- We've been hearing rumors
for a new Nintendo switch since 2008.
What do you want out of
an upgraded Switch model?
What is the potential of a Switch Pro
coming out in 2021?
Well, I guess we know what
the first lead question
is going to be.
(upbeat music)
The Switch Pro has been
a very long rumored thing
that come and goes,
and it's been kind of quiet for a while
because Nintendo went
out of their way to say,
"Hey, for 2020, we have no
plans to release a new system."
But thanks to some recent rumors
coming from multiple sources.
The most recent of which at least
as the time of me shooting
this video is Bloomberg
is pointing to the fact that Nintendo
might be actually
working on manufacturing,
a new Switch model to release
some time in early 2021.
Now the really important
thing to take away
from a lot of these kind
of early rumor reports
that we're seeing circulating around
is that literally the only thing
they are all saying is
they're working on one to
come out sometime in 2021.
A lot of them have kind of added
an extra little lines like,
"Oh, we're hoping it'll hit 4k."
or, "Oh, it's going to improve
some aspect of the switch."
That's cool and all, none
of that is confirmed though.
So everything outside of the fact
that a new switch is coming
out is basically people trying
to guess what it's going to be.
Now, of course,
the really big thing that
most people are hoping for
is that it is some kind of
more powerful Switch upgrade.
There is a little bit
of debate whether or not
this is going to be something
that replaces the regular mainline switch
that we currently have out
in already did get a refresh last year,
or if it's going to be some kind of side,
more expensive version that you can buy.
So now the lineup is, you know,
a regular Switch, Switch light
or the more expensive Switch
pro new Nintendo Switch,
whatever Nintendo ends
up deciding to call it.
As for what exactly it could be.
Again, there is no actual
hard info on any of this.
I think the main thing a lot of people
are really talking about and hoping for
is some kind of improvement
when it comes to the
resolution and performance,
when it comes to gameplay,
the two biggest things I've
seen most people push out
is the hope that either
docked gameplay could hit 4k
or to have portable gameplay,
have a 1080P screen instead
of 720 on both versions,
just having a smoother
more consistent frame rate
or in the case of games
that make use of dynamic
resolution scaling,
actually maintaining a
higher resolution more often
instead of sometimes dipping
down to 360P and looking awful.
When it comes to whether or not
we are actually getting
this new model Switch.
I think, yes.
I mean, I've always kind
of leaned on the side of,
I think Nintendo is
gonna release some kind
of new Switch Pro sometime soon.
I was originally hoping it would
be sometime late last year,
but instead we got the Switch light
along with the updated Switch model.
And again, Nintendo went out of the way
to say no new Switch model this year.
So the idea of a new model coming out
in early 2021 makes a lot of sense,
especially when you consider the fact
that the Switch initially
launched in March of 2017,
that puts about a four year
gap between them give or take
a couple of months depending
on where it actually lands on.
Personally, I think one
important thing to clarify
that some people are worried about is
I don't think this is gonna be considered
an entirely brand new system.
I don't think this is gonna be a situation
where there's going to be games
that only play on the newer model,
whether it's because it's
like a whole new generation
or kind of like what they
did with the new Nintendo 3DS
where, you know, there were select games
that had to be on the new system.
I don't think that's gonna
be the case this time.
I much more think it's just going to be a
more powerful alternative
option to the Switch
that plays the same game library,
but is better in some way.
Now as far as what I would
personally like to see out of it.
I mean, all the different
kinds of performance upgrades
that everyone's talking
about sound great to me.
Obviously, I like the
sound of all those ones,
as far as what's maybe more
realistically attainable
personally, I would really like to see
the 1080P screen in handheld mode.
I primarily play in handheld.
So improvement in experience
as much as possible
would be great as long as it doesn't come
at the expense of the battery life
because the battery life on the Switch
is already not super great.
And so I don't want to see
that completely disappear
if they decide to up the
performance and on the go,
as far as docked gameplay
goes, 4K certainly sounds nice.
I don't think they're necessarily going
to actually be pushing
that in that direction.
If they did, it would be cool.
At minimum, I would just like something
that plays nice and smoothly
when I do go to docked mode
instead of getting in
a kind of frame dips,
which we do see on some titles.
Favorite game director.,
That one's actually kind of tough
'cause I don't oftentimes follow
individual directors super hard.
I focus much more on overall dev teams.
