Enlarge / The Nintendo Switch OLED. (credit: Samuel Axon)
Development hardware for Nintendo’s next console is already in some third-party developers’ hands in preparation for a launch in the second half of 2024, according to sources who spoke with gaming news site Video Games Chronicle.
Sources that spoke to Eurogamer corroborated the late 2024 release window, and a Nikkei Asia report previously claimed earlier this year that Nintendo planned to launch its next console sometime after spring of 2024.
Citing “multiple people with knowledge of Nintendo’s next-gen console plans,” Video Games Chronicle also claims to clarify a few details about the Nintendo Switch’s successor. Like the Switch, it will also be usable in portable mode. However, two of Video Games Chronicle’s sources suggested that Nintendo will go with an LCD screen to keep costs down, which would make it a downgrade from the latest Switch model in one key area.
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