 Hey everyone, oh man, I know it's been a few days. Sorry about that. I'll start with the lack of videos We have a new episode of HTN Here's the news coming a little bit later probably I don't know four hours from now or so Depending maybe a little sooner. We'll see but right now I needed to get this story out cuz it couldn't wait you guys know We've been on top of that switch pro news like crazy and if more details come out between this video and The next one will well we'll add it to here's the news but for now I want to get into this because switch pro news is popping off still and It's looking like maybe I was pretty correct when I said the digital foundry was wrong in that video member John Lennon clarified what they meant. They said there was two different models I think is coming one with the old that seven-inch screen that was going to be like a new Tegra x1 XL model and then a switch pro model coming in 2022 well Takahashi machizuki at Bloomberg opened up again this time with different sources than last time well the prior sources seem to be about Executives high up at manufacturing plants working on Nintendo components. These are now from actual game developers, which Gives us some Clarification on prior rumors as well. We've been hearing about the switch pro But in more exact details here than simply just saying oh it has DLSS It has 4k those have been like generic terms tossed out there now. We get more details Let's get into this article So this is over here at Bloomberg. This was just posted literally today They're like way earlier this morning. Look at that 140 a.m. Central So it says that Nintendo will use new Nvidia graphics chip in 2021 switch upgrade so Nintendo company plans to adopt an upgraded Nvidia Corp chip with better graphics and Processing so a new GPU core new CPU cores for a new switch model planned for the year-end Shopping season according to people familiar with the matter the new switch iteration will support invidious deep learning super sampling or DLSS a novel rendering technology that uses Artificial intelligence to deliver higher fidelity graphics more efficiently that will allow the console which is set for an OLED display Upgrade to reproduce game visuals at 4k quality when plugged into a TV. So they're saying DLSS is intended for TV use Said people who asked not to be identified because the plan is not public a.k.a. Nintendo hasn't announced it yet the US companies new chipset will also bring a better CPU and increased Memory DLSS support will require new code to be added to games So it'll primarily be used to improve graphics on upcoming titles. So the people including multiple game Developers Bloomberg News previously reported that the new switch is likely to have a seven-inch OLED screen from Samsung display company and Couple with the consoles released with a bounty of new games Nvidia and Nintendo representatives declined to comment which of course they did because nothing is actually announced Nintendo switch game release calendar remains mostly empty for the later half of the year So the company announced Tuesday a new partnership with Niantic I'm gonna kind of skip over that because we will talk about that in the upcoming htn Analysts expect the new switch will be offered at a higher price than the current models to 99 a level unchanged Since the switches initial release into 2017 Bloomberg's intelligence Matthew canerman foresees an increase of as much as a hundred dollars 349 99 will increase the value proposition of the device But I think Nintendo can drive strong demand even at 399 99 DLSS was first introduced as an image upscaling feature in 2018 and remains exclusive to Nvidia graphics It's an atypically advanced edition for Cairo based Nintendo Which hasn't Attended to opt for more mature and lower-cost technology than rivals Sony Corp and Microsoft Corp Adopt with their consoles the new switch will still lag the overall performance capabilities of its pricey arrivals What we value is how much a new technology contributes to the fun experience and how comfortably a consumer can play Nintendo senior executive officer Koshioto said last year. So in the end what this means, you know, just just reading just just reading this article again This is like my fourth time reading through it this morning. I kind of get the feeling that Nintendo is Recognizing something that maybe Would not have happened under Iwata and that is that Nintendo can't keep doing the same thing over and over again and expect Different results. Nintendo has had upgraded hardware in the past the new 3ds. Yeah, it helped with sales of the 3ds Just like you know, the what is that the the Gameboy Advance sp Helpless sales the game boy color help was there But we weren't seeing the same success that Nintendo had seen before and we saw with home consoles You know, they had like the Wii many at one point that you know They thought that was gonna be the thing that was gonna really reinvigorate Wii sales by offering this super cheap version of the Wii that strips out a bunch of features that you don't need if you're out In the middle of the woods in a cabin and you can't Use a Wi-Fi or it could be your second sweat or second Wii or whatever in the house or third Wii like It just it looked cool. The red and black colors were were were definitely something But it also didn't really fit it was like a backwards move at a time when HD Wii that would have allowed all games to be automatically upscaled to HD Would have been better or at least allowed developers to release HD updates for games would have been better They instead opted to go with that and then give us the Wii U a number of years later Which was a little like too little too late, you know, I had the power of an