Let there be many mysteries around the future Nintendo switch 2 (unofficial title yet) is something that shouldn’t surprise those who know the history of big N video games, which generally have stealth as one of their biggest characteristics. However, Vandal Media was able to get exclusive access to some details of the console, including its size.

The new Nintendo Switch 2 data that has surfaced comes from accessory makers who were able to “touch” the device, and the word touch has been left in quotes because what actually happened was that the Big N allowed them to get their hands in an opaque box. This allowed accessory manufacturers to get the approximate size of the Nintendo Switch 2, which It would be halfway between the original console and the Steam Deck, being larger than the former and smaller than the latter.. Another detail that was apparently known is the concept The Joy-Con remain, but they would be attached to the console using magnets instead of railswhich aims to prevent compatibility with the current generation of peripherals.

An important question regarding the Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con is whether it will improve its durability compared to the current ones. The fragility of the Joy-Cons that are now on the market has become so important that Nintendo, in addition to being sued and seeing negative news about said products, ended up being pressured by the European Union to offer a better solution in this regard, which led to the announcement of unlimited patches for the Joy-Con within the community space.

In addition to the Joy-Con, there is also the Switch Pro Controller, which is the absolute best controller for many, so there is nothing strange when users use it on PC. The Nintendo Switch 2 would retain compatibility with the Pro Controller and other third-party models which competes with it. That doesn’t close the door to a second generation, but Nintendo may not have much reason to reinvent a product that’s generally received very good reviews from the public.

Current Nintendo Switch.

Gear shifter OreXda, focused on Samsung products, published in your X account that “important contracts have already been negotiated in the component industry for the initial production” of Nintendo Switch 2. The console would implement the Tegra T239 SoC, manufactured by Samsung Foundry 7LPH, while at the screen level there would be two models: one OLED, whose screen panel would come from by Samsung, and the other whose LCD panel would be manufactured by Sharp.

As for the properties SoC NVIDIA Tegra T239your GPU will be based on the architecture Ampere and should have 1280 CUDA coreswhile the CPU would consist of eight Cortex A78 cores. Amount The RAM implemented in Nintendo Switch 2 should be 12GB and the game cards indicate that they must use fifth-generation Samsung V-NAND with read speeds of up to 1.4 GB/s.

For the rest, we find details that are well known, such as the likely use of NVIDIA’s DLSS technology for image scaling. There is also speculation about backwards compatibility, a feature that remains unconfirmed, but given that this is something that the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series offer and the rise of x86-based portable consoles, it would be very surprising if it wasn’t there. The launch date still points to the first quarter of 2025, although OreXda notes that it could appear in the second half of 2024.