Doug Bowser, president of Nintendo of America, is aware of the buzz surrounding the future of Nintendo Switch, his current blockbuster console. After the celebration of E3 2021, of which we have known the line-up of video games on the way to the platform in 2021, doubts continue to hover over the hardware and a possible redesign with improved featuressupported by sources like Nikkei or Bloomberg.
« We are always studying technology and how it can enhance gaming experiences. It’s not about researching tech for tech’s sake,” Bowser explains to Le Washington Postsuggesting that these studies are not trivial, but with a future-oriented purpose.
« It’s about how this technology can improve the gaming experience. And then, where is this technology applied? Do you want to use it on current platforms’ hardware, or do you want to wait for the next platform? What is the appropriate gaming experience? There are a multitude of factors that come into play, and this is something we are always analyzing.“He assumes, without giving a specific answer, whether or not they are working on a new Nintendo Switch, currently with four years on the market and two models; the original, released in 2017 and reworked in 2019 with more drums; More Nintendo Switch Lite, released in late 2019.
Nintendo Switch ‘redefines’ the lifecycle of a console, says Nintendo America
As he enters his fifth year, Nintendo Switch redefines what a console lifecycle can beand the vitality of that lifecycle with a great cadence of content,” he adds.
To date, Nintendo Switch has shipped 84.59 million units, such a speed that it will exceed the Wii’s cumulative sales in just a few months. You will do it in less than five years. Shuntaro Furukawapresident of Nintendo, assured months ago that the console was in the middle of its life cycle and that they planned to extend its success “for years”.
What would this new Nintendo Switch model offer?
If the information reported by various media is fulfilled, we would speak of a Nintendo Switch with an OLED panel (better interpretation of colors, lower consumption, higher general quality) of seven inches diagonally manufactured by Samsung, possibility of reaching 4K resolutions thanks to the use of Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) techniques with Nvidia technology and a new chip from the same company to improve the performance of video games.
If this model is announced, apparently scheduled for release between the months of September and November, it will be in the coming weeks. Nintendo Switch Lite was announced on July 10, 2019.
Origine | Le Washington Post
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