Any guess on what Nintendo's next system will be?

I imagine that we'll be seeing what Nintendo is planning for their new system come 2023. I could see them making a Switch 2, but with how poorly the Wii U was advertised, they may just go a whole new route with their newer system. If they made a new Switch, I doubt it would be called Switch 2. Maybe something like Super Switch Entertainment System. Lol.

They have to do a Switch 2, but I wonder if they will make one without the screen for those who don't play portable, and then a Switch 2 Lite that's portable only.

Probably not though, it will probably be similar to what we have now. I hope it has BC but there are rumors it's not.

I definitely hope it still has physical game support, especially for families that intend on having multiple consoles and don't want a digital title locked to a particular device.

New Switch XL

I wouldn't expect anything crazy in terms of performance increase. I expect they will want to keep the existing Switch market for at least another 5 years.

It’s going to be a brand new concept. But not Virtual Reality. Might have some VR aspects, however.

I actually kind of like that. Super Switch.

I think Switch 2 or Super Switch makes the most practical sense, but Nintendo sometimes feels compelled to take the most practical idea and... not do that.

They will keep the hybrid console thing though, paired with some interesting but mostly unutilized gimic like HD rumble was. 4K buttons or something.

I kind of wonder what they'll do. I hope they take the Switch concept and upgrade it quite a bit, but who knows.

I have a feeling it won't be called Switch 2. Maybe 2witch, or something.

I just want Nintendo to have proper next-gen hardware with no cutting back either. At least be on par with Xbox Series S level.

I doubt Switch 2 will happen, unless its more powerful than the Steam Deck, which it won't be unless its a long way down the road.

me too

I think it'll just be a refinement of the Switch, so I guess a Switch 2. Give it a redesign, nicer screen, more powerful internals etc.

Whatever it is, I just hope they continue with the hybrid model.

Always very hard to say with Nintendo. They are predictably unpredictable.

Logically they will make a switch 2 due to the success of the switch. Basically it would be the Nintendo Deck but with detachable controllers and maybe a bit smaller.

But then after the great success of the wii, Nintendo made the wiiu soo....

I don't see them making a traditional console either though as those kept selling badly for them after the Snes (the wii being the exception).

They are also very unlikely to reenter the hardware race in anyway as they dont want to support the cost of production on such machines. Making the console would be relatively straightforward. Supporting it properly would be a very different matter and far far bigger companies are struggling with that challenge.

The only way i could see them re-entering the hardware race (and this is highly highly unlikely) is if they decided to do something mad like work with Nvidia (probably) to make the first GPU that only does Path/Ray tracing. Very limited raster support. A lot more ray accelerators compared to Cuda cores (mostly there for denoising and UI element rendering and switch BC) and Tensor cores for DLSS. It would change the argument from "not as powerful as a PS5/XSX" to "yeah....but everything is fully path traced on this system...its not directly comparable". Move the goal posts a bit basically. Also think of all the raytraced remakes of games they could make. But as i say....that's basically fantasy stuff.