Recently, whistleblower Samus Hunter said on social media that he has received news of the new model of the Nintendo Switch. Samus Hunter said that Nintendo is indeed working on the next generation of models, but it has not yet reached the final stage.
Samus Hunter also said that Nintendo has distributed prototypes to some game developers in order to gather feedback. Hardware standards for new models will be completed in 2022, when the corresponding game development will officially begin. Samus Hunter also pointed out that don't expect news of the new model next year, because there is still a long time before the announcement.
In addition, Samus Hunter said that Nintendo will continue to improve the original Switch in the past few years, but also to pave the way for new models. Thanks to the partnership with NVIDIA, development support for the Switch can continue for several years.
It is understood that there have been reports that Nintendo will release a Switch Pro (tentative name) that supports 4K output.
In addition, in July this year, the Nintendo Switch OLED version was released, priced at 37,980 yen (about 2,134 yuan), and the OLED screen was upgraded on the hardware.
A few days ago, some media learned from the China Commodity Information Service Platform that the Nintendo Switch game machine (OLED version) released by Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. with white Joy-Con product barcode has been registered in the China Article Coding Center, and the code information has been notified according to regulations, and the commodity bar code: 06970039040541. It is expected that the Switch OLED Edition should come to players soon.
In terms of configuration, the Switch OLED screen has been upgraded to a 7-inch OLED screen, the storage capacity has been upgraded to 64GB, the SD card expansion is supported, the base is added to the LAN network port, and it has a new adjustable angle bracket and new speakers.
In response to the OLED burning screen and aging hidden dangers that players are concerned about, Nintendo said that it will extend the service life of the OLED screen as much as possible, but if the screen is static for a long time, there may still be a situation of burning the screen.
Players can take precautionary measures to protect the screen, such as using the automatic brightness adjustment function, automatic sleep function to prevent the screen from burning, to avoid the screen for a long time the maximum brightness display.