Switch 2 DOESN'T exist

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Chapter Titles
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0:00 Hello and Welcome
0:23 Switch 2 is REAL?!
1:13 Backwards compatibility?
2:12 Switch 2 spec rumors
3:18 Dev Conversation (Real)
3:50 Squarespace
4:44 Switch Dual Screen Patent
6:01 Nintendo CEO responds
7:07 Austin’s Noodle Theory
8:04 Switch Pro became Switch 2
9:02 TOTK is NOT GOTY
10:04 Steam Deck OLED changes things
11:06 No more Joycons?
12:07 Phone Controls?
13:03 Docked-only Switch
14:15 Things have changed
15:27 What do you think?

[@austinevans]

Who needs a Switch 2, I’ll just be playing my Switch Lite forever

[@NotJoeFriend]

Who needs a switch 2? I'll just be playing on my modded vita forever

[@owlenderg]

I mean, the switch lite is the 2nd version of the switch So we already have the switch 2

[@dzd__2216]

As long as they upgrade the switch to make it more powerful then who cares

[@AppNasty]

Mod that sucker and you’ll have no reason to ever switch to anything else.

[@HCoRE8]

Exactly

[@Cody-rb4de]

While I mainly play docked, I do take it with me and play undocked pretty often. Love that its a hybrid.

[@Aaron-zl5gq]

Well no shit Nintendo will NEVER talk about upcoming hardware or rumors , never have never will .

[@smamurai]

If switch 2 doesn’t let me keep and play all of my digital purchases I’ll be so mad.

[@drgnflms7]

When the Switch came out, Nintendo literally said they were not doing backwards compatibility because this was to be a new life cycle of their systems. With that said, I feel like we will see S2 have backwards compatibility

[@VOAN]

Yeah also having backwards compatibility doesn't really help the platform much either, it didn't help the Wii U.

[@UserName-eb9oy]

That was also said under a different CEO

[@pyrophile9972]

the market changed to @@VOAN

[@Buck_Buchanan]

The fact that the arrows on the TV dosent hit the top right corner of the TV perfectly is absolutely ridiculous.

[@mxss115]

I don’t remember if it was the tech foundry video, but I remember watching a switch 2 rumor video recently that mentioned your video of that “switch 2” dev kit

[@CraigRhodeJr]

The Switch 2 exists because the buttons for Super Mario RPG is mapped for it

[@redring4083]

Pokémon Black and White and Black 2 and White 2 were released on the DS even though the 3ds was in the market.

[@iamjimbodini]

Matt's not wrong, TOTK disappeared after two months.

[@NeoArashi]

How many videos about the Switch 2 have you made now?

[@Nova2127U]

9:03 Nintendo developers have literally said that TOTK is just the ideas they had for BOTW as DLC that didn't make the cut because of the Wii U, that's why the story is just continuing from the events of BOTW. It's continuing a game that was already, and still is, one of the best games on the Switch/Wii U, of course it's gonna be popular.

[@darkdsyk2992]

I still have botw and barley played. Gameplay ain't for me tho but pura is.😂😂😂

[@HectorFitch]

I think if a switch 2 exists, it will be like new 3ds, it will have some exclusive games, but there will still be normal switch games but the new console will run then better, I think that worked pretty well on the 3DS

[@IceBlueLugia]

The New 3DS was a mid gen upgrade like the OLED Switch. The switch 2 will be an actual jump like the 3DS was to the DS

[@bezrodnyigor]

From what we know about the next Switch that sounds feasible (same principal architecture, more power) and Nintendo's games for the most part aren't very technically challenging. But third party support will definitely drop very quickly (past a certain threshold, it's very expensive to optimize for low-end hardware) and some of the more ambitious first-party games would probably be exclusive to the new hardware anyway (Tears of the Kingdom went to the limit of what Switch hardware is capable of and doing next one on the same platform would compromise the vision of the project as a whole and I don't think Nintendo would do that). I think we will see a more traditional upgrade cycle this time. About 2 years of cross-gen support for most of the titles and full transition to next gen beyond that.

