New Report Claims Nintendo Demonstrates Successor to Switch to Developers at Gamescom

We’re greater than 6 years right into the Switch’s lifecycle. While the console has actually verified with the ability of offering fantastic games still to this year – checking out you, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – you’d be hardpressed to locate a gamer that isn’t prepared for Nintendo’s following console. While reports remain to swirl concerning what the Switch follower might be as well as when it may be launched, brand-new records from Eurogamer as well as Video Games Chronicle claim the business revealed it to programmers behind shut doors at Gamescom last month. 

Eurogamer states its resources claim Nintendo revealed companions technology trials created to show just how well the Switch follower runs. Specifically, among the trials revealed was apparently a “souped-up version” of the Switch launch title, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Eurogamer notes this was simply a technology trial as well as not a sign that BOTW will certainly be re-released. 

VGC affirms Eurogamer’s tale with its very own resources, including that Nintendo likewise revealed programmers Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5 technology trial, The Matrix Awakens, launched for the PlayStation 5 as well as Xbox Series X in 2021, “running on target specs for [Nintnedo’s] next console” also. VGC likewise discusses the BOTW trial also, keeping in mind that the Switch follower ran the 2017 game at a greater framerate as well as resolution than the initial launch. 

VGC states The Matrix Awakens worked on the Switch follower utilizing Nvidia’s DLSS modern technology, which upscales resolution as well as “advanced ray tracing.” The magazine’s resources claim the visuals approached the PlayStation 5 as well as Xbox Series X/S’ capacities, although it notes this does not indicate the Switch follower will certainly be as effective as these gaming consoles. 

Nintendo has actually not officially reviewed its prepare for a brand-new console after the Switch, although various other records have actually suggested it will be portable like the Switch and is targeting a release in the second half of 2024. 

This complies with records from last February where Nintendo said the Switch was in the middle of its lifecycle. However, this might suggest that if Nintendo were to launch a brand-new console following year, it may still sustain the Switch for a long time. Only time will certainly inform. 

Despite its age, the Switch is doing simply great for Nintendo, crossing 111 million units sold this summer. Nintendo lately exposed four new pastel Joy-Con controllers, a brand-new Mario Kart 8 Deluxe bundle, two Animal Crossing: New Horizons Switch lite consoles, as well as a Mario Red Switch OLED for Super Mario Bros. Wonder.

[Source: Eurogamer, Video Games Chronicle]

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