Nintendo’s subsequent console will reportedly be moveable just like the Switch and is concentrating on a launch within the second half of 2024, in response to a brand new report right this moment from VideoGamesChronicle.
VGC cites “multiple people with knowledge of Nintendo’s next-gen console plans” that reveal Nintendo’s Switch successor is aiming for a launch within the second half of subsequent 12 months, to make sure there’s loads of inventory at launch. Nintendo needs to keep away from the inventory shortages that plagued the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S launch for months (and years for some).
The publication studies that two of its sources counsel the next-generation console will use LCD screens, like these seen on the launch variations of the Switch, slightly than the OLED screens used within the Switch OLED fashions. The use of LCD reduces prices, VGC writes, in gentle of the doubtless want for considerably extra storage than what’s within the Switch, which can enhance prices.
VGC’s sources additionally counsel Nintendo’s subsequent console shall be playable on the go, just like the Switch’s console-handheld hybrid nature. Its sources additionally say the console will proceed utilizing bodily cartridges just like the Switch, though it’s unclear if this console shall be backwards appropriate with the Switch.
In February of final 12 months, Nintendo stated the Switch was in the midst of its lifecycle, that means that whereas a brand new Nintendo console may launch subsequent 12 months, the corporate won’t essentially abandon the Switch any time quickly. However, if Nintendo continues help of the Switch alongside a next-gen console, it’s unclear how that may work as, presumably, this new console shall be bit extra highly effective than the Switch.
Regardless of how Nintendo approaches Switch help following the discharge of a brand new console and backwards compatibility, the Super Mario Bros. maker doubtless needs to transform the Switch’s huge set up base into its following product.
[Source: VideoGamesChronicle]
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