[@baked7423]

Something not mentioned here but they basically verbatim said backwards compatibility in their recent report when talking about how nintendo accounts where they specifically noted about how it would allow them to maintain user information including *purchase history* across platform generations. Before when asked they were very vague about it but now they cited purchases so at least all 1st party games will likely be BC

[@DavidStruveDesigns]

I like the idea of them sticking with the current Switch for longer, before bringing out a new version. It's the same issue I have with GPU and mobile phone releases - they keep releasing a new model _long_ before games and software can actually utilise the full power and potential of the previous version/model, whereas if they delayed for longer not only would games and software have longer to be developed or upgraded to really use the full abilities of the GPU or phone but when they _do_ release the next version or model the difference/advancements between them will be even greater and even more worth upgrading to than they currently are. Like take the iPhone, the previous model or even _two_ models are _barely_ different from the newest releases. Sure it might have a _slightly_ better camera which at this point is basically impossible for the regular user to tell the difference, and sure it might have a _slightly_ better battery or _slightly_ more powerful CPU ... but really the advancements have become microscopic and they release a new model _long_ before anyone really got to the point where the older model was being used to anywhere _close_ to it's _full_ potential. If they had a longer life cycle then at least the differences between iPhone models would make buying the most recent one actually _logical_ and not just a huge waste when the previous version is _just_ as good in basically every way. And it would _actually_ justify the higher prices. Nevermind the reduction in e-waste longer life cycles allow.

[@johnflapper]

I still think we just need a more powerful Switch, with a wireless connection capable to the dock to play handheld and TV simultaneously add DS to Switch Online and 3DS to Expansion Pack, and have the OPTION of 2 screen gaming back. Not required like the WiiU, but as an option. And port Nintendoland

[@andreanastacio9548]

Here`s a crazy idea for the switch 2: give it a generational leap worth of extra power, make the Oled standard (or atleast give it a much better LCD screen), increase the screen size and reduce the bezels, bump up the output resolution in both docked and handheld mode (say 900p and 1440p respectively, and meybe use an additional chip in the dock that upscales the image to 4k via something like DLSS,), improve the ergonomics of the joycons (if possible), give them hall effect analogue sticks as well as analog triggers, maybe give it a propor D-pad, and change nothing else. I really don`t think they need to reinvent the wheel, and they certainly don`t need to come up with an allnew gimmick, as long as they market the next console correctly, and price it well

[@IceBlueLugia]

I’d prefer a swappable D-Pad or 4 button thing, similar to what Xbox elite does. Nintendo is going to want to keep the easy multiplayer functionality but there should still be the option of having a D-Pad without needing to buy a third party joy-con and losing features

[@andreanastacio9548]

@@IceBlueLugia that would be cool, but I don`t see them doing it... It would probably cost too much, and would probably compomise things like portability and reliability. They might release pro joycons with a d pad though

[@zalados]

I'm subscribed but I haven't had your videos show up in my feed for a long time

[@me234234]

I think the switch was not backwards compatible because of their choice to make cartridges instead of discs and if they wanted these games on switch because of their decisions they would have to make completly new versions anyway and thats why they did it the way they did

[@zhon5311]

exactly, wii u was backwards compatible with wii since it was the same format

[@daneshpastries]

When are you going to discuss the trademarks filed by MS for XBOX XS?

[@HarleyCalamari]

I honestly believe Backwards compatibility won't be an issue i know Nintendo makes some Questionable choices but the success of the switch should show them the current form is working and they need hardware upgraded across the board

[@ChaseSchleich]

But how are they supposed to sell you Mario Kart 8 for the 5th time if they make it backwards compatible?! They'd have to make a new one and that could take weeks!

[@txcforever]

Their highest revenue game is basically a port of Mario Kart 8. A few other ports also did pretty well. I get Wii-U was a huge flop and many players didn't get the chance to play them, but still I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo tried re-releasing at full price a lot of their current games.

