The Nintendo Switch Pro has been talked about a lot for years and fans are still hoping to see it arrive before the release of Nintendo’s next console generation.
The Nintendo Switch will turn six this March and fans have their eyes on what’s next. While Nintendo’s console is extremely popular and remains one of the best-selling consoles on the market, the fact is that technically the Switch is way behind.
So this Nintendo Switch Pro?
For several months, even years, many rumors have been talking about a more powerful Switch Pro, a hybrid console capable of displaying 4K and with greater memory. Rumors that ignited during the presentation of the next The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, suspected of running on a machine much more powerful than the current Switch. But what is it really? New information has just fallen.
In its last DF Direct on Youtube, Digital Foundry returned to the alleged Nintendo Switch Pro and John Linneman swept away all the hopes of the fans by answering a question posed by one of the viewers. He says that a Switch Pro was indeed planned in the middle of the generation, but that along the way, plans changed. Now, according to the information he would hold from several developers, Nintendo would have completely put aside the idea of releasing an improved Switch.
Bad news for those who still hoped to be able to get their hands on a more efficient console. But John Linneman stresses, however, that Nintendo certainly prefers to turn to the sequel, and he is not wrong.
Nintendo would rather target a new generation
As said above, next year the Switch will blow out its sixth candle and it’s a safe bet that Nintendo is already working on its Switch 2. As a reminder, the Gamecube, released in 2001, was replaced by the Wii in 2006 , then the Wii U arrived in 2012. On average, therefore, Nintendo changes console generation every 5 to 6 years. We are in it.
This famous, long-awaited Switch Pro should therefore rather be a brand new console, and if we don’t know anything about this new machine, we do know that Nintendo is looking into it very seriously. Shigeru Miyamoto, director of the firm, also said he wanted to ensure a smooth transition so as not to upset the current owners of the hybrid.
For the rest, we can only speculate on a whole bunch of rumors suggesting for example that Nintendo’s next console could be backward compatible or that it could be particularly powerful to the point of neck and neck with the PS5. and the Xbox Series.
So yes, it is certain that the Switch Pro or Nintendo Switch 2, whatever its name, should not take long to point the tip of its nose, but we will have to wait for Nintendo to decide to tell us about it openly. In 2023 maybe?
