![]() ![]() The jump to OLED also makes for great battery life thanks to a reduced power draw. Though it’s not much brighter, the screen’s more vivid and dynamic colors look better indoors than either the original model or the portable-only Switch Lite - and OLED technology’s true blacks make it the only Switch you’ll want to play under the covers. First, the good stuff: The screen has jumped from 6.2 inches to 7 inches, which looks and feels like a larger leap than it actually is. ![]() Now, the screen is obviously the star of this show. The screen is larger and the bezels are smaller on the OLED Switch (right). It’s still a Switch, but perhaps it’s now finally the Switch it should have always been. The kickstand has been widened and made sturdier (aka you might actually have a reason to use it now). The dock is sleeker and now contains the ethernet port that the Switch, with its incredibly slow Wi-Fi connection, desperately needed. The Switch OLED is strictly a device for playing around the house when the TV is far away or otherwise occupied.īefore I discuss the OLED screen, let’s chat about the other changes made: The bezels are smaller. To consider it both a portable and a home console - the premise of the Switch - I’d have to feel a lot more comfortable throwing this in a bag, or, god forbid, a pocket, than I am right now. While lux, the increased real estate isn’t ideal for all games or all gamers. It’s still not pocketable the minor weight gain is also fine - if anything, the console feels less delicate now. The new model comes in at 102mm x 242mm x 13.9mm and weighs 420 grams (nice) with the Joy-Cons, making it a bit larger and heavier than the original unit. Evan Rodgers / InputĮach Switch OLED comes with two Joy-Cons (in the console’s new white color scheme or traditional “neon” red and blue), a TV dock, a plastic controller shell for the two Joy-Cons, some cables, and the same Joy-Con straps that nobody has ever used. The Switch OLED comes with either white or neon (red and blue) Joy-Cons. It’s doubtful that Nintendo fans, who infamously bought multiple DS models for the paint job alone, will heed the warning but after spending over a week with the device. To Nintendo’s credit, their Manager of Product Marketing has openly stated that the company, while happy to take your money at any time, believes this model is aimed at new players and not existing Switch customers wanting to upgrade. It accesses the same (disappointing) online service. ![]() Other than its larger and more vivid OLED screen, the Switch OLED, while tastefully redesigned with small-but-welcome refinements here and there, is fundamentally the same device as the regular Switch. Instead, the Big N is pinning its hopes on a modest upgrade it’s calling the Switch (OLED model). If not for current chip shortages and supply chain issues, it’s possible that Nintendo might have given gamers just that, though Nintendo denies that was ever gonna happen. Nintendo has moved a lot of Switch units in four short years, but how can the hardware - a bit dated even when it was released - possibly keep up? The Steam Deck, has it beat on almost every front.įans speculated that Nintendo would release a “ Switch Pro,” which would bring faster hardware, 4K output, and a better screen to the aging handheld. Valve’s Switch killer comes packed with bleeding-edge mobile PC hardware, a comically large library of games (with an existing install base of 120 million Steam users - larger than any other on earth), its own docking station, an OLED screen, and a price point only $50 away from Nintendo’s own. But, unfortunately for Nintendo, this year’s upcoming imitator, a handheld PC that Valve is calling the Steam Deck, has it beat on almost every front. Great games on innovative-but-underpowered hardware is Nintendo’s signature strategy at this point - it worked for the Game Boy, the Wii, DS, and 3DS. The only way to play Nintendo’s exquisite lineup of first-party games is to buy a Switch, whether you like the hardware or not. Metroid Dread is the best game I’ve played all year, making whatever I’m about to say about the new Switch basically moot for most consumers. ![]()
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