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JEMC said:

Bofferbrauer2 said:

It's also possible that Nintendo simply canned the project due to the chip crunch.

An considering how Nintendo said time and again that they want to support the Switch for longer than previous Nintendo consoles and handhelds, I seriously doubt they would already bring a successor in 2022. I mean, that would be even shorter than the gap between the releases of the Wii and Wii U...

You don't cancel such project, specially after spending millions in R&D just because the chips could cost $5 or 10 more. Specially Nintendo, that sells its hardware for a profit (and they're still selling the Switch at its launch price 4 years after).

As for the second part... well, they're not going to put their current momentum by saying that they'll stop supporting them in a year, right? Plus there's the option, discussed in some rumors, that games will be developed for the three modes (handheld, TV and Pro) in mind, so even if they launch a new machine, they can still say that they're still supporting the original console as primised.

That's exactly the point.

Many chip prices have gone through the roof, not just the GPUs. It's quite possible that due to this, if many new suppliers would be needed to source those, a "Pro" version would cost about as much as a PS5 or Series X if they want to sell at some profit, and that's just a price no one would be willing to pay.

Though it might also not be canned, just kicked down the stairs until the prices go down again and Nintendo being able to release the console at a reasonable price. In this case, both the Bloomberg report and the new one could possibly be true, as Nintendo might have planned a release this year, but due to the circumstances, they might have chosen to delay it until next year.