[@IceBlueLugia]

They could literally just charge you to upgrade your switch 1 copy to the switch 2 copy and still make boatloads of money. I can’t see them ditching BC

[@ChaseSchleich]

@txcforever Sony does it so I'm sure Nintendo will too. It's basically free money. I'm all for releasing remasters and remakes for older games, I loved the new Dead Space and Resident Evil remakes, but releasing Last of Us 3 times, Mario Kart 3 times, or just porting games like Red Dead is fucked up. Yet people just keep buying them over and over and over. There's a lot of suckers out there and these gaming companies are more than happy to milk them for all they can. Last of Us pt1 should have been a PS+ title, Mario Kart 8 should have been on Nintendo's service and had a sequel by now, Red Dead should have been a remake, at minimum a high end remaster or ported and bundled in to a Red Dead 2 remaster. Instead, the companies mark them at $50-$70 knowing that a lot of players will eat it up.

[@txcforever]

@khightofjustice2828 Maybe, but that just doesn't justify charging you full price for the same game you already bought.

[@DarkRacer93]

Wow, came here for the Switch 2 Talk, but learned that I can build my Switch into a permanent console.

[@DarkRacer93]

@@garrusvakarian8709 Makes since

[@Theachivmentsearcher]

There was a rumor about the joy con's being magnetized so it fixes the drift or something

[@LovelyAlanna]

I still just want a desk only switch, I already have a lite, I want something permanently connected to the TV

[@extra4542]

not catering to just someone like you is exactly why the Switch was so damn successful in the first place. ability to portable play is why it exploded in popularity and what allowed nintendo to charge full price for games for so long despite being inferior versions. glad youre not the one running the company

[@JoshDJX]

I very much want a docked-only mode console without a screen or battery.

[@OledBurnInKing]

I wish the switch had accessories similiar to the gameboys but made for the nintendo switch. For example, the gameboy had so many types of accessories and was playeable on newer consoles from the super nintendo up to the n64. The gameboy games can be played on the gameboy, super game boy cartridge for the super nintendo to play game boy games, supaboy handheld gaming device to play game boy games and the n64 cartridge transfer pak to play gameboy games from the n64 game controller attachment. Even though game boy was old, the game boy games were backwards compatibility with newer devices from the super nintendo, supaboy and n64 and the n64 was a 64 bit console. I miss when nintendo had so many types of accessories for there older consoles and they had so many cool and unique features. Nowadays, the newer consoles don't offer much cool features and functionalities. The era of game consoles were different and unique from each other and had the cool accessories to go along with there consoles. Most of the newer consoles offer similar features and functionalities and are not classic like the old school retro consoles. There are hardly any classic games with the modern consoles compared to the older consoles that made the consoles what they were known for. Every console is filled with micro transactions and cash grabs with bugs and the consumers are beta testers for bugs for the games.

[@dyscotopia]

There's no practical reason not to include backyard compatibility. The switch is running a slightly unusual ARM based mobile chip. Nvidia has much more powerful options for Nintendo to choose from (t239 or t234) that are unusual ARM based mobile chips. Apart from updating some APIs to unlock the additional power, most content would just work unless Nintendo wanted to artificially content lock it away... Which isn't beyond them, but the audience for a new handheld would tank if there wasn't a way to play the huge library of games. I think what Nintendo is saying here is that at least for a while first party games will run on the older hardware... Albeit at lower resolutions and missing other bells and whistles

[@JamelMatthew]

Someone wanna explain that browsers squashing mario joke

[@JustShimothy]

What if the switch 2 is just a dock with a stronger internal gpu that you slot your current switch into.

[@berdanbalat444]

tbh that would be really nice lol

[@IceBlueLugia]

@@berdanbalat444No that sounds like shit. It means handheld mode would still be locked to switch 1 specs and devs would have to make 2 separate versions of their games

[@coldsnap4467]

​@@IceBlueLugiaDevs would have to make 2 seperate versions of the game. That makes zero sense. We literally already do this with extenal gpu's... Its just a matter of going from low settings to high settings. So in docked mode, it would just automatically switch over to high settings.

