Nintendo could launch a cheaper version of the Switch in 2022: report

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Rumours take been circulating for months that Nintendo could have plans to release new Switch hardware in 2019.

Though some reports signal the Japanese gaming giant has plans to driblet a more than powerful version of the hybrid console featuring additional RAM, an improved LCD display and built-in storage, these nearly contempo rumours take things in a different direction.

Nintendo could be planning to release a less expensive Switch model this year, according to a contempo DigiTimes report that cites sources in the panel's supply chain. The report doesn't state how much the more affordable Switch will toll or other details regarding this new version of the Switch.

That said, Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter recently predicted that this more affordable version of the console will only work in handheld fashion and that it is also set to feature built-in controllers, during a contempo interview with GamingBolt. Pachter also went on to say that he believes the console will be priced in the $200 USD range (roughly $267 CAD), a number that's significantly under the Switch's current $379 CAD price tag.

"My estimate is that Nintendo will accept the Switch and get rid of the 'Switch' office, so it'll exist handheld just. They'll probably merely brand the Joy-Cons part of the integrated body of the tablet, and probably drop the price. Get rid of the docking station, and the external power supply — just turn the affair into a handheld that's rechargeable with a power cord, y'all know, similar a normal handheld, and accuse $200 for it," said Pachter in the interview withGamingBolt.

Interestingly, Pachter as well refutes earlier rumours claiming Nintendo has plans to release a more than powerful version of the Switch. Nintendo took this arroyo with the 'New 3DS,' the upgraded version of its 3DS handheld.

Few 3DS titles took advantage of the horribly-named 'New 3DS' upgraded hardware, with Xenoblade Chronicles 3D being the most notable game to hit the arrangement. However, Nintendo hasn't yet made a like hardware iteration to whatsoever of its domicile consoles.

Regardless, it will be interesting to see what toll point Nintendo's more affordable Switch console hits if it does exist.

Update 01/25/2019:Shuntaro Furukawa, Nintendo'southward president, recently fabricated the post-obit statement regarding the possibility of the company releasing a new version of the Switch in the near hereafter.

"It is an extremely ambitious, but worthwhile accomplishment. So, we volition maintain this goal. Nintendo Switch is our primary sales objective, and we are non considering a successor or a price cut at this time," said Furukawa in a recent interview withThe Sankei News.

Source: DigiTimes, GamingBolt