Having more RAM than the series S doesn't translate to "having hardware with some oomph". The series S is memory starved. 10GB was a small amount even when it launched.

I mean the Xbox Series S will be a 4 year old non-high-end console by the time the Switch 2 will be released. I can definitely see them go in that direction.

Maybe it will have more RAM, but it will most likely have slower/cheaper RAM. LPDDR5 or LPDDR5X instead of GDDR6. Should also be more power efficient.

Why not? The N64 and GameCube were both more powerful than their era's PlayStation.

Stable internet servers, to me, is probably the single most important thing.

The lack of those is the primary reason all of their online league attempts are failing, despite the games themselves being perfect for leagues.

I mean ram means fairly little in terms of raw power

More importantly too battery draining. I can't imagine them making a much bulkier switch but it could be that DLSS and Raytracing is docked only or optional with battery warnings if used undocked.

DLSS or the AMD knock-off would actually be pretty good for them.

RT is kind of pointless in low end hardware though.

Be interesting to see if they support VRR since they control what screen goes into it. A lot more PC users accepting 40fps since Steam Deck. Forcing everything into 30 or 60 is kind of limiting.

I just wonder whether they want to use DLSS for more FPS on the handheld or whether it's simply their future way to upscale from the native handheld resolution to 4K when docked.

Surely DLSS would be very taxing on the battery life, but it would be great to improve the docked experience which is often rather bad (stuttering, etc.) with the old Switch.

I doubt the rumors are true, but DLAA sounds cool (AI-driven anti-aliasing).

I don't remember how the rumours of the Switch OLED were... but I guess some were funny.

I heard it will have a flux capacitor. I can't wait to get it on the freeway!

DDR3 rams are more expensive than other options at this point

So does the Steam Deck and some phones.

arguably RAM matters the most

gpu and cpu you can just downgrade the quality, but at a certain point everything has to fit into memory

e.g., baldur's gate 3 literally couldn't be properly ported to the S because of a RAM limitation

Consoles have shared RAM between CPU and GPU, more RAM is more VRAM

You are thinking from pc pov. PS3 is perhaps the last major home console that have dedicated ram and vram, maybe 3ds had it on the handheld front

not even remotely true.