There has been a lot of speculation about the possibility that the big N will launch the Nintendo Switch Pro, a console that was considered to be an intergenerational renewal of the Nintendo Switch, and that it will therefore not completely supplant it, but both. they would co-exist in a similar way to what happened with the PS4 and PS4 Pro. In the end, this did not materialize, and the Japanese company limited itself to the launch of the Nintendo Switch OLED, a minor revision of the original model that did not bring any really important changes.

It’s strange that after the arrival of the Nintendo Switch OLED, the rumors about this possible Nintendo Switch Pro not only did not stop, but also intensified in a certain way. To this day, this console is still talked about, but the truth is that Nintendo is not interested in launching a new console either in the short or medium termand it’s something completely normal, because the Nintendo Switch continues to sell great in all its versions, and the great N is still not able to produce all the units it needs.

Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa commented normally use the summer to stock up on parts. This is key to being able to respond to the increased demand that occurs during the Christmas season, but this year they were unable to meet this target, which means that not only are they unable to produce all the Nintendo Switch units they need. , but they also fit into the possibility that we could find ourselves with some shortages at Christmas, assuming sales remain at high levels (all indications are that this will be the case).

The Nintendo Switch has completed half its life cycle, according to the great N

And that says a lot about the company’s long-term plans. It is clear that Nintendo does not plan to launch a new console this year and it’s very likely that we won’t see a new release until next yearbut that inevitably leads us to the question of when the company might launch a new console that is a true successor to the Nintendo Switch.

It’s a very complicated question and we don’t have an official answer, but we can make a guess based on the current situation and Nintendo’s own statements. In this sense, the Japanese company said this last November he was still immersed in the internal dialogue phase to determine key things about your next console, such as hardware-level fundamentals and release date.

With all this in mind, it is clear that the development project of a new console from Nintendo he is still taking his first steps, and that makes me think we could be at least two or three years away from its launch. If this is true, we wouldn’t see a new console from Nintendo until sometime in 2024 or 2025, and it cannot be ruled out that these dates could go even further. This new console could use NVIDIA’s next-generation Tegra SoC, as we told you at the time, and would be compatible with DLSS for 4K resizing.