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Just checked mine @MindFreak and there isn't any data for yesterday on there at all, there's a little red notch on Saturday's entry that brings up an alert when I click on it telling me to connect my Switch the internet. There must be an issue with the software, could have been caused by the latest firmware update

I also managed to get in - can't wait to test out the new friends list features

It's not 7 months, the play test lasts from October 23rd to November 5th

The technology seems cool, and the concept of a sleep activity log is pretty funny, but I honestly can't see why anybody would actually want to use it. Just seems like a quick way to get irritated by music and sound effects from your favourite games

I struggled to come up with any for a while but realised this weekend that Silent Hill 2 would be a candidate. I was absolutely fascinated by it when I played it in the run up to Halloween a few years back but I can't imagine ever playing through it again. It's just such an emotionally draining experience, I'm glad the remake seems to have turned out well but I can't see myself picking it up

Can we club together to send someone over there to buy all the merch we want? I'll take a Wii U Gamepad keyring and Virtual Boy t-shirt to start

What on earth did they spend that extra $200 million on since early 2023? The marketing didn't seem that extensive, seems like it was just a money pit

I think the main way they'll differentiate it is the colour scheme on the console and the branding in the box and the marketing materials. It's funny that we're concerned that consumers won't be able to tell the difference when Apple release new iPhone models most years that don't look any different from the last one and they don't have trouble shifting any units. Why should it be any different in the video game industry when the upgrades are far more spaced out and meaningful?

@Dcubed the fact that the PCB doesn't have any components mounted does make it seem more likely to be fake too. All I'll say is that if this is the real design I wouldn't be disappointed

So it seems as if the photos of the PCB and joy con shells are legitimate, but of an older revision of the console (version 6 whereas it's apparently at version 8 now) and the renders aren't official renders but are made by someone who has had access to a prototype unit so should be close to the real design All sounds plausible to me but could still turn out to be a fake, though I don't think it, it'll be too much longer until we find out (a few weeks at most)

Didn't even clock the breakdown of the specs in that last image, storage seems great to me - 256gb at 2 GB/S should mean very quick loading compared to the original Switch, even without the built in decompression block that was rumoured.

I have no reason to doubt that they're real, if production has started then it's going to be more difficult to contain leaks about the design. And it does look very convincing, like a natural evolution of the OLED and the sort of thing Nintendo would do if they were playing it safe as I expect them to be If they are real then an announcement is probably imminent

After Villa's performance earlier I was looking forward to us playing Bayern at home next but now I'm a bit worried about it - seems like it'll be a struggle to stop them scoring

I don't doubt that they would do cool things with it or that I would welcome a return of dual screen gaming, just that it seems like there is less chance of a DS Switch 2 being a runaway success than an 'incremental' upgrade that keeps the same form factor of the original Switch Yes the likes of the Steam Deck and ROG Ally have diminished some of the Switch USP but they are not mass market products in the way the Switch is. The average member of the general public has no idea what a Steam Deck is, Nintendo still have a market penetration that dwarfs the handheld PC space. A Switch 2 that plays it safe would absolutely sell, maybe not Switch levels of success but it would by no means be a failure

Surely they're not doing dual screen, it seems like too risky a move for me. And yeah, I don't buy that they have started manufacturing in China when it's widely know that they have shifted production to Thailand, unless the Chinese factory is producing prototype models in smaller quantities to serve as a guide for the Thai factory. That seems unlikely though, there would be no reason why the Thai factory couldn't produce the prototypes themselves.

I'm expecting it to be more expensive than the Switch was at launch, just given how much things have gone up in recent years and the fact that it has been challenging for manufacturers to bring down the cost over time. I'm expecting it to be $399 in the US and probably about £379 at most in the UK (they always seem to gouge us in Europe, so would imagine Nintendo would do the same this time) - I would be very surprised if the RRP was north of 400, even with the PS5 to compare against that still seems like an invisible line that Nintendo will try not to cross. Going by the inflation calculator the Switch launch price of £279 in 2017 comes out at £361 in 2024 so £379 for Switch 2 probably wouldn't be that bad in the end.

I hadn't considered that @Eddage, it doesn't make sense selling at a loss if they know its going to be a low volume product so they might as well charge a bit more out of the gate. Even though they will have more reason to sell the PS6 at a loss at launch I still think it's likely to be very expensive out of the gate, with the leap in technology that there will have to be going into the next generation I think the manufacturing cost is going to be hard to keep down so they will probably have to sell it at a significant loss to even get close to the PS5 launch price

The real question is, how much will the PS6 cost at launch? They took the PS4 Pro off the market before the PS5 came out and I expect they'll do the same here so they will be able to offer the PS6 at a cheaper price it they can but does this £700 RRP set a new precedent? Could they charge even more for the next console?

The difference in fidelity and fluidity was definitely noticeable, even watching the presentation on my phone, but £700 without a disc drive is a hard sell considering most of the target audience for this will likely be physical collectors. Would be very surprised if this gets anywhere near the ratio that PS4 Pro had versus the base PS4.

I could be wrong but with the way they have been raising prices of their current models and accessories they are clearly struggling to balance the books as it is with mainstream products so I can't imagine they will sell a niche, low volume product like the Pro for a loss at launch - they will want to be making a profit on it. $600 seems like the bare minimum to me, but I think it could end up being $700 or so without a disc drive. Whatever it comes out at I think it's going to be the console with the highest launch price to date - the £1000 smartphone has become commonplace, consumers have gradually been conditioned to accept it over the last 15 years so it doesn't seem too outlandish to me that the RRP for the Pro will be significantly higher than anything that's gone before

I've got a feeling it'll be even more expensive than $599

I think that tweet about the manufacturer having such a big expenditure this quarter is the biggest indication that a reveal isn't too far away. As @Hero-of-Time mentioned Nintendo will want to get ahead of any leaks and once a product is in production it's hard to contain it - Sony fell foul of that again this week with the PS5 Pro design making the rounds on Twitter. I'll be pretty happy to finally see something, whenever we do get to see it, speculation and uncertainty is fun for a while but this thing has been talked about so much it's getting pretty tired. It's time to see some games!

Good news but I'm usually out of the house at 3pm, couldn't they delay it a couple of hours at least? Will probably just have to catch up after the fact and try to avoid reading about any announcements. I assume the only Nintendo stuff that will show up will be games like Echoes of Wisdom and Emio: The Smiling Man, things that have already been announced or are coming out soon. Otherwise I don't really have any expectations, it's interesting that they're mashing two types of Direct together, not sure they've ever done that before

the question is will the switch version come out then too - i'd imagine we'll be waiting a little longer for that one to come out

The fucking Americans again. I'm so gutted for Hudson Smith, he didn't do anything wrong at all - just got pipped on the line.