll perfectly illustrates why GamePass is detrimental to these shorter singleplayer games. Most people will fly through it on GamePass and then Microsoft gets upset when it "underperforms" in sales. Honestly Xbox fanboys should be begging games like this to go multiplat for there to be any chance of saving the devs. I hope this is a wake up call to everyone who was cheering on the Activision acquisition. Reminder - corporate consolidation is almost never a good thing.

[@I_SuperHiro_I]

You and me both. I’ve been saying the same thing word for word since day 1. It was apparently a very unpopular opinion at the time. But we are right, they are wrong.

[@VEN0M415]

@@I_SuperHiro_I The amount of times I was called pony for wanting my console of choice to be better was insane, here we are and look who was right. It was sad to see the marketing manipulate people to be so blind to the obvious scams going on, many people acting like crack heads saying "just wait we'll get another shot (game) soon, its gonna be so good" but it never hits right. The corporate leeches got a hold of the fun department, and that fun aint coming back now.

[@I_SuperHiro_I]

@@VEN0M415 it never hits right…….that is soooooo true. I’ve been feeling that for years now. It’s why I still play so much of my retro backlog.

[@QuantumChrist]

I will avail gamepass for just one random game? NOPEEE I will avail gamepass for COD ? Yess, The question is will microsoft sacrifice a sure 70 dollar purchase vs gamepass shared growth?? Definitely NOOOO

[@paullansville]

The game is actually 8hrs all confirmed.

[@santelmolafire]

I hate to see the next Switch trying to compete with the other high-end handhelds with all these upgrades, and forego the innovations they were known for before. Nintendo systems have always been the odd ones out in a good way, l just hope they don’t get dragged down by the pressure of competition. At least their library remains to be their ace in the hole.

[@felipeemanuel5790]

They won't, Nintendo flopped hard when tried to make powerful consoles (N64 and Game Cube), and broke records and sold millions with weaker ones (Wii, DS and Switch, 3DS was also weaker than Vita), and considering that Nintendo games doesn't need that much power, with the exception of Zelda and maybe Xenoblade, I don't think Nintendo will try to "compete" with those high-end handhelds that lose to a outdated console like the Switch. Nintendo will probably play safe, they gonna do a decent upgrade, make it welcoming to the third parties, but not forcing too much.

[@pablocasas5906]

I think Nintendo has "learned their lesson" when trying to innovate. I mean, I know there's plenty of fans that grew up during the Wii and WiiU era that kind of miss those experimental and weird features their consoles had, but I think Nintendo now just wants to play it safe, and that's probably the wisest thing they can do at this point.

[@Adamtendo_player_1]

@@felipeemanuel5790the N64 wasn’t a flop but the GameCube was a huge flop. And the Switch isn’t outdated until Nintendo discontinues it, go and look up outdated in a dictionary.

[@felipeemanuel5790]

@@Adamtendo_player_1 N64 sold 30 millions, yes, it was a huge flop, and yes, switch hardware is outdated.

[@stephenvianna8736]

Got Animal Well off PSN today and couldn't put it down. It's a great, chill puzzle platformer.

[@desertjane]

I feel sorry for xbox fans. Yall support a trillion dallor company and yhey cant produce yall nothing of worth, but yet spend all them money in the world and close studios tht actually MAKE a good game or being closed cause they were setup. Wht has become of gears, halo, fable, even forza with the problems it had and we expected them to make good games. Lets not forget, phil said good ganes dont push console sale so why would good games push gamepass. I wish yall the best of lool with the storm heading toward xbox fans cause this makes no sense and completely unfair to the studios and the xbox gamers

[@tyleroutland435]

Mirosoft are idiots 😅

[@coryrogers6699]

Hearing you mention the top brass of Microsoft, the decision to shut down these studios makes sense to me. The top brass would only focus on numbers. It was still a shock to hear that Microsoft had made this decision.

[@Anime-addict617]

Heeey in that same area yesterday I saw three Nukes on that one spot like three red rings lol

[@elmasheavy89]

Hellblade 2 should bad been in all platforms and physical

[@Boss_Fight_Wiki_muki_twitch]

If 1080p is the max res, being 80ish% of the XsS (power wise) sounds about right. Meaning at full optimization, the games will look about the same as the XsS graphically.

[@thegerm574]

Went to Game Stop yesterday we have 3 within a few miles. They said I was the only one that preordered Nintendo World Championship. I guessing they might actually be on the shelf at retail.

[@bmac6502]

I was looking at the TDPs and speeds, clocks, etc of ampere GPUs, and the Switch Pro cancellation followed by this actually does make sense. I suspect our info of the T239 is out of date. At the original 8nm, an Ampere SoC with these core counts would have to be drastically downclocked to achieve the TDP target for even passable battery life. This was probably the Switch Pro plan, and when it got scrapped, they sent Nvidia back in to pull forward Lovelace features and do a die shrink to either 7nm or maybe even 5nm. If that’s what has happened, I might even expect a $500 device instead of $400, but that’s ok because with Nvidia RT and Tensor cores, at those clocks, it would be an absolute beast of a handheld.

[@masterquake7]

It kind of sounds like they may be pushing docked mode higher this time. I wonder if they are going to over clock from stock. I'm also wondering on battery size and if they turn off those RT cores or some tensor cores in handheld mode. I agree with the statement on Xbox layoffs being made mostly above Phil. This screams MS corporate BS.

