There were many rumors in the market before Nintendo had any plans to roll out hardware specification updates that can support 4K video output.「Nintendo Switch Pro」but was ultimately canceled by Nintendo.
According to Digital Foundry Direct Weekly’s YouTube channel citing multiple developers, Nintendo had been considering launching the “Nintendo Switch Pro,” but it was eventually cancelled.
John Linneman, editor of Digital Foundry Direct Weekly, believes that Nintendo’s final decision to cancel the idea of launching “Nintendo Switch Pro” may be related to the past launch of Nintendo Wii U and the low sales of the previous GameCube. Pro” but failed to attract more players.
On the other hand, targeting the gamer group with the current Nintendo Switch model is actually very different from the gamer group targeted at PlayStation and Xbox: more gamers prefer light, casual and fun gaming experiences instead of emphasizing sounds and lights. if the “Nintendo Switch Pro” is launched, it may not greatly improve the overall market sales performance of Nintendo.
In addition, even if Nintendo launches “Nintendo Switch Pro”, compatibility with existing models may still be considered in game software development. For example, when Nintendo 3DS was launched in the past, most of the software projects of gameplay would still match Nintendo’s existing Nintendo DS specifications. , and only some game content It is specially made for Nintendo 3DS, so it will also greatly limit the development of content, making Nintendo gradually abandon the development of Nintendo 3DS in the later period.
According to the current global sales statistics of Nintendo Switch in early December this year, it exceeded 118.2 million units, surpassing cumulative sales of Sony’s PlayStation 4 and becoming the fourth largest model in global sales of game consoles. Therefore, Nintendo may also keep developing existing models and cooperation with minor updates can continue to attract more players to support.
