Nintendo Switch OLED dock will be available by itself — but only from Nintendo

Nintendo Switch OLED dock will be bachelor by itself — but only from Nintendo

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Yesterday saw the announcement of the Nintendo Switch OLED, which fixes several of the original Switch's flaws. Among them, the fact that the dock had no defended wired ethernet port.

But you don't necessarily need to buy a Switch OLED to bask this particular upgrade. That'south because Nintendo will be selling the production every bit a stand-alone product.

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Nintendo confirmed this news to Digital Trends, and like the Switch OLED console itself volition be available in either blackness of white. However, Nintendo also confirmed that standalone actually means standalone, so this dock won't be coming with an HDMI cable or Air conditioning power adapter.

The lack of an HDMI cablevision isn't the worst affair in the world, since they're pretty hands bachelor. But if yous plan on buying the new dock to hook your Switch up to a second Television set, you volition need to spend $16 on a 2nd power adapter. The Switch won't output to Telly way without it.

That shouldn't be a major surprise, because Nintendo did the exact same thing with the original Switch dock as well. But it does hateful that any existing Switch owners won't need to vanquish out $350 for a make new console to enjoy a wired ethernet connexion.

Of course, Nintendo does sell an ethernet adapter for the original Switch dock, for the princely sum of $29. Though that may well be cheaper than purchasing a brand new dock. Nintendo hasn't confirmed how much the Switch OLED's dock will be, but the fact it sells original Switch docks for $60 means this one isn't likely to be whatsoever cheaper.

The visitor as well confirmed that standalone docks will only be available directly from the Nintendo online store, and will non be bachelor at other retailers. Unfortunately we don't know exactly when it'south going to become on auction, though it isn't likely to be before Oct 8.

Pre-order pages for the Nintendo Switch OLED have already started appearing at major retailers. So if you lot'd rather buy a whole new console, rather than a standalone dock, then exist sure to check our guide on where to buy Nintendo Switch OLED. At the very least information technology means you won't take to wait effectually for Nintendo to open up sales of the solo dock.

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