The Nintendo Switch, released
back in 2017, has proven to be a best-selling innovation in gaming from the
iconic Japanese videogame manufacturer, now that it has been on the market for
two years. Players have totally been engaged by the device’s hybrid concept,
being playable as a big-screen home console, a tabletop multiplayer magnet, or
a personal portable experience. With the Switch having established itself as a
major, if relatively new, gaming platform, Nintendo can now begin developing revisions
for the system. One was a pure-handheld variation in the Switch Lite, revealed
last week. The other, a hardware-improved version of the basic Nintendo Switch,
has been newly announced this week.
According to Fortune, Nintendo has
just announced a series of upgrades to the Switch hybrid console on Wednesday,
July 17. The most notable improvement to the system is a longer battery life
that will allow the main Switch unit to play games for as long as 4 and a half
hours to 9, depending on the game title used. To compare, the original Switch’s
battery is good for between 2 and a half to 6 and a half hours. When playing “Legend
of Zelda: Breath of the Wild” for example, a fully-charged original Switch can
go non-stop for 3 hours, while the upgrade is good for 5 and a half.
Such an increase in battery life
is remarkable for the hybrid Nintendo Gaming system, considering that the
recently announced full-handheld edition, the Switch Lite, has a 3 to 7 hour limit
range. Carrying on with the previous example, a fully charged Switch Lite can
play “Breath of the Wild” for 4 straight hours. Details are scant on how
Nintendo increased the battery life significantly, although a theory revolves
around a new system-on chip that was used in the Switch Lite.
This Nintendo Switch upgrade will
completely replace the original-hardware Nintendo Switch, as can be indicated
by a new packaging design. They will not even increase the price even a little,
maintaining the basic retail price as it is currently: $300. The Switch Lite
handheld, with its smaller screen and dialed-down internal features, costs $200
instead. Analysts are of the opinion that the increase in battery life for
extended portable play is a means by Nintendo to compete with both the mobile
gaming sector (of which it also has a stake now) and the cloud-streaming
platform being pioneered by Google Stadia.
Nintendo of America head Doug
Bowser has noted that the Switch Lite and the Switch upgrade are the only new
things pertaining to the Switch product line that will debut this year. The
Lite will release September 20, and the upgraded console in “late August.”
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