Nintendo Switch Pro It’s a product that was supposed to be an evolution of the Japanese video game giant’s hybrid console, and according to Digital Foundry, the future model said Has been canceled internally by the company.

John Linneman said on the Digital Foundry Podcast that after talking to some developers, everything seemed to indicate that Nintendo would release some type of update for the Switch, but that it won’t happen now and that most likely the Big N will launch an actual next-gen console. With these statements, it’s conceivable that Nintendo could be considering a complete reversal of the concept used by the Switch, but given its success, it doesn’t seem likely to abandon or radically change the converged console orientation.

In short, and if we take the words spoken via Digital Foundry as reference, Nintendo could develop the new product as a next-generation console, possibly involving radical changes internally, although a move to x86 seems unlikely, considering that ARM on paper it’s more efficient and better suited for the type of device the Switch is.

The possible existence of a Nintendo Switch Pro has been rumored for years, and all indications are that development of the console was in the Big N’s plans. As for 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, to see the great possibilities of this technology supersamplingwould be a very valuable addition to the Nintendo Switch, especially in terms of being able to run triple-A video games with good performance and with less sacrifices on some fronts.

In contrast to the possible existence of a Nintendo Switch Pro are the statements of Saber Interactive, who said more than a year ago that the existence of the said model is not really necessary in part because “no port is impossible“. That’s an interesting question, and it’s mostly about how the software development industry has shifted over the past decade, in which many developers and companies have tended to take the easy path, rather than the best.

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, the sequel (at least in a commercial sense) to the successful Breath of the Wild. Traditionally, Nintendo hasn’t released more than two Zelda titles on a console, so Tears of the Kingdom may be the first sign that the Switch is coming to the end of its lifespan.