When the Nintendo Switch launched eight years ago, it marked a sea change for the games industry. Suddenly, pocket-sized games could come with you wherever you go, along with a console-like interface to play them.
Since then, we’ve seen the release of the Steam Deck, the Asus ROG Ally, the Lenovo Legion Go, and many other handheld systems looking to bring that experience to PC gaming.
The Nintendo Switch debuted in early 2017, and even then, the hardware was pretty outdated. The Nvidia Tegra X1 chip that runs the console debuted in 2015, and Nintendo decided long ago to stop fighting its console rivals on pure firepower. That was fine for a while, but after all these years, the Switch is showing its age.
Now, its successor appears imminent, and we’re expecting the Switch 2—what we’re calling it pending an official announcement—to be a generally more robust system.
But what can we expect from it when it is released? Here’s what we expect based on the latest details reported on by reputable publications and reliable leakers. Keep in mind, however, that they’re not confirmations of definitive hardware specs. Nintendo is notoriously secretive about its hardware and has yet to confirm much about the console officially.