Xbox 360 in PlayStation 3 a little bit more Powerful in some cases less than others, but it also lacked the ability to Really deliver that Wii brand experience right that we built on the motion controls It kind of went away from that one with this whole gamepad thing that felt like an add-on Nintendo's a lot of reasons I've examined this before on why the Wii U ended up not working out for Nintendo Even if it ended up being a stepping stone the switch But there's a lot of you know all the reasons that Wii U didn't work out are the exact reasons that switch Has and she sure for a kawa again I'm gonna keep bringing this up because this is a very important difference between Shintura for a kawa and the prior couple of presidents including Kimishima who was there temporarily as Until for a kawa was ready and then obviously Satoru Iwata and that is that hey he views this This Nintendo company this switch business as do or die every year every year Nintendo is in a do or die mode. He doesn't want to fall off a cliff He's been at Nintendo for 20 years and he has seen Nintendo Consistently fall off a cliff and he doesn't want that to happen. This is a different Nintendo and a different president Now you might not like that this president isn't as forward-facing as Iwata was doesn't seem to have that personality Where Iwata could really connect with people because he's a gamer He was a game developer then a corporate CEO right like he worked his way up the chain And there's a lot of respect he gained for doing that He had a really bubbly personality just like Shigeru Miyamoto Reggie Fizeme just that was a different era of Nintendo and yes, like many of you. I miss that era I miss the directly to you the jokes the memes that my body is ready Like I I miss that era of Nintendo But at the same point that era wasn't without flaws just because it was entertaining to watch from the outside looking in Doesn't mean that it was perfect either For all the high successes of we and DS there was the Wii U and 3DS Which even though the 3DS sold well really isn't that successful in comparison to Nintendo's other handheld systems Like there was really really high highs and really really low lows and and every generation Even going back to Gamecube when they would see some success with sales It would just stop and fall off a cliff Maybe because game development went away or Nintendo stopped supporting it or there was just too much hinting like Oh Wii U you know back back in 2000 remember Skyward Sword came out 2011 decade ago. We got Skyward Sword. They announced Wii U the E3 before Skyward Sword released. What the Frick did you think was that was gonna do to Skyward Sword sales? They avoided doing that the second time around with Switch where they waited But still what did they think was gonna happen? So this is a very different Nintendo and a very different president and I think This president sees more Is more apt to technology and and sees the forest for the trees He understands that yeah Nintendo has a unique nature that keeps their games keeps an animal crossing me in a 30 plus million seller in less than a year Has Mario Kart 8 Deluxe a Wii U port selling 30 plus million has breath of the wild at 20 plus for the first time All the games even cross 10 million let alone 20 like he sees that Nintendo has a unique charm a unique magic to it I mean heck under Furukawa. We got the deal made for theme parks the Super Nintendo world out in Japan And now there's one being built in Orlando, Florida, and I think there's a third one. They're planning to build now Like we're seeing that he recognizes the magic of Nintendo But I think it's trying to merge the magic of Nintendo with the reality of technology and trying to realize Hey, we have something that works. We don't really have a competitor for what we're doing Right now. There are GPD win three people gonna run that up Who knows if Sony ends up ever rejoining and coming up with another PSP PS Vita I know there's some speculation and rumors are out there about that. Maybe they jump back into the fray Who knows what other future handheld and hybrid systems could exist Including the ones that already exist for PC that aren't super popular because they're pretty pricey But you know, they're out there and if they ever become affordable with good good specs, we'll see what happens But I think that he sees a Nintendo that is in a very unique position where they don't have to let go of this switch I do see in the past. Okay. We happened everyone adopted the Wii's motion controls did them arguably better with PlayStation and And in Xbox and then started going to the next level. What happened with motion controls? They're still relevant for Sony. They have a brand new PlayStation VR platform for PlayStation 5 coming next year with all new motion controls They went to the next step of motion control technology, which was VR Sony took what Nintendo started and took it to that next level Okay, Microsoft might not have it locally on their Xbox, but they are heavily involved in VR on the PC side of things like Nintendo Didn't go to the next level with what they were doing. So now Nintendo is in this unique position where they have the only hybrid Home console that's portable on the go getting home console quality games like do me turn all breast of the wild all that jazz on the go Right. They're the only company that offers a platform like that. That doesn't need to be done with streaming Microsoft's answer to what Nintendo is doing is we're going to stream we're going to have X cloud Sony's answer right now is I don't know I Mean Microsoft has remote play that works, you know pretty well if you're in your house You know, I've used remote play on Xbox series X on my tablet