Thursday, September 7th 2023
Nintendo "Switch 2" Reportedly Showcased at Private Gamescom Event
In the weeks leading up to Gamescom 2023 all sorts of Nintendo-related rumors started to spew forth—the boldest being a public unveiling of their much anticipated Switch successor during the conference segment. This did not transpire—of course—with Nintendo choosing to showcase existing games and hardware on the trade fair floor in Germany. Post-event murmurs proposed another highly unlikely circumstance—claims posted to social media and on forums pointed to a top secret demo session of "Switch 2" hardware occurring "behind closed doors" at Gamescom, with an elite set of development teams in attendance. These rumblings were largely dismissed due to unsubstantiated information coming from less than reliable sources.
Eurogamer and Video Games Chronicles (VGC) reached out to their cadre of industry insiders to find out more—newly published articles seem to align with recent leaks. The former understands that: "Developer presentations for Switch 2 took place behind closed doors, with partners shown tech demos of how well the system is designed to run. One Switch 2 demo is a souped up version of Switch launch title Zelda: Breath of the Wild, designed to hit the Switch 2's beefier target specs. (To be clear, though - this is just a tech demo. There's no suggestion the game will be re-released." An insider familiar with the games industry in Spain alleged, a few months ago, that Switch 2 development kits had been delivered to a notable local development partner.
VGC's Editor in Chief, Andy Robinson proposes that (according to his source) Nintendo: "showcased Epic's impressive The Matrix Awakens Unreal Engine 5 tech demo - originally released to showcase the power of PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X in 2021 - running on target specs for its next console. The demo is said to have been running using NVIDIA's DLSS upscaling technology, with advanced ray tracing enabled and visuals comparable to Sony's and Microsoft's current-gen consoles (however, it should be noted this does not mean the Switch successor will sport raw power anywhere near that of PS5 or Xbox Series X, which aren't portable devices)." Leaks stretching back to 2021 have the Switch successor linked to a Team Green Tegra chipset codenamed "Drake," designated "T239." A subset of the tipster community reckons that the next-gen console is going to be based on a newer Orin-series SoC, granting use of Ampere GPU architecture - thus enabling DLSS on a hybrid home/handheld console.
Sources:
Eurogamer, Kit Guru, VideoCardz, VGC, IGN (BotW 2021 image source)
Eurogamer and Video Games Chronicles (VGC) reached out to their cadre of industry insiders to find out more—newly published articles seem to align with recent leaks. The former understands that: "Developer presentations for Switch 2 took place behind closed doors, with partners shown tech demos of how well the system is designed to run. One Switch 2 demo is a souped up version of Switch launch title Zelda: Breath of the Wild, designed to hit the Switch 2's beefier target specs. (To be clear, though - this is just a tech demo. There's no suggestion the game will be re-released." An insider familiar with the games industry in Spain alleged, a few months ago, that Switch 2 development kits had been delivered to a notable local development partner.
45 Comments on Nintendo "Switch 2" Reportedly Showcased at Private Gamescom Event
So let's not over-react, eh?
:p
Thanks for the tip, I might just try them out.
OLEDs started showing burn ins / degradations after 2 months! The new white OLED from LG is better, yes, but also has issues.
Burn in is a part of OLED, it won't go away, that's why mini-LEDs and micro-LEDs screens are being developed. OLED's best use case is for watching video only, in a controlled light room, not for gaming nor PC use - not because they perform bad, but because PC/game use will accelerate and show burn ins much much sooner.
if you are happy with having that on a screen, good for you, but a lot of people aren't
>>>back to the topic, why tf they didn't release TOTK with the Switch 2? what a missed opportunity
I think PS4 GPU level, 8~10gb of memory and a better CPU are achievable. Resolution wise, 900p while in portable mode is good enough, and huge bump in frequencies coupled with DLSS to achieve fake 4k.
Again, let's not over-react.We're talking about the screen choice possibility for the Nintendo Switch 2, which is directly on topic.
the cold hard fact is that OLED screens will have burn in, a gaming device where HUDs are static will accelerate that
if OLEDs were dirty cheap this could perhaps be overlooked, but paying thousands of dollars on an OLED TV and have it full of water marks in 2 years (like countless people report on TV forums, reddit) is unacceptable to a lot of people
it's not a matter of IF, it's a matter of WHEN you're getting burn ins
And the same applies to consoles / phones / laptops, if you intend on keeping them for long term. Now if you swap devices less than 2 years, there's a chance you won't see that.
>> the topic is Switch 2, not OLED technology and its pros/cons. Want to talk about battery chemistry now? The Switch has a battery too you know
It maybe happened.
It doesn't look possible.
It almost certainly didn't happened.
It didn't happened.
We have proof it didn't happened.
Of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most.
TechPowerUp: lets post it anyway.
Comments section: reactions to the new "Switch 2".
/facepalm
If they choose poorly, then I'll just switch completely to my Steam Deck where games I buy will work gen to gen for-nearly-ever.
I have a VITA Oled ans a LCD Switch ... honestly, can tell the difference ...
I'll go even further, i wonder if one can see difference between all these tech'
Two were gifts. Any other titles I own run fine.
Nintendo are great at Gaming but it is also why I am pumped about more Japanese Games as as good as Nintendo is they are not in my top 5 Japanese Game makers. You see the PS made Konami, Capcom, NAMCO, Squaresoft and ENIX made me forget all about Nintendo.
I will probably get one of these for my Daughter as well as Nintendo is a necessity when you are in Grade school.The only issue I have with OLED is power draw.