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Comment by jsheard

6 hours ago

> Removing docking functionality could possibly reduce RAM usage by never enabling 4K screen output. This would be similar to the switch lite.

Every version of the Switch 1 had 4GB of RAM, they didn't cut that on the Lite. Going back and patching every game to ensure it ran on less RAM it was originally designed for would have been a nightmare.

> (e.g., AYN Thor Max is $450 with a 16GB/1TB configuration).

AYN just announced that the Thor will get a price increase soon for obvious reasons.

https://www.reddit.com/r/SBCGaming/comments/1rf5gxq/to_thor_...

Oh yeah, I accidentally implied the switch lite cut down RAM when it didn’t.

Of course the Thor Max will have a price increase, but also, obviously 16GB/1TB is a massively bigger bill of materials than the Switch 2’s 12GB/256GB configuration.

And I forgot to mention that Nintendo has far more pricing leverage in terms of their volume.