Analyst Piers Harding-Rolls predicted for GamesIndustry.biz the existence Nintendo Switch 2 by 2024. What would be the next console of the Big N video games has been collapsing for years with expectations that aim to be high, and that although the original model is a very good idea and concept, it is no less true that the use of logic can see the points in which there is room for improvement.

The last thing we reported on this topic was the alleged internal cancellation of the Nintendo Switch Pro, and that is that the turbulent context we live in and inflation have made launching new products in 2023 an unattractive idea. In fact, Intel would be considering canceling the launch of its home-focused Meteor Lake processors and replacing them with Raptor Lake, and that means the latest hardware shipment data suggests a sharp decline, and that 2023 has many possibilities as the worst year. in history.

back to the point Piers Harding-Rolls said that “We don’t expect a next-gen Nintendo console in 2023: we have 2024 in our forecasts“. This person already predicted that the PlayStation 5 would outsell the Xbox Series, which sounded bold at the time because Microsoft was clearly playing its cards better. At the time, he also stated that there would be no Nintendo Switch Pro in 2022, which eventually happened. Without calling anyone a prophet, Harding-Rolls seems to have good information and an eye. On the other hand, the appearance of the anticipated Nintendo Switch 2 by 2024 may indicate that the sector is more optimistic about the year ahead.

We’ll see what Nintendo does with the Switch 2. If the company decides to continue betting on NVIDIA at the processor level, it’s clear that the inclusion of DLSS would be a great value for the consolemore to see that the green giant’s supersampling technology has proven to be able to significantly improve performance while paving the way to support higher resolutions.

On the other hand, we have the Joy-Con problem, the fragility of which could cost Nintendo a hefty fine if more studies continue to emerge pointing to poor control design. sticks analog as the source of the problem. And to say that two decades later, it’s not hard to find Game Cube controllers that work perfectly. Nintendo, who saw you and who sees you.

We’ll see if Piers Harding-Rolls’ prediction comes true or not, although seeing as the original Nintendo Switch was released in 2017, everything seems to indicate that the successful console will soon need a deep overhaul to keep up commercially with PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series, products with which it does not directly compete.

PLEASE NOTE: Images are of the original 2017 model.