According to a source who could have access to the Switch 2 in preview, the Joy-Con of the console would be slightly different from the current ones. The change is not huge, but it will be enough to make one cringe.
The Nintendo Switch celebrated its 7th birthday last March. Significant longevity for a home console which does not seek to win the race for power like its competitors from home Sony And Microsoft. Its radically different positioning means that we feel the passage of time less, especially since the Switch OLED and its improved screen only date from 2021. However, players are ready to welcome a hardware update and rumors about the imminent release of the Switch 2 continue to grow.
Even if in absolute terms everything must be taken conditionally, we still know quite a bit about the future console from the Japanese manufacturer. Besides, it would have been ready for a long time, but he would wait to reveal it to the general public. However, professionals in the sector were able to get your hands on it, in the literal sense of the term, if we believe the latest information obtained by the Spanish media Vandal. More precisely, Nintendo presented its next machine to accessory manufacturers.
The Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Cons have a particularity that won’t please everyone
No need to ask what the Switch 2 will look like, the people concerned were simply able to touch it through an opaque box. Not ideal, but enough to realize two things. First of the size. If we are to believe the feelings of the sources, the Switch 2 will be a little larger than the first of the name, but more compact than a Steam Deck. The important information concerns the Joy-Con however: the new ones would be attached to the console by a magnetic systemmore thanks to rails like the current ones.
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It means that the Joy-Con of Switch 1 will not be compatible with the next one. Too bad for those who were hoping for backwards compatibility beyond that of game cartridges. Despite this disappointing point, we hope that it will still be possible to connect the “old” Joy-Con wirelessly to use it as an additional controller. There is no information to confirm or deny this at this time. let’s remember that the Nintendo Switch 2 is expected for 2025.