Dragon’s Dogma II director Hideaki Itsuno has announced that the game will have uncapped framerates.
26.01.2024 - 11:37 / videogameschronicle.com / Serkan Toto / Chris Scullion
The successor to the Nintendo Switch will have an 8-inch LCD screen and will be released this year, it’s claimed.
Japan-based Omida analyst Hiroshi Hayase says the next console will be the main reason for a doubling of shipments in ‘amusement displays’ in 2024, Bloomberg reports.
According to Bloomberg, Hayase is an analyst who focuses on small and medium displays, and makes annual forecasts on their shipments based on checks with companies in the supply chain.
Hayase is therefore well-placed to have an understanding of the display market, lending extra credibility to his claim.
If the claim of an 8-inch screen turns out to be true, it will mean the successor to the Switch will feature Nintendo‘s largest display yet.
The standard Switch has an LCD screen with a diagonal screen size of 6.2 inches, while the Switch OLED features a 7-inch OLED screen (the Switch Lite’s screen is smaller, at 5.5 inches).
Although the company is yet to comment publicly, Nintendo’s Switch successor is widely expected to launch this year.
VGC reported last summer that development kits for ‘Switch 2’ were in the hands of key partner studios, with a launch expected in late 2024.
Two sources VGC spoke to at the time suggested that the console could launch with an LCD screen, instead of the more premium OLED, in order to bring down costs, especially considering the increased storage needed for higher fidelity games.
Dr. Serkan Toto, CEO of Tokyo-based game industry consultancy Kantan Games, recently predicted that the new console could launch at $400 – $100 higher than the Switch launched at – and there’s a chance its games could adopt the $70 pricing of PS5 and Xbox Series X.
According to the industry consultant, Nintendo’s next console will again have portable functionality, as VGC reported last year – a claim further backed up by Hayase’s suggestion of an 8-inch screen.
Dragon’s Dogma II director Hideaki Itsuno has announced that the game will have uncapped framerates.
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A new report courtesy of Bloomberg (via IGN) indicates that the Nintendo Switch 2—the follow-up console to the incredibly popular Nintendo Switch—will feature an 8-inch LCD display. The report by Bloomberg cites Hiroshi Hayase—an analyst with Omdia specialising in the display market.
Details surrounding Nintendo's next piece of hardware have been few and far between, with only rumors, leaks, and the opinions of industry analysts to go off right now. We know that Nintendo probably won't rock the boat too much due to the overwhelming success of the Switch, and industry analysts have predicted that the console will most likely be an "iteration" rather than a drastic change in design.
Well, it looks like more Switch successor rumors are swirling. A new report has emerged today stating that the Switch 2 (or whatever it ends up being called) is indeed targeting a 2024 release, and with an LCD screen.
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The next console from Nintendo, provisionally dubbed the Switch 2, will feature an LCD screen that's roughly 15% larger than that of its predecessor, an industry analyst said. This forecast, which also includes some additional predictions about the console, is the latest in a long string of evidence indicating that the Switch successor could be hitting the market sooner rather than later.