The rumors about the Switch Pro we almost missed it. Almost. If we are interested in it again today, it is because it comes to us from a more serious medium than a Sunday insider, namely DigitalFoundry, renowned for its technical analyzes and which does not lack connections in the middle. In the latest podcast from the team, it is precisely about this famous new version of the Nintendo Switch, which according to Digital Foundry, was well in Nintendo’s plans at some point.
A rumor that makes sense, but is still a rumor
We warn you, the conditional is de rigueur here since everything that follows is based solely on the sources of Digital Foundry. When the question of whether or not Nintendo will launch a new machine in 2023, John Linneman does not beat around the bush and replies that it is unlikely to happen. According to him, Nintendo would not release a new console in 2023 because the Switch Pro, or whatever it is called, is no longer on the program :
” I think at some point internally, from what I could gather from talking to different developers, there was some sort of mid-gen Switch planned at some point and it doesn’t seem to be happening anymore. And so it’s pretty clear that what they’re doing next is going to be a real next-gen console.. ยป
If we take this information with the usual tweezers, there are two things to remember here. The first one, is that an improved Switch was well planned according to Digital Foundry sources. And the second is that this one would have finally been put aside to focus on the new generation of Nintendo consoleswhich probably won’t happen in 2023.
As Linneman says, Nintendo must probably be anxious about embarking on a new generation given the ups and downs the manufacturer has had on the subject (call yourself the transition from Wii to WiiU). Taking the time to think carefully about what will happen after the Switch therefore seems to be logical, as does the fact that this new generation will have to be backward compatible (and therefore close to the architecture of a Switch) to really work. The future will tell.