New Nintendo Switch model will have much better battery life

mood · Aug 16, 2019

New Nintendo Switch model will have much better battery life
It’s the same old Switch, just longer lasting
July 17, 2019
https://www.polygon.com/2019/7/17/20696857/nintendo-switch-battery-upgrade-new-model

Nintendo is updating the original version of the Switch to offer better battery life — up to nine hours on a single charge, according to the official Nintendo of Japan website.

Otherwise, the Switch appears to be unchanged in terms of system specs and features; this is the same launch version of the Nintendo Switch, just longer lasting. The system looks identical and is identically priced as the launch model (29,980 yen in Japan).

According to Nintendo’s website, the new Switch revision will last between 4.5-9 hours per charge. Nintendo estimates that players will get about 5.5 hours of playtime with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on the updated model. On the original Switch, Nintendo estimated 2.5-6.5 hours of playtime, depending on the game, with about 3 hours of playtime in Breath of the Wild.
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mood · Aug 16, 2019

Nintendo exchanging some Switch consoles to new model with better battery life
If you recently bought a Switch, you could get an upgrade
August 16, 2019
https://www.polygon.com/2019/8/16/20809056/nintendo-switch-exchange-upgrade-new-battery-life

Nintendo is giving some Switch owners the option to trade in their recently purchased systems for the latest revision of the console that offers improved battery life. But the offer to upgrade to the latest model of the Nintendo Switch appears to be limited to customers who purchased the original version of the Switch on or after July 17, the same day Nintendo announced the system update.

News of the exchange program originated on Reddit, where user DarthMewtwo said, “Nintendo told me if you bought your Switch after July 17th 2019, they can exchange it for the new upgraded model for free.”
Polygon contacted Nintendo’s customer service department and verified those details with a representative. Customer service told us that customers will need to cover shipping and insurance costs, and that customers should transfer their purchases to the new system using a Nintendo Switch Online account.
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mood · Aug 16, 2019

NPD: Nintendo Switch leads another down month for hardware
August 25, 2019
https://venturebeat.com/2019/08/15/july-2019-npd-switch-hardware/

Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console in July, but overall hardware sales were down big-time. Industry-tracking firm The NPD Group released its July report today, and it confirms that U.S. consumers are looking ahead.

“Hardware spending in July 2019 fell 22 percent when compared to a year ago, to $169 million,” NPD analyst Mat Piscatella said. [...] Spending declined across all in-market console platforms in July, while only Nintendo Switch has experienced sales gains year to date.”
Nintendo just launched a slightly upgraded Switch in August.
But for now, Nintendo is on top.

“Nintendo Switch was once again the best-selling hardware platform of July and remains 2019’s hardware sales leader,” said Piscatella.
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mood · Aug 17, 2019

Teardown videos prove Nintendo’s revised Switch with new CPU lasts longer on a charge
Better battery life is a good enough perk, honestly
August 16, 2019
https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/16/...-switch-battery-life-screen-joystick-teardown

Nintendo claims that the only difference between its new, revised Switch and the older model is improved battery life. Not content to take Nintendo’s word for it, some popular YouTubers put their brand new, currently hard-to-find units to the test, cracking them open to search for any new undisclosed features or hardware tweaks along the way.
The consensus? Nintendo isn’t fibbing about that battery life. But unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be anything else inside to get too excited about.

If you’re looking for more reasons to upgrade to the new Switch than just for its improved battery life, you should be skeptical of what some teardowns conclude.
As we discovered in documents posted to the FCC, the new Switch revision does run on a slightly different Nvidia Tegra X1 chip.
They claim that the die has been shrunk from 20nm in the older Switch to 16nm in the new version, but again, it seems that increased battery life is the only perk of this upgrade.
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mood · Aug 17, 2019

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Nintendo exchanging some Switch consoles to new model with better battery life
If you recently bought a Switch, you could get an upgrade
August 16, 2019
https://www.polygon.com/2019/8/16/20809056/nintendo-switch-exchange-upgrade-new-battery-life
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Nintendo denies reports of trade-in program for new, upgraded Switch models
‘We do not have a Nintendo Switch exchange program.’
August 17, 2019
https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/17/20810332/nintendo-switch-upgrade-exchange-program-denial

Earlier this week, a number of reports pointed to an exchange program for Nintendo Switch owners looking to upgrade from the original model.

However, today the company says that these reports are untrue. In a statement to The Verge, a Nintendo spokesperson explained:

We do not have a Nintendo Switch exchange program. We always want players to enjoy their Nintendo Switch systems, and if anything ever gets in the way of that, we encourage them to visit http://support.nintendo.com for support, or to contact our consumer support team.
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mood · Sep 13, 2019

NPD: Nintendo Switch was the top-selling console in August
September 12, 2019
https://venturebeat.com/2019/09/12/npd-nintendo-switch/

Nintendo’s hybrid console was the top-selling hardware in the United States in August, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. Check out the NPD software results for August right here.

“Nintendo Switch was again the best-selling hardware platform of August and remains the best-selling platform of 2019,” NPD analyst Mat Piscatella said. “Nintendo Switch is the only platform with sales gains both in August as well as year to date.”
But it was another rough month for console sales overall. And that makes sense as Microsoft, and likely Sony, are preparing to shift to their next-generation systems in 2020.
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mood · Oct 17, 2019

NPD: Nintendo Switch outsold Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in September
October 17, 2019
https://venturebeat.com/2019/10/17/npd-september-2019-nintendo-switch/

As Microsoft and Sony slowly sunset their current-generation consoles, Nintendo is maintaining its momentum. The Nintendo Switch was the top-seller in September, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group.