One of my favorites that
I have followed a few
specific games from is Josh Sawyer,
the particular games he's
probably most known for
that I'm really a big fan
of are Fallout New Vegas
and the Pillars of Eternity series.
He's not involved in the upcoming Skyrim
Pillars of Eternity
game that was announced
at the Xbox showcase
as far as like actual
specific game directors go.
He's one of the few that
I really follow closely
aside from, you know,
the really, really big name people
that everyone just kind
of know all the time.
Why do you look like budget Adam Levine?
I actually don't get that
comparison very often.
I've seen Jared Leto in the past,
which makes a little more sense to me.
I still don't see it a hundred percent,
but I see it more than
Adam Levine, I think.
I need to look at updated
the photos of both of them.
The upcoming next gen systems
and games seem underwhelming
and far from ready.
Would we be better off delaying
everything for another year?
This is kind of a weird question
because when it comes to individual games,
I'm always a fan of delaying
to make sure the game is better
and not necessarily
rushing out to meet demand.
But that's not really the case
with these systems, right?
The systems themselves already.
It's just whether or not there's
actually games available,
worth picking for them right away.
And in the case of X-Box,
there's the whole situation
of Halo Infinite getting pushed back
in Sony's case, we don't
really actually know
what the launch window games
are aside from Spider man.
When you look at the history
of most system launches,
a lot of them didn't necessarily
have super amazing libraries at the ready.
That is an important aspect of making sure
they sell very well at the open I agree,
but considering the
current economic climate
and how people might not be willing
to throw down four or 500
bucks for a brand new system,
it might actually be better off that,
you know, they come out this early,
but then there's some time
to wait for those people
that want to save up additional money
and really get a good idea
of how well each system is performing.
Would it be strategically
better for them to wait,
so they have a really
strong launch library?
Maybe, but I think for the consumer,
it's actually a lot better
that they do come out this holiday season.
So you get those choices right away.
And there's more time for them to be
kind of just out there in the wild.
So people can learn
more and more about them
as they decide which one
they'd rather pick up first.
Have you seen the renders
of an old gray classic PS5?
Assuming Sony makes a white,
black and gray version,
which one would you choose?
I've seen a lot of different mark ups
for a a lot of PS5 design,
some of which are special edition,
some of which are just simple colors.
Based on just kind of going off those ones
that are like the gray,
the black, or the white.
I actually liked the white a lot
mainly because that is the one
that actually does make use
of two different colors.
It has the black in the middle
and the white one on the sides.
A lot of the renders I've seen
for the gray or black designs
of just doing all one color all around.
And I'm not really a big fan of that,
especially the way the PS5 is designed.
I think it very much
lends itself to the idea
of having at least two
different distinct colors,
which the base white model
that we've seen does,
I will say,
I really appreciate the two
different color approaches.
And I would like to see
a lot of their models
take that approach instead of just kind of
making all of the nano color designs.
Are the series X
and PS5 all digital
viable options nowadays,
in your opinion?
So I think the main thing
that's being asked here,
is my thoughts on just
doing all digital systems
in general for the next gen
and yes, definitely for
PlayStation and Xbox specifically,
I think there's already
been a lot of arguments
for why people should move to all digital.
I mean, personally,
I still buy physical for
most of my games just 'cause
I like having physical
copies, but for most people,
digital is honestly just
a way better way to go.
You're able to play the
game right at launch.
You don't have to change discs
when you switch between games.
Really the only system
we're buying physical
makes any kind of additional
logistic sense is the Switch
because it doesn't
actually install the games
to your hard drive
and it keeps them space opened up.
This based games though,
like for the PS5 and X-Box series X,
that's not really an option
because discreet
technology is way too slow.
So you're always gonna have to install
a bunch of stuff on the hard drive.
I think the big thing
here is that all digital
is definitely the route that's going
to be more profitable
for Xbox and PlayStation
instead of trying to
force people to do that
by just making the standard
system an all digital option,
which is something that X-Box tried to do
with the Xbox one initially
before all the backlash.
I think now they're trying
to do is incentivize people
by offering cheaper options
that are all digital,
that will help convince them,
"Hey, you don't really need
to buy physical disks anymore,
"just get the system.
"And you'll see that, Hey,
you're not only saving money
"in getting an all digital version,
"but now you're just gonna
buy all digital games
"and it's gonna be even better for you."
While I love owning
physical copies of games.
I know that it's just going
to be the eventual future,
that the majority games are
going to go all digital.
