Game news Millions of consoles in record time? For its Switch 2, Nintendo would have big ambitions
Nintendo plans to hit hard for its next console. The Japanese firm plans to produce millions of consoles in record time.
Nintendo’s future console is fast approaching. Indeed, the Nintendo Switch has sold more than 132 million units and is approaching its end of life after 7 years on the market. For months, rumors have been circulating on the Internet concerning this next machine, in particular with chip code names at NVIDIA or even echoes of factories which would manufacture different parts of the console. It is now the turn of analysts to look into the subject.
The Japanese firm should manufacture more than 10 million new consolesat the beginning of April 2024, according to the consulting firm Omdia which spoke in the columns of Bloomberg. Good news for Nintendo fans, because the future machine should see the light of day this year. Moreover, manufacturing as many consoles will avoid a potential stock shortage as happened for the Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. As a reminder in 2020, the two manufacturers had stock shortages in particular due to a global shortage of semiconductors. In addition to this factor, scalpers had snatched up a whole bunch of consoles to sell them for much more on the internet with crazy prices sometimes reaching 1000 euros (compared to 450 euros for the base price offered by the manufacturers).
No risk of shortage, but a console downgrade
However, there is a dark side to the picture. Still according to Hiroshi Hayase working for Omdia, the console will suffer a drop in quality on its screen. Even if the panel will be larger, measuring 8 inches (compared to 7 for the Switch OLED, 6.2 for the classic and 5.5 for the Lite), its panel will be LCD. Even though the screen should have a better resolution, that hasn’t stopped players from complaining about the rollback. “ Damn, going from an OLED screen to an LCD screen is a huge disappointment. OLED completely ruined LCD screens for me » the first is indignant. “ An LCD screen would ensure that I won’t buy one until an OLED model launches. This should now be the standard for handheld consoles “.
The reason for this choice would be to limit the cost of the console. Indeed, games are becoming more and more storage-intensive and forcing Nintendo to install larger and larger hard drives. As Pantha previously discussed in a Daily“ the quality of the panel is one of the most negligible points in a portable console “. And for good reason, ” some players use the console only in dock mode (connected to the television) and the difference between these two technologies is not notable “. For the moment Nintendo has not made any official announcement, but this future console should be released at a price of $400 according to some sources.