“Nintendo Switch was again the best-selling hardware platform of September and remains the best-selling platform of 2019,” NPD analyst Mat Piscatella said.
Of course, the Switch debuted in 2017, and it is still in the meaty part of its life cycle. Nintendo also released the Switch Lite on September 20, which gave a boost to the platform’s sales. Earlier today, Nintendo said the Switch had more sold more than 15 million consoles.
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mood · Nov 1, 2019

Nintendo Switch Sales Up 50 Percent
October 31, 2019
https://kotaku.com/nintendo-switch-sales-up-50-percent-1839494142

The Nintendo Switch is doing quite well. According to the company’s most recent financials, sales jumped 50 percent from July to September when compared to the same period last year.
As Bloomberg reports, Nintendo sold 4.8 million Switch consoles during this period. [...] Game sales also increased 48 percent
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mood · Dec 4, 2019

Nintendo sold 800,000 Switches during Thanksgiving
December 4, 2019
https://www.cnet.com/news/nintendo-sold-800000-switches-during-thanksgiving/

Nintendo says it sold more than 830,000 Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch Lite consoles in the US over Thanksgiving weekend. The gaming giant says this makes it the biggest week of sales in Switch history thanks to Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales and the launch of the Lite system. In total, more than 17.5 million Nintendo Switches have been sold in the Americas.
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Nintendo: Nintendo Switch Achieves Its Best Week of Sales Ever in the U.S.

mood · Dec 4, 2019

Nintendo Switch launches in China on December 10 for $300
December 4, 2019
https://venturebeat.com/2019/12/04/nintendo-switch-launches-in-china-on-december-10-for-300/

Japan’s Nintendo said on Wednesday it will officially launch its Switch gaming console in mainland China on December 10 priced 2,099 yuan ($298) with local partner Tencent. Pre-orders for the console began at noon (0400 GMT) in China on Wednesday, opening a major front in Nintendo’s drive to expand the reach of the home-portable Switch device beyond a core fanbase as it heads into the key shopping season.

The pricing is in line with countries such as Japan and the United States.
Nintendo plans to release hit titles Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Super Mario Odyssey in China in the next few weeks.

Rival Sony’s PlayStation 4 console, which uses its graphical fidelity as a selling point, has failed to achieve widespread acceptance since its 2015 China launch.

“We believe that Nintendo Switch will replace the PlayStation 4 as the market leader in China by 2022 when accounting for both legal and grey market sales,” said analyst Daniel Ahmad at Niko Partners.
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mood · Dec 11, 2019

Nintendo Reportedly Sells 50,000 Switch Units on Launch Day in China Alone
December 11, 2019
https://www.gamepur.com/news/45353-nintendo-switch-has-sold-50k-launch-day-china.html

Early estimates indicate that the unstoppable Switch has struck gold again.

Market research and consulting firm Niko Partners estimates that the Nintendo Switch has sold approximately 50,000 units on its launch day in China, according to a tweet from senior analyst Daniel Ahmad. Niko came to these numbers through data collected from online retailers and their own market model.
According to Niko’s estimates, the Switch appears to be on track to sell 100,000 units in China. Niko predicts that the Switch will take over as the market leader in China by 2022, usurping the PlayStation 4.

Inline with our forecast of 100k by the end of 2019.https://t.co/RQxLR6Idp5 pic.twitter.com/iJZB3TeVLB
— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) December 11, 2019
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mood · Jan 30, 2020

The Nintendo Switch sells 52 million units, surpassing the SNES' lifetime sales
January 30, 2020
https://www.techspot.com/news/83788-nintendo-switch-sells-52-million-units-surpassing-snes.html

In brief: Nintendo breaks its own records all the time, and lately, the company's ever-popular Switch console has been one of the main reasons why. The hybrid console outsold the Wii U's lifetime sales in its first year on the market, and now, it's managed to overtake one of the oldest and most beloved retro consoles out there: the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).

During 2019's holiday season, the Nintendo Switch managed to surpass the 52 million sales mark by about 500,000 units. For the sake of comparison, the SNES moved an impressive 49.79 million units during its lengthy lifespan.
Regardless, times change, and it was probably only a matter of time before Nintendo's latest and greatest console started dethroning some of its oldest (and best-selling) predecessors.

As others have pointed out, the Nintendo Switch's next "rival" is the original Nintendo Entertainment System, which boasts 61.91 million lifetime sales. Whether or not the Switch's growth will continue and allow it to beat that figure remains to be seen.
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mood · Jan 31, 2020

Nintendo says it won't release a new Switch in 2020
Despite previous rumors, there'll be no Switch Pro -- or any new model at all
January 31, 2020
https://www.engadget.com/2020/01/31/nintendo-no-new-switch-this-year/

Nintendo will start selling a special Animal Crossing Switch in March, but it won't be releasing a brand new model this year. Shuntaro Furukawa, the gaming giant's president and CEO, has laid rumors to rest that an upgraded version of the console is on the way.

In a call with investors, the executive said (PDF):

"Please note that we have no plans to launch a new Nintendo Switch model during 2020." Instead, the company will focus on "communicat[ing] the appeal" of the current consoles and expanding their userbase.
We still don't know if Nintendo truly is working on a Pro version of the console, but Furukawa's statement makes it clear that fans won't be getting their hands on one this year even if a Pro model is in development.
Those who want to buy a Switch within the year have a few models to choose from, nevertheless.
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