What I would really like
to see kind of happen
in the long run is the situation
we're already getting a lot of Indie games
where games are initially
launched purely digitally,
and then alongside them either at launch
or sometime down the line,
there is a limited run
batch of physical copies
for those people that
really want to have that.
And when they do that,
they actually go out of their
way to do even cooler stuff,
for those physical editions
than they normally would
like actually having instruction manuals
and all kinds of little
interesting pieces of art.
That's really where I want things to go.
I want it to be where digital
is kind of the expected norm,
but for people that want
to go out of their way
and maybe even pay a little
extra to get physical copies,
it's made something extra special.
How do you feel about
the Xbox and PS5 prices
not being revealed so close to release?
Oh, it's a little hectic.
Admittedly, you would
really think that now
that we're at almost
two, three months away
from supposed launches,
we would know what you're willing to pay
for both these systems, but we don't,
at least as of the time that
I'm recording this video.
I think the biggest thing honestly,
is that both these companies
don't even for sure know what price
they're going to sell at.
I think they both have very good ideas
and they have a sort of min and max range,
but they're both waiting to see
what the other one announces
and seeing if they want
to try and undercut that
or at least price match it.
And so we're just kind of
left hanging right now,
wondering when one of them is gonna blink
and actually reveal that.
I certainly don't love
being in the dark this long
about how much these
systems are gonna cost,
but I'm just riding the
wave with everyone else.
I'm hoping to see an official reveal
from one company sometime soon.
And then we can really start talking about
how that stacks compare to the competition
in which ones gonna sound like
a better buy to most people.
Do you get tired of the
Nintendo Direct rumors
that almost always never happen?
If Direct does happen this week
or sometime soon,
which game are you looking
forward to the most?
Direct's have been all over the place.
I mean, part of the issue is
again, crazy times right now.
And I think Nintendo is just
kind of holding their breath
and just announcing
things when they're ready.
Anytime there's any kind of rumor now
about Nintendo Direct,
I take it with a very heavy grain of salt.
I've just accepted that
we're not gonna get them
nearly as often as people want.
And I'm just waiting for
it to actually happen.
If I hear any rumors at
all, I just kind of go,
"Huh, I'm just gonna wait for them
"to actually officially do something
"and then I'll talk
about what they reveal."
Now as far as things
that I want announced.
I'm a simple guy.
I just really like RPGs.
I can always use more RPGs.
So even though it's
already an announced game,
I'm actually really looking
forward to more info
on Bravely Default Two
that is a title that's currently
a little up in the air,
as far as release dates goes.
So I really want to learn more about that.
Now that Halo Infinite is not launching
with the Xbox series X,
are you getting a PS5 first
or are you still going to get both?
Okay, I have two different
answers to this question
first off, because of what I do,
YouTube talking to you
guys about these systems
and trying them out
and letting you know my thoughts on them
so it can help guide your decisions
on which one you should buy.
Yes, I'm going to pick
up both that's the plan
no matter what,
even if there were no games
coming up for either of them
at launch and it was
just here's the systems,
enjoy higher resolutions,
I would still pick them up
so I could talk about them
and take a look at each one
and let you guys know what I think.
If I was doing something
else with my life.
Yeah, I would probably get a PS5
and call it a day for the time being.
I've always made it a habit
of eventually getting all
the systems of a generation
but I definitely prioritize
getting one near launch.
And then the other one,
I wait a while until
there's one or two titles
that really convince me,
okay, it's worth spending
all the money all over again
to get a new system that's
really gonna open up
a small handful of exclusives to me.
There are some X-Box exclusives
that look really enticing
to me personally,
but a lot of them don't have
confirmed release dates yet.
So I just don't have any
rush to buy a series X,
right at launch.
Plus I do have a pretty decent PC.
So I would likely play those
games on there instead as well.
How is the Genki Covert Switch Dock now
that some time has passed?
Would you recommend?
If you guys haven't seen my video on that?
The Genki Covert Dock is
this really tiny plug in
that you just do directly in the wall
and has cables running up to your Switch
and your monitor
making it probably the
most portable version
of a Switch dock that has
been yet to be released.
I really liked it.
I had no problems with it
like I've had with some third party docks.
To be fair, I play handheld much more
than I played docked mode.
I have been using the
covert dock as my dock
when I play in dock mode.
But I don't really use it in dock
as often as I think a
lot of other people do.
But still no problems yet.
