“I need the TLDR,” a friend texted me a month ago.
“Should I wait to buy aNintendo Switch?”
Thenew model doesn’t support 4K, and it’s not called the Switch Pro.
Actually, I don’t know what it’s called.
Regardless, as the name – whatever it is – suggests, its main improvement is the OLED display.
It’ll be 0.8-inches bigger than the regular Switch’s 6.2-inch screen, with deeper blacks and better contrast.
Other touted features include an improved kickstand and “enhanced audio.”
In other words, it’s anything but a generational leap.
These modest improvements come with a modest price hike.
That seems fair, butthe online reaction hasn’t been kind.
That’s because, like me, it appears most people anticipated more.
Nintendo Switch CRT version!
Don’t get me wrong.
But with the Nintendo SWOLED, Nintendo isn’t trying to getmydollar.
There are millions of people who care about 4K gaming, butthere are billions who play gamesthat don’t.
Nintendo is after that second group.
Nintendo Switch’s Half-life
The NintendOLED Switch makes sense for a few reasons.
First, Nintendo isn’t yet interested in the Switch 2 or anything resembling a next-generation console.
A gentle nudge, like a bigger and clearer display, should keep the money flowing.
This is the company’s modus operandi.
Do you remember the3DS XL, theDS Lite, and theGame Boy Advance SP?
Of course you do!
Like all of the aforementioned renovated models, the OLED Switch has two goals.
It serves diehard fans, numbering in the millions, who flock to buy any new Nintendo console.
So horribly disappointed with the new Nintendo Switch OLED specs & lack of improvements.
Anyone know where I can preorder?
I could be fanboying here, but Im so prepared to snatch that OLED Nintendo Switch.
The current Switch is from launch day 2017.
Its been beaten to death from all the Super Smash Bros.
I suspect the math will check out.
It’s not a bad strategy.
“Do you have a 4K TV?
Does he care about 4K graphics?,” I asked.
“We do,” she answered, “he doesn’t.”
