NINTENDO SWITCH OLED
The new Switch isn’t quite what we were led to believe was coming, but it sure is nice to look at. So how is it to play?
F our and a half years and nearly 90 million shifted units later, Nintendo’s masterstroke of a hybrid console has returned its maker to the top… but there’s no denying the Switch is starting to show its age, and that’s why bubbling rumours of a ‘Switch Pro’ were easy to believe.
When Nintendo confirmed its first significant Switch revision since 2017, however, it was not the Pro we were expecting. 4K upscaling on the telly? Forget it. A 1080p handheld display?
Nope. In fact, if we’re talking raw power specs, the Switch OLED is entirely unchanged.
But, as the name suggests, it does bring something new to the table, namely that display – as well as a handful of other hardware tweaks that frankly should have been there from the beginning. If you’re looking to buy a Switch for the first time, then we’ll come right out and say it: this one is well worth the £50 extra.