![]() But as we saw with the hybrid console, that doesn't mean it can't be innovative in other ways.Īt any rate, it seems that Nvidia is no longer producing the Tegra Chip used in Switch, Switch Lite, and Switch OLED (thanks PCMag). So unless Nintendo suddenly decides to change its usual course and go after the latest tech, we can assume any potential Switch 2 will be behind the curve technically. Not to mention that it used the Nvidia X1 Tegra Chip, which was already outdated at the time. More recently, we saw another example of Nintendo using older tech with the original Switch which launched with only a max of 1080p resolution in TV mode despite 4K being common. Anecdotally, staying behind tech-wise was one of the reasons why the N64 was a commercial failure despite leaving a strong and impactful legacy. This has been happening for years like back in the day when Nintendo decided the N64 would still use cartridges while Sony decided to use modern CDs on its brand new PlayStation system. It's also long been Nintendo's style to work with older (far less expensive) technology to create unique gaming experiences. This is partially why it has far outsold any other console in the last couple of years and is one of the top five best-selling consoles of all time. Instead of competing with the latest tech like Sony and Microsoft, it tends to focus on a unique family-oriented playing experience that doesn't cost as much. Fans may just have to wait a little longer.Nintendo holds a very interesting place in the gaming industry. Nintendo has a consistent record of releasing new hardware every year, including unexpected physical products like new Game & Watch handhelds, Nintendo Labo, and Super Mario Lego sets, and all signs point to the company doing so in 2021 as well. And we’ll all be able to focus on what the next Nintendo Switch does without the distraction of a new Metroid game. Instead of focusing on the games, Nintendo would be forced to muddle its message, getting bogged down with discussion about frame rates, resolution, and other technical nitpicks.Īll of which is to say that if the Nintendo Switch Pro (or New Nintendo Switch, in keeping with Nintendo’s hardware revision naming style) does exist, and if the company plans to announce it this year, an announcement could be imminent. Fans will invariably wonder how the new Legend of Zelda game will run on a 4K-capable Nintendo Switch (or what the new Mario + Rabbids game will look like on existing Switch hardware). New hardware means a more complex equation for upcoming games. It’s easy to see why Nintendo keeps its hardware announcements separate from E3 proper (and other video game events like Gamescom and Tokyo Game Show). The original Nintendo Switch was revealed in October 2016, a comfortable distance from that year’s E3, a show that traditionally takes place in June. It unveiled the Nintendo 2DS in August 2013 the New Nintendo 3DS in August 2014 the NES Classic in July 2016 the Super NES Classic in June 2017 ( after E3) and the Nintendo Switch Lite in July 2019. Instead, Nintendo has often followed E3 with minor to major hardware announcements weeks or months later. Hardware reveals haven’t been part of Nintendo’s E3 plan for nearly a decade now. Nintendo has held virtual presentations, both packaged Nintendo Direct videos and Treehouse Live streams, at E3s since. The company seems to have learned that lesson a long time ago, in the wake of the disastrous E3 2012 reveal of the Wii U and the E3 2010 reveal of the Nintendo 3DS, which stumbled out of the gate so badly that Nintendo slashed the price of the handheld a few months after launch.Į3 2012 was the last time Nintendo held a traditional press conference at the gaming industry expo - the type of presentation where executives stand on a stage and hold up a video game console for the first time. ![]() Nintendo didn’t do that, of course, because Nintendo knows better than to showcase its next major hardware release at E3. Mere weeks before E3 2021 kicked off, Bloomberg reported that we could see the new 4K-ready “Switch Pro,” as some are calling it, before June 12 “to allow publishers to showcase their full range of Switch games.” Some Nintendo fans and industry watchers came away from Tuesday’s Nintendo Direct perplexed that the company didn’t roll out a new Nintendo Switch model, which has been heavily rumored and reported for the better part of a year. ![]()
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