[@IceBlueLugia]

@@coldsnap4467 Yeah that’s not how it works lol. Games are developed for the lowest common denominator then scaled up from there in such a scenario. There’s a reason people say the Series S is holding back gaming. Games don’t take full advantage of the hardware through the method you’re talking about. PC games have minimum specs too, and games can’t run the way they’re intended if they’re scaled down too far. Increasing specs works by adding extra resolution and frames rate, as well as things like shadows and better lighting; aka things that don’t require a game to be designed around those high power requirements. A game properly built for the PS4 game can’t run on a PS3 through simple downscaling. And this is a pretty apt comparison considering Switch is slightly stronger than a PS3 and Switch 2 is rumored to about PS4 level. If your method worked, games released in 2023 would still run on 2013 computers. They don’t.

[@artbyddp]

Not ideal for an external GPU to be coupled with only 3 active cores on the Switch APU.

[@henj8k]

I'm about to Purchase my first Switch this holiday season

[@adamdemass3880]

Still play tears of the kingdom, It's incredible. I wonder how many people even played far enough to realize there is a whole underworld as big as the overworld.

[@apollolux]

Nintendo's MO has been to at the very least attempt to change or somehow "revolutionize" control styles and input methods with each new console, for better or worse, in addition to upping the internal specs, however incrementally in some cases. * NES, while two (or four if you count start and select) action buttons and a d-pad was getting more common back then, had some of the highest quality digital input of its time inside a very durable package ("Nintendium" some would call that kind of ABS plastic, same stuff as the Game Boy). * SNES had six (or eight) action buttons plus d-pad in a very comfortable-to-grip but still very durable package. * N64 introduced the native analog stick and tried to make the three-prong approach work. * GameCube had one of the earliest first-party dual analog stick controller setups (though Sony beat them to market by at least a year), but also had genuine analog triggers (which Dreamcast also had, but only one analog stick) even though not many games took advantage of them. * Wii came bundled by default with the combo Bluetooth+infrared motion controller Wiimote instead of relegating it to an optional accessory _and_ still supported using GameCube controllers in many games, as well as adding USB-like support for plugging in other controllers and accessories to the Wiimote like the Nunchuck or specialty pads. * Wii U offered a touchpad that basically looked like a Switch Lite prototype and could also function as an additional screen for games _and_ still let you use Wiimote and Wiimote accessories. * Switch was arguably the first truly successful implementation of a hybrid console-handheld device, both being dockable and having detachable JoyCon. The JoyCon are basically refined dual Wiimotes each with an analog stick rather than having to rely on external Nunchucks, but the key feature is that they're detachable from the system and that the Switch can be run as a handheld device if they're attached. That's not even counting the fact that the Switch's built-in screen is technically a capacitive touchscreen, though that becomes not nearly as useful as it could be when it's docked. (I didn't even list the strictly handheld set of Nintendo offerings in the above list, and I intentionally left out the Virtual Boy because Virtual Boy.) The Switch spec-wise was basically a modified NVidia Shield. Even if the "Switch 2" or whatever it ultimately ends up being named is just a bump in spec, Nintendo is almost guaranteed to try to add value via input controls. It likely depends on who Nintendo actually considers as their competition which will probably determine what form this would take. People keep saying Steam Deck (and eventually similar handheld PC lines like ROG Ally and Legion Go) is the competition, but Nintendo has historically been competing with Sony more than any other gaming company not named Sega so my money is on continuing competition with Sony.

[@jonesymeow9487]

And they'll probably wet the bed over that, too. This wouldn't be the 1st time they really messed up doing that. Not to mention 90% of their 1st party games really suck. I won't bother with anymore nintedo systems now that I have options with mobile handhelds.

[@apollolux]

@@jonesymeow9487 I don't quite understand what you mean by "not the first time they messed up doing that." By "that" do you mean the "slight spec bump" like with Wii U or do you mean misunderstanding who the real competition is like with the GameCube generation (which was overwhelmingly won by the PS2) where they thought Sega Dreamcast was still a thing?

[@GodGangBlessed]

They also need to combat over hype.

[@zombieimpact2790]

Maybe they can create a nintendo gamecube 2 that plays nintendo games in 4k.

[@dman1848]

If they just keep bringing out stellar games like ToTK Ill be happy. GB, NDS, 3DS all were underpowered systems and their games were fun as hell and outsold all their competition.

