A new revision of Nintendo Switch is planned for next year, according to a report

As expected, a new Nintendo Switch model is planned for next year to keep sales at a high level. That's what emerges from a Wall Street Journal report, which provides information to vendors and other people with "direct knowledge" of Nintendo's projects.

"Nintendo is still discussing new hardware and software features to be included in the upgrade and evaluating the cost," said people familiar with the discussions, "said WSJ.

One possibility is that Nintendo improves the display of the switch with the update, sources said. As pointed out by WSJ, the display of the latest edition of the Switch lacks the technology of modern smartphones. A new screen could make the tablet smaller and more energy efficient.

Sources told WSJ that the updated Switch model could be launched as early as the summer of 2019. It is normal and normal for platform owners to update their consoles over time, due in part to the viability of the new technology, their interest and their sales.

WSJ announced in March that Nintendo would wait until 2019 or so to release the first hardware revision of the switch, the company focusing instead on strengthening the switch's online features. This is precisely what happened when Nintendo recently launched its paid Nintendo Switch Online subscription.

Importantly, the new Switch model does not appear to be a generation change like that of the Wii U to Switch, but a smaller-scale upgrade of components such as potentially display and other elements . The WSJ report specifically states that the new Switch model will share "many features" with the original model and will play existing games.

In January, Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima said the Switch's lifecycle would be longer than previous Nintendo consoles. "Until now, the life cycle of hardware has evolved around five or six years, but it would be very interesting to extend this life cycle, and I think you should expect that," she said. he declared.

As of June 30, Nintendo had sold 19.67 million Switch units and 86.93 million games worldwide.

One of the next big games of Switch is Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which will be launched at the beginning of December and which will undoubtedly become a big seller of systems.