No Plans For Nintendo Switch 2.0 – Report

While we’re days out from the Nintendo Switch’s big first birthday, if some of you out there might have been holding out for some kind of XL or Lite style revision for the hybrid that’s setting the world on fire, you might be left out in the cold for awhile.

According to sources for the Wall Street Journal, Nintendo seemingly has no current plans to develop a revision to the hardware of any kind, at least right now. Console makers routinely start to think redesigns soon after a launch, to try to cut costs or just to refresh interest such as with the 4K revisions to PS4 and Xbox One. Nintendo however plans for peripherals and expanded network features to continue to push the current version.

Note that the peripherals they’re talking about specifically called out things that would connect to the USB-C port, so this is not just talking about Labo. Waiting longer before any serious revisions would also tie into a longer life cycle that President Tatsumi Kimishima also suggested the company was aiming for with the Switch. What kind of peripherals do you hope to see? Let us know in the comments below.

Posted: Mar 04, 2018 12:52 am
Related Forum: Gaming Discussion

Source: https://gamingbolt.com/no-plans-for-nintendo-switch-2-0-report

Comments

TomPosted: Sat. Mar 24, 2018

Mikey No need for another one, the console is amazing, i mean it be good for at least another 5 years easy, just make improvements on the current console.

Agree, no plan is needed at this time since everything for the console seems to be running fine.

TTGPosted: Mon. Mar 05, 2018

There's no need for a 2.0 there making all the money on the current gen. Just keep the updates coming and we happy.

hootPosted: Sun. Mar 04, 2018

If they keep it updated and keep dropping games then it should be fine.

That's what Xbox and Playstation should do until stuff gets old at least

TOXICPosted: Sun. Mar 04, 2018

No need for another one, the console is amazing, i mean it be good for at least another 5 years easy, just make improvements on the current console.

WLRPosted: Sun. Mar 04, 2018

They don't need a 2.0 the switch could be out for years until there hardware grows old

CraigPosted: Sun. Mar 04, 2018

Ninetendo support their products for years, so this is no surprise to me. Why would they make another one when they can just improve the current one, a lot more devs should take this move into consideration.

DecyPosted: Sun. Mar 04, 2018

I wouldn't have expected anything like this.. yet anyway although i do see space for it in the future they could do what microsoft are doing with making there consoles like a family.

MushroomElmPosted: Sun. Mar 04, 2018

No one should really expect a handheld to get any revision, not on this scale at least. IMO, I think the amount of 3DS they put out was a joke. Perhaps they feel the same way, and want to avoid it too.

Still haven't got one of these yet, but I really want one.