(Rumor) Nintendo discarded "Switch Pro"

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Pemalite said:

curl-6 said:

I can see the appeal of a Pro revision, I just meant I can see why Nintendo didn't feel they needed to invest in one with the standard model flying off shelves, and there probably came a point where they figured they might as well shelve it and move on to a full blown successor.

I don't doubt that at all.

But having another manufacturing line, so that they are producing multiple variants with different chipsets, means they can flood the market with even more devices... Same circumstance Microsoft has with the Series S and Series X, they can't meet demand with the Series X, but because the Series S is on a different wafer agreement and uses smaller chips, they are able to flood the marketplace.

Honestly, I am surprised Nintendo didn't go down the Pro path, which they typically have done for their handhelds for several generations now.

Unless of course the Switch 2 is going to be fully backwards compatible with the Switch... And leverage the same 16:9 aspect ratio panel so that games translate seamlessly across... Thus making a mid generation refresh, entirely redundant... Very similar to the transition of the Xbox One > Series X and Playstation 4 > Playstation 5... You just bring your games forwards without any weirdness, like black borders on games. (The way it should be.)

A backwards compatible successor is definitely possible; the Wii, Wii U, GBA, DS, and 3DS were all backwards compatible so Nintendo clearly recognizes the value of it.