[@syferz]

9:20 BotW just had new players buying it for 4+ years before it reached 20M sales, TotK hit 19.5M sales already, that is why it "disappeared". Also, TotK completely eclipses BotW and makes BotW feel like an unfinished version of TotK at this point. It's also easy for some to forget that TotK has a whole building mechanic that greatly changed the gameplay. It's a 10 out of 10 and was extremely polished on release. The only game that legitimately is a game of the year contender is BG3, but that game was very buggy at launch, it's also a 10, but I'd say at launch it was 9.5 because of the lack of polish.

[@Deja117]

Where's the boss coffee? My brain can't handle it, please... No... They are still around right? I'm worried now.

[@renanchoutock4886]

I use motion control in Splatoon all the time, in Japan is huge use in Splatoon

[@anjabenn]

Haha 14:20 Matt: "Now you have things like the Legion Go that supports external gpu's." Austin: "But nobody does it." Me: "I do!"😂 I use a RTX 3080 with my Legion Go when docked to my tv. I honestly think more people would do this if it was something more people knew about. Because the Z1 Extreme uses AMD drivers, Nvidia gpu's work best since the drivers can coexist on the Legion Go making swapping between docked to the egpu and handheld without the egpu not terrible. Of coarse it's not as simple as swapping between docked and handheld with a Nintendo Switch, but it does work well once everything is setup!

[@Shendowx]

I like to point out if they made the switch to have a dual screen, that would make it easy for it to support 3DS games or DS games as well as Wii U games. Just saiyan

[@wylerXL]

but it would also cost 3rd party dev to tweak their games just to utilize the extra screen. more so, games already released in current switch will require extra patch to port.

[@Shendowx]

@@wylerXL Why? And most likely would be only there for backwards compatibility. Not to mention I don't think it would cost very much extra, sing how a lot of companies didn't have a problem doing it with the Wii U or the DS.

[@wylerXL]

@@Shendowx you dont want the secondary screen to just be black empty. Porting Wii U and 3DS games may have no problem. But majority of games (that get released across all platforms) only have one screen in mind. Most devs are lazy to tweak their games thats why Wii U gets the least support during its generation.

[@Shendowx]

@@wylerXL really depends on how they use the second screen, maybe the system while in dock mode doesn't use the second screen. While in handheld mode it can and maybe use it just for features for the systems OS only.

[@IceBlueLugia]

@@wylerXLThe Wii U is a poor example because over half the library just had the Gamepad display the exact same thing as the TV. Tropical Freeze and BotW were first party games and actually didn’t even do that, the Gamepad was just blank and you could tap it to switch the display to the gamepad. Third party ports could’ve easily done the same. Wii U was just underpowered, that’s why the ports never came. 3DS meanwhile, yeah every game needed to use the second screen. Though honestly, people are really overblowing this issue, it’s really easy to just move the HUD and pause menu to the bottom screen

[@Neo_X90X]

ummm I know folks still playing totk even myself included and I've clocked in over 500 hours so far. why would anyone play breath when theres just so much more to do in tears.

[@Xo7icz]

Anyone notice the Russian Badger reference at 8:29 xD

[@snithfferx]

What about a real dockstation. I mean, if you want to play in your TV, you need more power, at least 1080P 144FPS, and if your handheld can't brings you, then a dockingstation can. But... maybe is a wet dream.

[@hieshaamvanniekerk3445]

wots that white marks on mats t shirt lol

[@HibariSama]

Matt's not wrong about ToTK.

[@Defooriginal]

So thats what happened to Malcom in the Middle..

[@Beartendo]

@austinevans have you been to CKs?

[@HullRupture]

Was going to wait for switch 2. But will try to pick up a steam deck oled instead today. Realised I'm just not that into Mario games like I used to be and Nintendo tends to come out with pretty woeful hardware compared to the competition to the point its been irrelevant hardware for a while for being able to support 3rd party titles. Im not huge on graohics, but I just don't trust Nintendo to make a system that can meangifully run the titles I want to play through its lifespan

[@iamdickel8574]

they would go for Switch 2 OLED then newer revision Mini LED

[@wardraven8755]

The switch oled is the the switch pro it was supposed to have a more powerful apu but because of covid and the supply chain issues they couldn’t get what they wanted and needed for it all they could get is the oled and the chip thats in the dock. At least thats what i seen on a KZbin video. I do believe the oled is the switch pro.

