Nintendo’s Subsequent Console Will Reportedly Be Transportable Like Swap, Focusing on Second Half 2024 Launch

  Nintendo’s subsequent console will reportedly be transportable just like the Swap and is focusing on a launch within the second half of 2024, in response to a brand new report right now from <em><a href="https://www.videogameschronicle.com/information/sources-nintendo-switch-2-targets-2024-with-next-gen-console/" goal="_blank" rel="noopener">VideoGamesChronicle</a></em>.&nbsp;

VGC cites “a number of folks with data of Nintendo’s next-gen console plans” that reveal Nintendo’s Swap successor is aiming for a launch within the second half of subsequent yr, 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 Collection 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 Swap, reasonably than the OLED screens used within the Swap OLED fashions. Using LCD reduces prices, VGC writes, in mild of the seemingly want for considerably extra storage than what’s within the Swap, which is able to improve prices. 

VGC’s sources additionally counsel Nintendo’s subsequent console will probably be playable on the go, much like the Swap’s console-handheld hybrid nature. Its sources additionally say the console will proceed utilizing bodily cartridges just like the Swap, though it’s unclear if this console will probably be backwards suitable with the Swap.

In February of final yr, Nintendo mentioned the Swap was in the course of its lifecycle, which means that whereas a brand new Nintendo console would possibly launch subsequent yr, the corporate won’t essentially abandon the Swap any time quickly. Nevertheless, if Nintendo continues assist of the Swap alongside a next-gen console, it’s unclear how that may work as, presumably, this new console will probably be a very good bit extra highly effective than the Swap. 

No matter how Nintendo approaches Swap assist following the discharge of a brand new console and backwards compatibility, the Tremendous Mario Bros. maker seemingly needs to transform the Swap’s large set up base into its following product. 

[Source: VideoGamesChronicle]

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