Nikkei: the cheaper Switch model should come out this autumn

According to a Nikkei report, Nintendo will launch a lower-cost Switch model this fall.

The cheapest model would have been designed for portable use, but would remain dockable and readable on TVs.

Development on "a next-generation device that represents a complete change in the current hardware model" should follow the least cost model. While Nintendo is supposed to try various things, including improvements in usability and video, operating system changes, etc., the development is currently in a state in which "it is not clear who will lead the creation of the concept, "according to the same source. a developer.

The Nikkei report follows a report from the Wall Street Journal in March that more powerful and less expensive Switch models are expected to hit the market this summer.

In the same article, the same Nikkei report states that the "Quality of Life" project launched by Nintendo's current president, Satoru Iwata, has stopped developing. A prototype device aimed at improving the quality of sleep was in preparation and about to be completed, but was dropped by the time it was about to see the light of day. Although some members of the company have expressed the wish to revive development, a Nintendo official confirmed that the reason for its cancellation is that it was not a "Nintendo product" .

Thank you, Ninten-Switch.com and Hachima Kikou.