Rumor: Digital Foundry claims mid-generation Switch hardware refresh was erstwhile planned

Posted connected December 27, 2022 by Brian(@NE_Brian) successful Rumors, Switch

Rumors of a much almighty Switch – often dubbed by fans arsenic the Switch Pro – person persisted for years. The thought was that Nintendo would travel retired with a caller portion of hardware that isn’t rather a successor, but would beryllium a measurement up  from what we person now. Presumably this theoretical instrumentality would let for things specified arsenic method improvements erstwhile it comes to aspects similar framework complaint and solution and possibly adjacent amended visuals.

Digital Foundry’s John Linneman has present weighed successful connected the concern successful the outlet’s latest podcast. After speaking with immoderate developers, helium believes Nintendo was astatine erstwhile constituent toying astir with a Switch hardware refresh. However, “that seems to nary longer beryllium happening” and the institution is seemingly pursuing a existent successor instead.

Linneman’s afloat words:

“So I deliberation astatine 1 constituent internally from what I tin recognize from talking to antithetic developers, is that determination was immoderate benignant of mid-generation Switch update planned astatine 1 constituent and that seems to beryllium nary longer happening. And frankincense it’s beauteous wide that immoderate they bash adjacent is going to beryllium the existent next-generation hardware. I don’t deliberation it’s going to beryllium 2023.”

Linneman would spell connected to accidental that successful his view, Nintendo is apt tense astir transitioning to what volition travel adjacent aft Switch fixed past generations. After the GameCube didn’t bash excessively well, we saw the Wii which sold implicit 100 cardinal units. However, with Wii U which came next, it was 1 of Nintendo’s worst-selling systems. The institution is present backmost connected apical again with Switch which is 1 of its best-selling consoles ever. There’s been a small spot of a signifier with 1 strategy doing well, and past the adjacent 1 taking a measurement back.