There have been many rumors in the market before that Nintendo plans to launch hardware specification upgrades that can support 4K video output.「Nintendo Switch Pro」but was eventually canceled by Nintendo.
According to the YouTube channel of Digital Foundry Direct Weekly citing multiple developers, Nintendo had considered 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 the “Nintendo Switch Pro” may be related to the past launch of the Nintendo Wii U and the poor sales of the earlier GameCube. Pro”, but failed to attract more players.
On the other hand, targeting the player group with the current Nintendo Switch model is actually quite different from the player group targeted at PlayStation and Xbox. More players prefer lightweight, more casual and fun gaming experiences instead of emphasizing sound and light. Therefore, even if the “Nintendo Switch Pro” is launched, it may not greatly improve Nintendo’s overall market sales performance.
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 game software designs would still match Nintendo’s existing Nintendo DS specifications, and only some game content It is specially built for Nintendo 3DS, so it will also limit the development content a lot, causing Nintendo to gradually abandon the development of Nintendo 3DS in the later period.
According to the current global sales statistics of Nintendo Switch at the beginning of December this year, it has exceeded 118.2 million units, surpassing Sony’s PlayStation 4 cumulative sales, and becoming the fourth largest model in global game console sales. Therefore, Nintendo may also maintain the development of existing models and cooperate with Minor updates can continue to attract more gamers to support.