TLDR:
– Accessory manufacturers have been able to touch the console but not see it.
– Every manufacturer agrees the console won’t release this year and will release Early 2025.
– A bit bigger than the current Switch models but nowhere close to the Steam Deck’s size.
– Joy-cons will change their attachment system from rails to a magnetic system, and the current ones won’t be forwards compatible.
– The current Pro Controller will work on Switch 2.
“Accessory manufacturers have been able to touch the console but not see it.
Every manufacturer agrees the console won’t release this year and will release Early 2025.
A bit bigger than the current Switch models but nowhere close to the Steam Deck’s size.
Joy-cons will change their attachment system from rails to a magnetic system, and the current ones won’t be forwards compatible. The current Pro Controller will work on Switch 2.
Even though there hasn’t been an official announcement from Nintendo themselves, we’ve been hearing rumors and leaks for a long time about Switch 2, the upcoming successor to the Nintendo Switch. Speculation grew at the end of last year, when Gamescom attendees claimed to have seen the new Nintendo console behind closed doors.
Today at Vandal we can share some exclusive details about the upcoming hardware from the Japanese company after hearing non-official information from manufactures that have had a first contact with Switch 2. Our colleague Rubén Mercado has been the one that has had access to these exclusive details during an accessory manufacturer fair, the same way it happened during the pre-launch period of Nintendo Switch OLED.
Some manufacturers have been able to “touch” the new Nintendo console, without the possibility of actually seeing it to avoid leaks. There are no concrete dates for its release, but they all agree that it won’t release this year, even though the console is ready. This is just a strategic decision to have a better lineup, and they expect this Christmas period to be the last one for Switch, and Switch 2 to release Early 2025.
The information we’ve managed to get says the console is a bit bigger than the current Switch models, but still smaller than a Steam Deck. Another change is on the joy-con side, which will trade their current attachment system using rails for a magnetic system.
As of right now we don’t have information on the specs of the console itself, but what we can confirm is that the current Pro Controller will be forwards compatible with Switch 2. However, it’s possible that the current joycons won’t be, whether for the change on how they attach to the console or if they have new functionalities.”
https://www.resetera.com/threads/vandal-exclusive-new-details-about-the-next-nintendo-console-bigger-than-switch-smaller-than-steam-deck-joycons-will-be-magnetic.854328/
Die gleiche Quelle hatte die Switch OLED zum Teil korrekt vorhergesagt.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/new-switch-revision-details-surface-from-chinese-accessory-manufacturer.432875/
