The Nintendo Change 2 will reportedly launch this yr and include an LCD display screen. A transfer which may appear shocking given the present OLED mannequin of the Change and folks’s hopes that Nintendo would persist with OLED panels for the following console.
That doesn’t appear to be the case although. Rumors of the Change 2 (not an official identify) arriving in 2024 have popped up a few instances already, so this isn’t the primary time a 2024 launch window has been speculated. However the report does add additional proof to counsel Nintendo is concentrating on a 2024 launch. Previous rumors have pointed to a attainable launch within the again half of the yr. Doubtless someday in the direction of the vacation procuring season.
In a report from Bloomberg right now, which first reported in regards to the LCD show for the upcoming console, no actual launch date was talked about. Simply that the console is coming in 2024. Particulars in regards to the display screen and the console’s launch date come from Omdia analyst Hiroshi Hayase. Hayase makes his predictions based mostly on checking with firms within the provide chain for small and medium shows for electronics. Based on Bloomberg’s report, Sharp Corp. confirmed final yr that it was working with a console maker and supplying LCD panels for its upcoming {hardware}.
Sharp has ties with Nintendo too. In the course of the pandemic when manufacturing and provide chain points arose, it helped Nintendo with assembling Change consoles. It’s additionally labored with Nintendo prior to now. So these are all good bets that Sharp’s equipped LCD panels for an upcoming console are for the Change 2.
The Nintendo Change 2 display screen will probably be bigger
Along with Nintendo making the swap again to LCD for its upcoming console, Hayase additionally says the display screen will probably be 8 inches in measurement. The present Change has a 7-inch show so it feels like customers will probably be getting a barely greater display screen. This might put extra according to the scale of one thing just like the Lenovo Legion Go. The Legion Go comes with an 8.8-inch display screen so the Change 2 show will nonetheless be barely smaller. But when the sizing is correct, it’ll be noticeably greater than Nintendo’s present console.
The decision of the show continues to be unclear. However even when the display screen is LCD, it shouldn’t matter an excessive amount of if it’s not less than increased decision. The present Change (together with the OLED mannequin) includes a decision of 720p. Even with transferring again to an LCD show, Nintendo might vastly enhance the expertise by bumping the show decision as much as Full HD or higher.
Nintendo hasn’t confirmed the LCD panel or introduced its subsequent console but. It has, nonetheless, reportedly proven off the console to builders and publishers as of Gamescom 2023. These tech demos are mentioned to have included a “souped-up model” of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, which might signify the usage of extra highly effective {hardware}.
Nintendo’s next-gen console was additionally referenced in emails throughout Microsoft’s FTC trial over the Activision Blizzard acquisition. The emails acknowledged that Nintendo’s next-gen console has efficiency that’s corresponding to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Wccftech notes that Nintendo is rumored to have been testing HDR assist for the upcoming console. Suggesting that the show won’t solely be a better decision, however provide higher colour distinction for video games.
Unique: Nintendo will launch next-gen recreation console with 8-inch LCD, lifting up demand for show panels by 14.6 million models, Omdia says.https://t.co/7SnKeoZOtU
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