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According to reports, Nintendo is working on an updated Nintendo Switch model to be released sometime in 2020, according to the Taiwanese electronics newspaper DigiTimes.
DigiTimes reported that the new Nintendo Switch model will be released in “mid-2020,” with production starting “at the end of the first quarter of 2020” – that is, sometime around March. The news aligns with a previous report by The Wall Street Journal technology reporter Takashi Mochizuki. Mochizuki reported in August that “Nintendo has ideas for more updates to the Switch line after these two models to make the platform’s lifecycle long.”
According to the DigiTimes report, Nintendo intends to release the new Switch model with a magnesium alloy chassis and a CPU upgrade.
Mochizuki’s August report explained Nintendo’s intention to launch two new Nintendo Switch models – the updated Nintendo Switch with better battery life, and the handheld-only Nintendo Switch Lite, which were released in August and September respectively.
There is no specific information regarding the possible upcoming model, but some expect Nintendo’s next console to be a “Switch Pro” device. Dr. Serkan Toto, CEO of the games industry consultancy Kantan Games, told GamesIndustry.biz: “There is no doubt in his mind that Nintendo will launch a ‘Switch Pro’ in 2020” – specifically, “after the summer holidays to face the regulations – out PS5 and the next-generation Xbox later in the year.”
Toto suggested a retail price of $399, with “4K support, larger graphics unit sizes, and of course the other components.”
Others are skeptical. Piers Harding-Rolls, an IHS Markit technology analyst, told GamesIndustry.biz that the likelihood of a Switch Pro device “has diminished significantly since the launch of the bestselling Switch Lite.” He also believes that 2020 will be Nintendo’s best year for Switch hardware sales since its launch.
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