folks, don't shoot me.

I just want to know,

if Nintendo already patented "supporting devices" to make the Switch VR-ready, then wouldn't it had other "supporting devices" that could easily do stuffs like "add a second screen", etc etc since it actually uses a USB-C connector and not propietary ones?

Wouldn't that make Switch an almost "truly" modular gaming console?

considering the fact that they packed so much stuffs into the joycon, and it can support 8 of them (probably 4+4?) all at the same time, i'm not surprised at all.


Well, true. But there are some interesting tidbits that point that Nintendo DID give a thought about VR:
1) they had patents for VR-addons for the switch
2) the existance of a 3dimensional gyroscope right in the tablet itself (not the joycon) which added more fuel to the speculation.

the switch has also been confirmed to run to deliver more power when plugged to the AC / dock (like the switch natively runs on 720p, but with extra power from the dock, delivers graphics up to 1080p resolution natively). So there must be some sort of "power up".

I remember that there was a presentation by BlackBerry (yes, the handphone maker) that was featuring a chip from ARM (but manufactured by Texas Instrument) where via wifi and bluetooth, they were able to pair computational power up to 8 devices, basically all devices share the load of the computational power, seamlessly. This was a 2011/2012 tech (or even earlier). so probably NVidia and Nintendo already had something up the sleeves but not ready to show them off yet?

yay for Warframe!

Clarified: Looking for a powerbank that can charge the switch (please recommend me one!) that can also charge other devices



BTW, can I ask if i'm looking for a powerbank for the Switch, will it work with other devices like the iPad Pro?

The problem I've been reading is that the Switch doesn't use standard USB-C power delivery standards, or something like that (I'm not sure what's the exact wording).

So will powerbanks that work with say iPad work with Switch? Or I have to find something that works with Switch and hope it works with iPad Pro etc?

(I know it'll charge phones just fine, its just that I need it to charge these 2 devices, which I use heavily.)

This post has been edited by hyperyouth_firepower: Jul 9 2021, 07:51 PM