Nintendo on Tuesday introduced a brand new version of its popular Switch game console.
The brand new mannequin has a bigger and extra colorful display screen and will likely be out there on Oct. 8 for $349.99. That worth is a premium over the $299.99 for the usual Switch and $199.99 for the Switch Lite.
The console will launch throughout a pandemic-fueled growth for gaming. However, at the identical time, excessive demand and the continuing chip scarcity have made it basically impossible to easily buy a video game console. Sony and Microsoft, which launched new online game consoles final fall, nonetheless haven’t caught as much as demand.
Right here’s what’s new in Nintendo’s upcoming Swap console:
- The brand new Nintendo Switch (OLED Model) makes use of, as its identify implies, an OLED display screen that’s brighter and extra colourful than the display screen on the usual mannequin.
- It has a 7-inch display screen versus the 6.2-inch display screen on the usual model and 5.5-inch display screen on the Switch Lite.
- It has improved audio system.
- It has twice the storage of the common mannequin, although that may be expanded with a reminiscence card, and has the identical estimated 4.5 to 9 hours of battery life relying on utilization.
- It has a brand new kickstand design that ought to enhance its stability when positioned on a desk. The earlier model typically fell over.
The Switch has been a well-liked console for Nintendo however confronted shortages throughout the starting of the pandemic. In May, Nintendo stated it bought 28.8 million consoles in the year ended March. It expects to promote 25.5 million consoles this yr.
The Switch replaces is comparatively iterative. OLED screens are already used throughout the gadget business and seem in telephones, tablets, and TVs. Whereas it gives some added performance, like a devoted jack to plug in a web cable, many of the different {hardware} options seem related.
It additionally lacks some issues avid gamers may need to be appreciated, like a sharper show with help for 4K content material. It is going to play identical video games because of the common Switch and Switch Lite. Nintendo took an identical technique with its DS collection of handheld gadgets and even the Game Boy earlier than them.