upstairs and I mean it works. It's not perfect I have some controller issues mostly and I'm using an iPad which I thought the controller issues would be sorted out But they're not But whatever like it does technically work as long as I can get the controller to sync up correctly it works so I Think that we are in this situation that that Shantara Furukawa knows what he's doing and he said look we are where we are because of how Amazing the system is because of how appealing it is and because of our games So we're not going to stop ramping up game production. Hello. We just got Splatoon 3 announced for 2022 Do you let me put this in perspective? That's five six years in Nintendo is usually at that point is dropping support to support their next system But Shantara Furukawa was like, but why would we do that when we're only halfway through? How could you only be halfway through the system that came back up in 2017 using 2015 tech? Oh, because we have a new system coming in 2021. That's using 2019 2020 tech and Yeah, it's gonna be more expensive. It's gonna be a more premium device But guess what in two years that price, you know, the price of that system is gonna come down Guess what? We're not gonna stop making and selling the original switch at least not right away You know, if this premium one doesn't work out, we still have the other one But they know the man's gonna be there. They know people are gonna want to take advantage of their 4k television sets with a switch They don't want to fall behind. They don't want to see what happened with we where when we came out Yes, it was a gamble to not support HDTVs, but HDTVs weren't in every house five six years later Everyone had an HDTV here. We are in 2021 and while 4k adoption rate is not blowing up as quickly as 1080p Because HDTVs last a long time and people don't look to replace them all the time The adaption rate has now reached a point where I think it's like one in every three households has a 4k Something whether it's their phone with a 4k screen a 4k monitor 4k TV Some sort of 4k devices in their house now that's capable of displaying 4k and that's one out of every three houses in America It's gonna probably be half of those houses by the end of you know But by sometime in 2022 to probably one or one of every two houses and then in three years It'll be probably 60 70 per five percent of houses do because 4k has become so cheap for 250 bucks You can get a 4k television. Is it a great one? No, but it is 4k resolution It is better looking than the cheap 1080p panels. They might own so He doesn't want to fall behind and yeah I know it's funny saying that one. Oh my gosh, it still has a 720p screen handle. Let's just wait till it's here Let's wait and see what that screen looks like in comparison to the original switch. Let's see what the OLED difference is Let's see if Nintendo decides to start using anti-aliasing. Let's see what the full tech is. Yes. It's a new GPU Yes, it's a new CPU compared to the old switch. It's more memory, too I don't know how much, you know, are we talking storage internal storage memory? Are we talking like 64 gigs 128 gigs? I would just talking more memory in terms of RAM or VRAM, you know If we're just talking about normal RAM, there was four gigs. Are we going up to six? Are we going up to eight? Eight would probably be ideal with a lot of phones with eight. They'd be sweet if we had eight gigs We'll see But they're very adamant. It's coming this year. Their manufacturing sources are telling them it's coming this year Their developer sources are telling them it's coming this year game developers are telling them it's coming this year Everything is telling them it's coming this year. It's coming this holiday. This is Nintendo's plan period They just haven't announced it yet That's exciting to me. We're getting new technology Nintendo is The old Nintendo would just keep the normal switch as it is and milk it and milk it and milk it until it doesn't sell anymore This isn't normal Nintendo This is Shincheiro Furukawa's Nintendo. He's keeping with the times He's gonna keep this platform going as long as you can then the next gen switch or whatever people think might be coming in 2023 2024 or whatever year you think it's coming Guess what? What if it's not called a switch to? What if it's just the new Nintendo switch or something like that, right? It just feels like another upgraded switch except that upgrade is now basically a new generation in comparison to the original and Then the family of systems continues and suddenly it's like a phone Every three four years you just get a new one You don't have to buy that one. You only have to buy one factually every six years I've been talking about this strategy for a long time and how smart it would be and Again, Nintendo releasing an upgraded switch this year doesn't necessarily prove my strategy belief that Nintendo is going to do is correct But it's a step closer and if the next platform comes out and they don't advertise it as a next generation switch well Kudos to you Nintendo Because I think this is the exact market strategy. They need to be doing with a mobile chipset Gotta stick with the times in Tendo and in video right now doesn't make this crap for anybody else So that whatever we're getting is not currently being used in any other gaming device and that's exciting too Now there are smart cars that can game and you can argue maybe that technology is being taken advantage of in smart cars When I'm just saying there isn't technically a gaming device that's using in video technology in this way not anymore So now you guys don't know you think about this down in the console. I am Nathaniel from Nintendo Prime Whoo, I'll catch you guys in the next video