Nintendo has denied pretty much all accounts and speculation, but this story (again, just rumors) has the right smell. Making the best of the situation - or so the story goes - Nintendo slapped the OLED screens on the original hardware and is selling it as a minor quality-of-life update, the way it iterated on the 3DS for years. Signs point to neither - the rumor being that a new new Switch, with upgraded internals and a new screen but identical form factor, was planned for this year but the pandemic and chip shortage rendered this impossible. Is it faltering? Or is it just that confident? The $350 Switch OLED provides a perfect example of this: At a time when rivals Sony and Microsoft are striving to show that their next-gen console is the most powerful, Nintendo releases an almost identical version of a console that was underpowered when it came out five years ago. All the same, there will probably be a lot of units moving this holiday season.Įven at the best of times it can be hard to tell what Nintendo’s hardware strategy is, or whether there is indeed a strategy at all.
With a bigger, brighter and better screen, it’s a good choice for someone buying now who intends to use it mostly as a handheld - but if you’re planning or already using your Switch primarily as a stationary console, there’s pretty much no reason to upgrade. The new version of Nintendo’s hit Switch console is just different enough to justify itself, but hardly a must-buy for any of the millions who bought the launch version.
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