Will the Siwtch Professional be launched in 2021? (pic: Nintendo)
References to a extra highly effective model of the Nintendo Switch have allegedly been present in a brand new firmware replace for the present mannequin.
Rumours concerning the Change Professional started virtually as quickly as the unique console was launched, which is comprehensible given Nintendo’s lengthy historical past of releasing new and upgraded variations of their {hardware}.
There’s by no means been any actual proof for it, though that will now not be the case if dataminer SciresM is correct about particulars he’s discovered within the firmware of the prevailing mannequin.
Within the code, the Change Professional is allegedly referred to by the codename Aula and apparently makes use of an upgraded OLED show and a chip able to 4K decision graphics.
The Change Professional appears like an affordable off the outdated block (pic: Nvidia)
The Realtek chip in query advertises itself as a ‘4K UHD multimedia SoC [system on a chip]’ however that in itself doesn’t assure that the Change Professional will push 4K graphics. It’s additionally not clear if the chip is within the console or a part of a brand new dock, because it’s unlikely the console itself would have a 4K display.
‘Nintendo really is engaged on a brand new mannequin with upgraded show stuff and has been for ~1.5-2 years. I personally consider it’s 4K given the indicators I’m seeing within the firmware, however that’s not confirmed but and may very well be unsuitable’, mentioned SciresM in a collection of 4chan posts.
The Change Professional’s important chip is outwardly the identical ‘Mariko’ Tegra X1 SoC used within the Change Lite and 2019 revision of the unique mannequin.
That implies a much less important improve in energy, however SciresM believes that it’s going to run at increased clock speeds, with higher cooling and longer battery life.
Though Nintendo was downplaying the possibility of the Switch Pro as not too long ago as final month, they’re not an organization that tends to provide hints about their future plans.
A number of sources have claimed that the Switch Pro will be released in 2021, however then they mentioned the identical about 2020 as nicely – though that was earlier than the coronavirus hit.
Between the pandemic and Nintendo’s pure inscrutability it’s not possible to guess the probability of whether or not the Change Professional actually will probably be launched this yr, particularly as even when the firmware particulars are right it doesn’t imply Nintendo gained’t change their plans later.
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