[@TheKaizokuman]

Switch really could have done with that proper upgrade.

[@oluy]

9:04 as a die hard nintendo games fan i hate the fact that i agree so much

[@WhiteStars12]

I genuinely expect the next nintendo console to be completely different than the switch. There is no way they are gonna take the risk of making something really similar after what happened with the Wii U

[@bezrodnyigor]

Switch worked very well for them though. Plus consolidating 2 console lineups into one makes life a lot easier for them. Would they risk f**ing it up? Besides, Switch was basically a Wii U done right, it was a continuation of an idea rather than a pivot. Now I wouldn't put past Nintendo to do something weird just for the sake of it (VR maybe... that's kind of a logical continuation of what they did with the Wii plus the tech is finally there to support this vision) but with how successful Switch is and how easy it is to iterate on that I just don't why would they. They might definitely try to slap a second screen on it though... they might even make it actually work.

[@CalebIthink]

I don't think they'll make a sequel to the switch after how the Wii U did, but I think they will stick to a hybrid console.

[@jonesymeow9487]

That is how they'll mess this all up. The wii u was terrible marketing, too. If nintendo was smart, they'd just relieve a more powerful switch. But since they love to needlessly change tgings up I see they dropping the ball majorly. Plus their 1st party games are mostly trash. With others making powerful handhelds I won't bother with nintendo again.

[@potatorigs2155]

Can't wait for the Switch U

[@chriswyatt9869]

Was looking at buying a switch OLED for Black Friday, now I’m thinking of holding off if switch 2 is coming out next year. Should I wait?

[@danmcgee6992]

or not being bound to a life cycle could be interpted to mean that they don't feel the need to release a switch 2 just because the switch is getting older

[@AppNasty]

Ima just SWITCH to my modded PSP, PS Vita and new 3DS XL.

[@robertcollins264]

Companies can’t lie or mislead investors. If they do, they face regulatory penalties and big lawsuits. Trust statements in an earnings call much more than journalists.

[@belgamsafn]

Bought Switch Oled, played Odyssey and that was great. Tried a ton of games after that but it's not for me anymore, even sold the device recently because my nostalgia really remembers these franchises to be a lot more fun and condensed, replayable and addictive. Maybe i'm done gaming lol, but Zelda 1.5 and the lack of decent rpg's or shooters, or oldscool sidescroll action games like megaman or duke nukem really convinced me to go back to pc and ps5, i'll emulate the new metroid when it releases and be on the lookout for other titles but i don"t have high hopes

[@jonesymeow9487]

I don't touch nintendo 1st party games over them being way too easy, and don't hold my attention. I only got the switch to play 3rd party games mobile. But with other (better) handhelds on the market I won't be bothering with the next Switch. Nintendo sucks.

[@archaichobo6969]

Nintendo wants to maximize profits on the Switch OLED this holiday season. Of course they are going to deny the Switch 2 release. ReviewTech Rich explained it well.

[@ehrensto]

it's like when the switch was released and they never properly said "the wii u is dead". they wanna keep collecting the benefits of the going generation until it's no longer possible.

[@Adam1llion]

I'm never docked and my son plays his switch docked and undocked.

[@gallion1987]

Switch 2 console box, can remote play with your switch if you want mobile

[@itsdeonlol]

The Switch2 Rumors are crazy...

[@Tr1ckstir]

hi kinsey 👋

[@ayol1011]

Imo I think the reason why we still do not get switch 2 is that OG switch have overstayed and porting a game both for switch 1 and 2 would take them much more resource than they would like. Switch is too underpowered by 2023 gaming standard. Like how Cyberpunk run worse in PS4 than PS5. Plus with how popular some of Nintendo IP (Pokemon, Zelda, Mario), Unless we hit the hardware limitations for these games, we would probably not get a new switch

[@slapmoney2264]

Austin saying valve should of called the steam deck oled the steam deck 2 when it has the same apu and plays games exactly the same then I would say the switch 2 is already out it's called the switch oled.

