Nintendo Switch 2 Hardware Chip Was Potentially Finalised As Early As 2021

Planning ahead.

With the Nintendo Switch 2 entering development as early as 2019, it might not come as a surprise that the hardware chip may have been finalised as early as 2021. And according to a teardown of a supposed Switch 2 motherboard, that's exactly what it's come down to.

Digital Foundry has summarised findings by Geekerwan and Kurnal, who have acquired a Switch 2 motherboard (from an online retailer in China) and performed a complete analysis of the tech. And the pair have suggested that the hardware was finalised four years ago. If that's true, that means Nintendo has been holding onto the chip since then.

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