Follow Slashdot stories on Twitter

 



Forgot your password?
typodupeerror
×
Nintendo Games

Nintendo Switch Lite Launches September 20 For $200 (venturebeat.com) 86

Nintendo has confirmed the much-rumored Nintendo Switch Lite, revealing that the new slimmed down console -- available in gray, yellow, and turquoise -- will launch on September 20 for $199.99. From a report: The device, which first came to light last year, is $100 less expensive than its predecessor and, as such, it does lack a number of key features compared to its bigger brother. For example, the Nintendo Switch Lite only offers a single "handheld" game-play mode, compared to the additional "TV" and "tabletop" modes of the Nintendo Switch. While this raises questions about the use of "switch" in the device's name given that it doesn't actually switch between modes, it also means that compatible games are limited to those that support handheld mode in the Nintendo Switch Library. However, gamers will be able to buy separate Joy-Con controllers (and a device to charge them) to use wirelessly with other games that don't support handheld mode.
This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.

Nintendo Switch Lite Launches September 20 For $200

Comments Filter:
  • by Anonymous Coward

    Where is the $150 tv only version, the ugly one that doesnâ(TM)t waste money on the LCD screen and the battery pack and all that extra garbage?

    • Re: (Score:2, Troll)

      Where is the $150 tv only version, the ugly one that doesnâ(TM)t waste money on the LCD screen and the battery pack and all that extra garbage?

      Nintendo know that they can't compete with Xbox and Sony in the pure TV console market- that's why they always get "creative" like they did with the Wii, and now Switch. They don't want to be compared or try to compete like-for-like in that realm. For handheld they are king which is why they would prefer to compete head to head with Android in the lucrative handheld game sphere rather than as a nobody in the TV console market.

    • I guess you never seen four teenagers playing a multiplayer game on the Nintendo Switch at a bus stop. Today's living room is on the go..
    • Where is the $150 tv only version, the ugly one that doesnâ(TM)t waste money on the LCD screen and the battery pack and all that extra garbage?

      Huh? Who plays a switch attached to a TV? This is a Nintendo DS on steroids.

  • Does this mean Nintendo now has a single platform for both console and handheld gaming? I knew it would happen eventually, but I thought Apple would be first to merge OSX with iOS to create a single operating system across all it's devices (followed by Chrome/Android).
  • How about... (Score:5, Insightful)

    by skam240 ( 789197 ) on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @09:56AM (#58901376)

    How about one that only operates as a console? The miniscule amount of mobile gaming I do is on my phone so I have no use for any of the Switch's mobile features but would love a cheaper version of the console to buy.

    • Same here. I have zero interest in a portable console. And that display and battery must make a bigger chunk of the cost than the dock or detachable controllers.

    • Indeed. Given that Nintendo swears they're going to keep supporting the 3DS, they really need to push out a new mobile-only console.

      • by sad_ ( 7868 )

        they only swear this because they still have a large stock of 3DS's that need to get sold, you shouldn't really expect 3DS support for long.

    • >"How about one that only operates as a console? The miniscule amount of mobile gaming I do is on my phone so I have no use for any of the Switch's mobile features but would love a cheaper version of the console to buy."

      I was going to post something very similar. I have no interest in the expensive "Switch" or mobile gaming (other than on my phone). But I have some interest in casual console gaming. If they had a TV-only console, they could probably slash the price by more than half. No screen, no ba

  • If I have to use something as a display, why doesn't Nintendo just create an Android/Apple app to use, and a separate download for non-connected play.

    A 7 or 10 inch tablet, heck, even a 6 inch phone is bigger,,,

    • by Anonymous Coward

      It is more powerful than any android, optimized specifically for gaming.. and of-course the controllers, etc - that stuff is still problematic on regular android.
      Also - to keep income from controlling game market - they have good games, that are only available on single platform :)

  • by Anonymous Coward

    FTA

    > it also means that compatible games are limited to those that support handheld mode in the Nintendo Switch Library

    I own about 38 switch titles as my S/O streams on Twitch.

    Every title works in handheld mode, which ones do not I'm curious?

    I try searching for a list of games that DO NOT work specifically in hand held mode and it is rough, and many articles about this new switch-lite seem to make it sound like half the games won't work on the go.

    Diablo 3, Zelda, all main Mario games, everything works in

  • Personally a switch without a screen that could only be plugged into HDMI would be far more appealing.

  • Not going to buy Nintendo hardware to play Nintendo games.
  • The opposite of "switch"? I mean, I get that the controller bits can also be switched out too, but isn't the point of this to be able to switch between TV connection and portability?
  • You will no longer be able to "switch" this Switch from TV to portable mode since they inhibited the Tegra's HDMI through USB-C on this model for some reason.

    I guess they want you to still buy the other model, but with Nintendo's record it will be a PITA to take your game between the TV and the portable.

Riches: A gift from Heaven signifying, "This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased." -- John D. Rockefeller, (slander by Ambrose Bierce)

Working...