[@bgjck]

I do not want a non portable version of the Switch. One of my favorite things about the original Switch is that it could be handheld and then you could dock onto the TV and out of the box it came with a controller that you could deattach and use with the TV. I don't want to have to buy a seperate controller to be able to play on the TV. The Switch is a Switch and the Switch Lite make sense beut a TV only Switch doesn't seem like Nintendo at all.

[@extra4542]

if the next nintendo console goes back to LCD im not buying. going away from OLED is a HUGE downgrade. my ps5, pc, and switch will hold me over for a long time. also, backwards compatibility with Switch carts is a MUST. otherwise i’m really not gonna get for a few years

[@HelloByeLetsNot]

Austin acting like the history of nintendo isnt to hold back new systems until they think its last minute

[@nodorog448]

It will be called the Switch-Hitter and have three joycons. You can guess where you shove that third one.

[@AppNasty]

I think they will never make a new console. Switch will exist forever…..BUT….it will just keep getting new versions. At least with this new console, I think it’s a pro. Why make a new system when the current is selling better than anything? Instead, bump up the gps and cpu and ram just enough and still call it switch.

[@RobbbbC]

What if the egpu just did upscaling and the devs did not need to design forbit separately?

[@Collectors-Edition-Boxet]

They are going to release a Dual-Switch.

[@brandonnguyen3684]

Still waiting for mario kart 9 since the Wii U….

[@alienzone1954]

If the switch 2 not a 4k and better graphics then to me it's just another remake of the switch cus u got switch light pro and oled and thay same but lite joy con done remove but pro and oled it's all the same literly no difrent a inch bigger screen and tiny bit more storage but same HD and graphics nothing new

[@Jev55]

Am I the only one that almost never plays handheld and only docked? LOL

[@ChaseSchleich]

The entire reason Nintendo is denying Switch 2 is they don't want to hurt holiday Switch sales. The best way to resolve that issue is to RELEASE NEW HARDWARE DURING HOLIDAY TIME. Nintendo likes dropping hardware a few months after holiday which is kind of fucked up. Some parent or grandparent buys Switch stuff for Christmas and then 3 months later Nintendo releases new hardware, making what those people just bought obsolete way sooner than they expected. There's no reason not to release new hardware between September-December. I don't like Nintendo, but the people that do are going to buy it and it's going to sell like crazy even with increased competition during holiday time. It's like Nintendo just like to be weird.

[@Otterplus]

100% switch 2 production is behind schedule and they’re covering holiday season tail by saying “oh don’t worry, we’re won’t forget about you”. All while selling a nearly decade old device

[@Wario1382]

Entitled cry baby 😂

[@Brger_Queen]

Matt is very cool!!

[@biscotti_]

As a BOTW glazer, I 100% agree-couldn’t even bring myself to finish TOTK

[@wylerXL]

i think it will be called Switch U or New Switch or Super Switch. number suffix isn't Nintendo's forte.

[@pewpewship]

Nintendo switch 2 M3 Max chip? 😏😏

[@gzgaming69]

Here comes the Steam Deck 2

[@game_master_rukia]

nintendo is gonna go back to the 2 console eco system and have home console and dual screen switch

[@Burgendysauce69]

Watch them add a dpad and call it a day

[@brandongovreau9218]

what if the Nintendo switch is the last Nintendo console

[@juliusmega7373]

Im gonna play Mr run and jump on my new atari 2600 plus, who needs a switch 2

[@keithkamps77]

Have no clue, I love Nintendo but they play to a different drum and it always seems to work out. Time will tell.

[@ariesace02]

From every thing I read and can find on this I believe Nintendo going away at least for now from all this 1 version 2 version. I think they looking it as Switch is the brand and there will be new or revisions of that brand but all version of it are the same games under one umbrella idea of switch games. EX. Think of nintendo as a brand ( type)of console. you have NES, super NES, NES 64. now instead of changing out different games ever version its fall under just one type that fits in all switches.

[@AppNasty]

The answer is easy…release next console and drop switch lite to $99 and reg switch to 149 and oled switch to 199.

