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Nintendo Switch: Analysts dig the concept but worry about processing power

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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The Nintendo Switch is a bold move from Nintendo to get back into the good graces of gamers with a hybrid device that blends a traditional home console with a portable device. The company announced today that the Switch will arrive in March 2017, and it runs on a custom Tegra processor from Nvidia.

The announcement video showed that Nintendo is targeting an older audience of teens and young adults with this system. GamesBeat asked some market analysts what they thought about the system, and here are some of their answers.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.