RUMOR: Nintendo Developing Handheld-Only Switch Mini?

The Nintendo Switch is a hot commodity and has exceeded sales expectations across the board. Bloomberg has published speculation by analysts that a new variation of the home console could remove the docking feature and solely be a handheld gaming device.

Citigroup Inc. […] expect the Kyoto-based company to release a smaller version of the Switch in the fiscal year through March 2019, according to analysts including Minami Munakata, Kota Ezawa and Alicia Yap. — Via Bloomberg

Interesting speculation which may mean a lot for Pokémon fans if a main franchise title does indeed end up on the Nintendo Switch.

If there were a handheld-only version though, would it defeat the purpose of the “Switch”? Weigh in below!

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4,142 thoughts on “RUMOR: Nintendo Developing Handheld-Only Switch Mini?”

  1. Sometimes I hate that C++ insists on being good at being able to accomodate all processors.
    I wish it would just require that a processor’s byte must be 8 bits.
    Screw digital signal processors, they can use assembly.

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      • Programming.

        I know almost nobody here does programming, but I can hope that one day someone will understand what I’m talking about.

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          • Basically most languages assume a byte is 8 bits because all modern processors have an 8-bit byte and they have done since before the x86 was born.

            C++ however is set up to accomodate processors that might have e.g. 10-bit bytes or 12-bit bytes, so to be truly portable programmers have to account for eventualities that will probably never happen just because they could happen.

            Despite popular theory, C++ isn’t hard because it’s hard to understand, it’s hard because there’s 101 rules and caveats to accomodate.

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