[@arielsalatan8968]

Austin sure do love Nintendo And sure to defend it

[@pyrophile9972]

Switch with vr capabilities

[@beanslol1725]

Matt nudging at the fact that Nintendo is remaking games and junk is tru but literally everyone else is doing it too lmao, resident evil 4 remake, dead space remake, crash bandicoot remake I believe, Spyro remake, uhh what else has been remade? Or remastered. Hm… spider man remaster for ps5 so not a remake but definitely not really needed. Last of us remake for like the third time. There was also: Mafia remake, the gta “remasters” ark survival ascended which is just ark 1 I think but on the new engine that ark 2 will be on, so they announced ark 2 awhile ago but don’t even have that out yet lmao. So all in all, all these companies are taking advantage of making remakes😂

[@tielmaster7879]

Remember guys, the DS and Wii also won't replace the GBA and GameCube. Oh wait they did...?

[@PaftDunk7]

That heavy set guy is wrong about TotK, i have 330 hours in it, i patrol Hyrule regularly. That guy needs to survey before stating an opinion as fact. Just because no one talks about it anymore doesn't mean noone plays it. I have talked to maybe one person about it, if you're gonna try to fire on Totk again, come correct next time.

[@Hollygilbert89]

The switch 2 is out and has been out. It's called the OLED switch. Yall need to talk about a switch 3.

[@vargsieber]

Of course it's coming out, but they wanna make as much profit as possible on the switch in the Christmas season, so of course they deny the existence of the switch 2. In my opinion they already should've released the switch 2, the switch 1 is just to weak to port new 3rd party releases to it.

[@IceBlueLugia]

I don’t understand why you people think Nintendo gives a shit about third party ports. The Wii and Wii U didn’t have jack shit in terms of third party ports aside from some CoD games, those companies would instead make games specifically for Nintendo’s systems, especially on the Wii. The Switch is the same way, it’s like you guys have never seen a Nintendo console before.

[@vargsieber]

@IceBlueLugia the wii u is the perfect example why Nintendo should care about 3rd party support, the lack of support is one of the reasons it failed. Also specs aren't only a problem for 3rd parties, even their own games don't always run properly at release, the last pokemon game was a perfect example, it did run better on PC with emulation software than on the native machine.

[@IceBlueLugia]

@@vargsieber Yet the Wii and Switch succeeded just fine with minimal third party ports. That’s my point. People keep talking about how Nintendo’s hardware is too underpowered yet if the games are selling well, they’re clearly just as fun as they’ve always been. Yes, they need better specs so their own games run better and can be pushed further. No, they don’t need it for third party ports that people don’t even buy on Nintendo systems anyway. For the record, Pokémon ran poorly due to Game Freak being incompetent, this is pretty obvious when you consider pretty much all the big first party games on switch look much better and run fine

[@vargsieber]

@IceBlueLugia the wii was basically made to be sold to non gamers and was only a mainstream success because of wii sports, the switch actually had decent 3rd party support for some time, but that's over by now. If the switch lacked support like the wii u did it would've been a failure.

[@IceBlueLugia]

@@vargsieber Wii had an attach rate of like 8. Plenty of games sold upwards of 10 million copies, just like the Switch. Clearly many gamers bought the system, and many of the people who bought it just for Wii Sports ended up buying plenty of other games for it. The people who bought it just for Wii Sports were in the vast minority. Third party ports clearly didn’t matter there even in an audience with plenty of gamers Since when did switch have good third party support? If you’re talking about ports like Skyrim and Doom then for every port like that, the switch missed out on 10 other multiplats, so pretty bad third party support there. If you mean it was getting plenty of smaller third party games, then that’s still happening. So either one doesn’t make any sense Nintendo has made two systems that were huge successes despite their lack of multiplats. In fact, they sold far better than the systems like the GameCube and SNES which had way more third party multiplats

[@chriscottrell4753]

Obviously meaning cloud gaming....

[@carlosrueda9204]

"ToK is dlc". Let him cook.

[@aldwinn8824]

Simply put. . Where there is smoke there is fire".... or way too many people saying something similar for it not to be somewhat true

[@seanrodrigues8184]

Virtual Boy 2 calling it now don't @ me.