New Switch Already?
kotaku.com/report-new-nintendo-switch-model-c...Posted Oct 4, 2018, 12:12 PM UTC
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Oof, I hope it won't mean games that only run well on the new hardware. If they just improve the portability, that's fine with me. I don't use that anyway.
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One of the things they comment on is the battery life - was the battery life of the current Switch a big problem? I never noticed it one way or the other.
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I have not had problems but I do not play it in handheld mode that often.
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Certain games will burn through the battery life. You can play a few matches of Fortnite and be down to 20-30%. Worst drain I've seen from any game. Same amount of time playing Dead Cells and it'll be down to like 80%.
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It is ok, but not great. A game like Stardew or 20XX will get around 5 or 6 hours, Mario or Zelda get about half of that. I actually haven't noticed too much of a difference with airplane mode besides how long it will sleep.
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I imagine it's just a refresh on the parts they use. Maybe some smaller, more energy efficient components. I don't see a New Switch type of console coming. More than likely just some new parts that are cheaper for them to make that replaces the current model.
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Who am I kidding, I bought every iteration of the GBA, DS and 3ds. I would definitely get this as soon as I could.
I still doubt it is a major revision so much as some better hardware.
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i am going to throw this one out there a Ds slot into the system and just put a fork into the ds line up. Its the only thing that would make me rebuy a switch
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I hope there isn't a new Switch already. I haven't even opened my console yet and I've had it since Christmas last year. Just too busy in life to try to give another console some love. 12+ hour work days (including commute) will do that to you.
I really should break it open though. Mario, Zelda and Isaac Binding are teasing me.
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Time flies in this current environment of .5 console lifecycles. I purchased two Switchs so it will be hard for me to upgrade this soon. Make a smaller pocket sized switch and I am on it. If they start doing the incremental upgrades and start pushing for some games to only work on the new upgrade I'm probably out.
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This has to be at least partially because of the switch hacking scene. Flaws in the security of the Tegra processor allow full trust zone access. This includes running unsigned code and programs - homebrew and pirated games, namely.
They have a hardware revision out now which sort of patches that access - (the 'Mariko' revision), but apparently other access points exist.
They're taking a really proactive stance against the hacking this time around since the 3DS got busted wide open an the switch ditto so early in its lifespan.
Of course Nintendo ALWAYS releases revisions of their portable systems, but the accelerated timeline is likely tied to the hacking. They just gotta make General system stability improvements to enhance the user's experience.