While the Nintendo Switch Lite and Switch OLED both have similar internal hardware to the existing Switch, the Switch Pro will get a more thorough overhaul. 7-inch OLED display, with 4K output to TVs.Based on a new Nvidia Tegra custom chipset.No more info than that.- Pixelpar July 6, 2022Ĭonsidering Nintendo itself tweeted a statement in mid-July 2021 saying it has "no plans for launching any other model at this time", it might not even make it onto shelves until 2023. It looks like a new model could be announced towards the end of the year.Īpparently works with current carts, improved perf, retains branding & form factor. Tried to keep away from these types of rumours for so long, but way too much smoke now. This was further added to by Pixelpar in July 2022, who agreed that they're expecting something by the end of the year, with upgraded hardware in its corner. And if that still happens, I'll continue to speculate that will have 4K output with a significantly more efficient chip with DLSS.Īnyone think this is the last Switch from the company that released 6 3DS models? - Jeff Grubb July 6, 2021 I still have only ever personally heard 2022 for a Switch Pro. Jeff Grubb from Venture Beat certainly still believes it is in the pipeline and could come this year. That means we're now looking to late 2022 for a genuinely upgraded version at the earliest. It announced the non-4K Switch (OLED model) instead. Similarly, while Bloomberg later claimed a Switch Pro would arrive in time for the "year-end shopping season" 2021, it turned out that Nintendo had other plans. They claimed that an enhanced version of the Switch, aimed at the more dedicated, hardcore gamer was in development and could come out late 2019/early 2020.īut, while a tweaked version of the existing Switch ended up replacing the 1st gen model, Nintendo's president Shuntaro Furukawa felt it necessary to deny that a replacement or upgraded Switch would be released at that time: "Please note that we have no plans to launch a new Nintendo Switch model during 2020," he said at the time.
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Here, then, is everything we know about the Nintendo Switch Pro so far. We still expect Nintendo to eventually debut a more powerful version of the console, possibly even in 2022. However, while it brought some neat new features - not least a 7-inch OLED display - it's not the much-rumoured Switch Pro we were all expecting. (Pocket-lint) - In late 2021 Nintendo added a third console to its Switch family - the Nintendo Switch (OLED model).