Nintendo Switch With OLED And 4K Output Reportedly Being Revealed This Year

4k on a Nintendo system will be possible in 2035. Keep on dreaming if you think its possible to achieve native 4k any time sooner.

I really wished Nintendo would push the power a little more.

Instead, the switch is just turning into the DS. Pretty soon they'll have 3D Switch.

The only positive on this is that I won't have to buy a new console to keep playing Mario games.

OLED on handheld would be a great addition!
I've been amazed by the screen quality of my old Moto Z play which is an OLED display to a point where I wouldn't want any LCD screen on my upcoming cell phones.

Getting the OLED switch would be a no-brainer for anyone shopping for a new Switch console but not enough of a change so it's worth replacing current products! (I have a Day-One Switch and a Switch lite and I'm pretty fine with that...)

I wonder about the 4K though as the curent switch model are SOOOOOO far from being great even at 1080p... Take a game like the new Zelda "Warriors" game... it can barely run at 20FPS at 1080p.

Besides, I'm not quite sure the Switch actually needs better resolution.

I have a very neat Samsung Q80T Qled 4K and I'm surprised how nice switch games look even at 1080p on it! Playing Mario Kart 8 with such brilliant and radiant colors is already very nice to me!

Nintendo games most of the times aren't games where you get finicky on details anyway...

Doesn't really sound worth it as an upgrade. At least to me. Was really hoping there would be a true overhauled version of the Switch, but it looks like this doesn't seem to be it. Something for new potential Switch owners maybe?

Though I did just get the Switch to play Nintendo games and not for super high graphics games (I have my PC for that). But it would be nice to see some games take advantage of better hardware. Plus I'd feel more comfortable having my current Switch use Retroarch and use any new "Pro" version of the Switch as my main console.

Oh well. Given this I doubt will even see another model of the Switch. Probably will still be supported like the 3DS, but they may just move on to a new console by the time a new Switch version would be expected.

The question isn't whether it's just an OLED display and 4K output. The question is whether there is a real upgrade to the chipset in the Switch, and even then, this sounds like a mid-gen upgrade as opposed to a new console.

I'd rather see a full replacement, next generation Nintendo console instead of "Pro" model.

I do like the portability of the switch but I just brought one and I will just forgo getting the newer one and the games other than their own franchises are games many have already played and I understand there is people who have yet to play them but again for me no deal.

Honestly I think switch games look just fine in 1080p. The games aren't exactly graphical marvels already (doesn't mean they look bad though), so upscaling to 4K I don't think it'll make much of a difference. Most of their first party games really just have cartoony style graphics anyways, and in 1080p they already look clear and crisp. Anything that's multiplatform, that's what I have the PS5 for. They should just let the switch ride out the last years of it's life and put all their resources into the next Nintendo console.

As stated back in January when the dataminer leaked this information, it seems like this is actually an upgrade to the Switch's docking station rather than the Switch itself since the actual handheld unit is still using the Tegra X1 SOC, ergo this will most likely be marketed more as a peripheral upgrade rather than a full blown hardware update. Obviously they'll be offering new Switches which come bundled with the new dock and fitted with a new and improved OLED display, but all forthcoming Switch games will still run on Gen 1 and Gen 2 Switch handhelds and docks, albeit at a lower resolution when docked.

If it's still only max 720p in handheld but 4K docked won't that be a nightmare from a development perspective? Trying to get stuff to always work / look good on both.

Feels like we could end up in a situation where games stick with crappier graphics to be handheld compatible and never bother utilising 4K, or are "docked only" to make use of the power. Feels a bit like the issues we have with cross-gen games

Yeah, right. I assume it's just as 4K capable as the new consoles can handle 8K. But at least now Switch users will be able to play their games in proper 1080p. And might even get all the latest console games ported to their device, running at 1080p.

But the inbuilt display will still only have 720p resolution. What a joke when every phone has had at least a 1080p display for probably more than a decade now.

@bettywso75: No.

4K Switch? Really doubt that even if this is true, that this will be a 4K capable upgraded console capable of doing a proper 4K 60fps. Knowing Nintendo and their stone age mentality, most likely it will be a 4K 30FPS when in duked mode and likely they will be sticking with 720P in handheld mode. Also I'm not a fan of they sticking with a 720P screen, if they not upgrading to a 1080P screen, i rather see the handheld be upgraded to at least a 900P screen.

This is all too difficult to believe with Nintendo jumping to 4K? Specially since they will be jumping over 2K and other resolution's before 4K and going straight to 4K. Stone age mentality Nintendo jumping all the way to 4K? I don't believe it until i see it with prove and evidence.

The way they been adapting with console generations, it would have likely taken them anther 10 to 15 years for them to get to 4k and by then probably Sony and Microsoft would have likely be in 20K resolutions.

I'm looking forward to getting this!

Oh boy, I can't wait to not be able to buy it because of scalpers.

Gave my 2017 model switch to my step son anticipating such a release. Hopefully, it is actually more powerful and not just "4k capable". Knowing Nintendo and how cheap they are, probably not though.

It's coming sooner or later that's why I didn't buy that red switch if be so pissed if I went through the trouble of selling my current switch to buy the mario model only to have an upgraded model to release