Nintendo’s Next-Gen Console To Launch In 2024; Could Be A Hybrid Like Switch: Report – News18

The gaming trade is dominated by three main console makers: Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo. Sony and Microsoft have already launched their latest consoles, the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X/S, respectively. However, Nintendo’s next-generation system—the successor to the favored Nintendo Switch—is but to be introduced. However, new experiences declare that Nintendo might be planning to launch its subsequent gaming console by the second half of 2024.

VGC experiences that a number of sources have indicated that Nintendo’s subsequent main console might be launched subsequent yr. The sources additionally acknowledged that the subsequent console can have a transportable mode, just like the Nintendo Switch—making it a hybrid console. This means that it’ll not observe within the footsteps of the PS5 and Xbox Series consoles, however as a substitute take the trail paved by the vastly profitable Nintendo Switch.

Nintendo may additionally scale back prices by downgrading the present OLED show on the Nintendo Switch OLED to a more cost effective LCD panel on its next-generation console. According to sources, that is seemingly as a result of excessive price of enormous storage media—which is required for many next-gen video games. PS5 and Xbox Series X/S titles might be upwards of 150 GB in measurement. For reference, the Nintendo Switch base mannequin has 32GB of storage. Additionally, Nintendo has a historical past of undercutting Microsoft and Sony’s consoles, and it’s potential that they are going to do the identical with their subsequent console.

Sources additionally instructed VGC that the console would have a bodily cartridge slot—that means customers would be capable of purchase bodily video games—similar to the Nintendo Switch. However, it isn’t but clear if the {hardware} would help backwards compatibility, permitting customers to play the huge library of each first-party and third-party Nintendo Switch titles.

The Nintendo Switch, which was launched in March 2017, turned the third best-selling console of all time in February this yr, with lifetime gross sales of 122.5 million models. It has a big cult following because of its first-party video games, corresponding to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Super Mario Odyssey, Pokémon video games, and different classics like Metroid Prime Remastered.