[@nayyarrashid4661]

The problem is it doesn't matter who is calling the shots. If MS is doing that and this is something not compatible with Spencer's vision they should fire him since he doesn't enjoy the confidence anymore. Or just say it out loud Phil is just for the cosmetic value. It still hurts Xbox name no matter where it is coming from. Xbots proudly proclaims MS is a $3T company. Well here goes your $3T company on rampage. Difference between xbox PS and Nintendo is that the other two are actually pretty stable when it comes to making money.

[@M_CFV]

Docking already changes stock clock speeds, theyre different from handheld mode

[@bigphilly08]

Gamers need to pick because Xbox isn't a $3 trillion company, Microsoft is. So people say Microsoft has too much control in one breathe and then turn around and say they have unlimited money to keep studios alive is paradoxical

[@BurgerwithPeanutButter]

I hope the lower storage capacity points to them still focusing on physical media. If they're going to try to push the all-digital thing like XSS, it needs way more storage...

[@samtaha3764]

Here just to say you should name your playstation podcast "SpawnStation"! I appreciate the daily content, and looking forward to the new podcast!

[@jubei20111]

Sara Bond came out and said, AGAIN, that CoD along with all their 1st party developed titles are coming to game pass day one. I wonder how many times Xbox will have to come out and keep repeating this same thing.

[@XxZannexX]

I really hope Sarah is right as the value proposition is so good. However Satya appears to have different expectations.

[@jubei20111]

@@XxZannexX Theres been zero evidence to the contrary other than nonsense that someone made up months ago, which people keep rehashing just to generate clicks. Fanboys and media hate Game Pass, so this is nothing more than them trying to destroy it by casting doubt in its future. Media: "Game pass is horrible for developers". Developers who actually have their games on GP: "Actually, its been wonderful for us". Fanboys: "You're just paid shills and don't know what you're talking about".

[@M_CFV]

@@XxZannexX sara is lying dude come on...

[@jubei20111]

@@XxZannexX If he had different plans that were so obvious about putting CoD on GP, then Sara wouldn't be out on stage saying its coming to GP day one. She knows more about then then we do.

[@Slaskisofa_TLG]

How many times are you going to defend Microsoft? Even devs from Microsoft's own studios are criticizing Microsoft's decisions... yet xbots like you defend them to death.

[@VEN0M415]

As I was saying, phil is just a face to represent many faces who are really making the decisions. Im sure he pitches ideas but its probably shot down. I miss the ol xbox that purely fun rather than corporate appeasing uninteresting bland box. They killed halo and forza and it hurts to see them in the state theyre in, and good games like Hifi rush are gone because they dont exploit players? Yeah a lot needs to change hardware and game wise for xbox to get back to its glory days.

[@cbgg1585]

If it weren’t for corporate “appeasing” I wouldn’t be debt free. No use in always crying about corporate greed. I joined the varying tech and gaming corps over a decade ago and still reaping the financial rewards. Dog eat dog world. Harsh, but that’s the way of life. As a gamer and equities investor, I am often in win-win scenarios. Very nice feeling.

[@mikeuk666]

​@@cbgg1585cool fake story kid 😂

[@jcdenton41100]

​@@mikeuk666 You really 50+ years old on KZbin commenting on everything?

[@linkvagar2336]

@@cbgg1585 A 12 year old is not getting dividends from Microsoft.

[@thatguynobodywants3716]

​@@jcdenton41100 Now you are attacking people just for their age because you don't have anything to defend Xbox?

[@silversonic1]

If they're putting the fan in the dock, they likely won't have one in the system. That would explain the extremely low clocks mentioned in other leaks while in handheld mode. Of course, this will also be a detriment to those who want to mod the system to push performance.

[@Patrick-tw7nr]

I’m so glad they went with 12GB of Ram as originally it was looking like they might go with 8 so this is going to allow a lot of PS4 multi-platform games to be ported to Switch 2 easy and run better

[@tonyoverstill7587]

Ps4 games..lol

[@Patrick-tw7nr]

@@tonyoverstill7587 how is that funny

[@tonyoverstill7587]

@@Patrick-tw7nr people want to play new games not games from a generation ago. You nintendo fanboys are clowns that love pissing ur money away on ports

[@jayd9667]

I finally gave up on Xbox. Canceled my Game Pass subscription because I just don’t like the direction they are currently going. That obviously does not affect their bottom line that I’m not subscribed, but I just could not justify it anymore. Hope they can turn things around and do right by the fans/studios.

[@mikeuk666]

Where ever you go folks will find an issue.... just enjoy games

[@G360LIVE]

"That obviously does not affect their bottom line that I’m not subscribed..." It does, however, affect their bottom line when you and many others have cancelled subscriptions and are not subscribed.

[@lindenstromberg6859]

I still want my Switch Pro for all my Professional workplace needs.

[@deltamaxxhomevideo]

Perfect device to run AAA Clock

[@lainswrld1654]

“Then Aaron GREENBURG came in and SHUT IT ALL DOWN” 🤣🤣💀

[@SakuraAvalon]

The mic on Switch 2 is to be there to do absolutely nothing. Inspired by the Joycon's infrared.