Nintendo Switch Pro It is the product that was going to be the evolution of the hybrid console of the Japanese video game giant, however, and according to Digital Foundry, said future model It has been canceled internally by the company.
John Linneman has said on the Digital Foundry Podcast that, after having conversations with some developers, everything seemed to indicate that Nintendo would release some type of update to the Switch, but that now that is not going to happen and that most likely, the Big N will launch a true next-generation console. With those statements, one can imagine that Nintendo might think about giving a complete twist to the concept employed by the Switch, but given its success, it doesn’t seem likely that it will abandon or radically change the convergent console orientation.
In short, and taking as a reference the words spoken through Digital Foundry, Nintendo could develop a new product as a next-generation console that possibly includes radical changes internally, although a jump to x86 seems implausible seeing that ARM, on paper, it’s more efficient and better suited for the type of device that Switch is.
For years the possible existence of a Nintendo Switch Pro has been rumored and everything points to the fact that the evolution of the console has been in the plans of the Big N. When it comes to features, it was even said that it could support 4K and even DLSS thanks to the use of an NVIDIA SoC. The presence of DLSS, seeing the great capabilities of this technology of supersamplingwould have been a very valuable addition to Nintendo Switch, especially in terms of being able to run triple A video games with good performance and with fewer sacrifices on some fronts.
In contrast to the possible existence of the Nintendo Switch Pro are the statements of Saber Interactive, which more than a year ago said that the existence of said model was not really necessary due in part to the fact that “there is no port impossible”. This is an interesting question that involves above all the drift of the software development industry in the last decade, in which many developers and companies have tended to take the easy path and not the best one.
On the other hand, the hybrid console continues to work in commercial terms and the most anticipated game of 2023 is The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, sequel (at least in commercial terms) to the successful Breath of the Wild. Nintendo has traditionally not released more than two Zelda titles per console, so Tears of the Kingdom may be the first indication that the Switch is beginning to approach its end of life.
