The next Nintendo Switch will grow in size and arrive sooner rather than later.

Rumors about the launch of a new generation of Nintendo Switch in 2024 continue. While they never agreed on what we’ll see in the next generation of the big N, many point to PS4-like power and an increase in size. This is precisely what the new rumor that is echoing indicates. Bloomberg.

Everything seems to indicate that the next generation of Nintendo Switch, expected sometime at the end of the year, will increase its screen to 8 inches from the current 6.2 inches. This would mean, however, return to the residential complexafter Nintendo delivered a little over two years ago very popular OLED version among the public.

Nothing else is known, but all indications are that the company will retain the current controls and continue to focus on a mixed model of portable and desktop console using a docking station. Larger and heavier, but much more powerful, which will allow developers to offer higher quality graphics than current models. And, master new franchises like Call of Dutynow that there is an agreement between Microsoft and Nintendo.

Nintendo Switch prices will increase in price with the new console

Regarding the price, it looks like the console I would accept the 400 euro barrier, like other consoles, but more expensive than the current version, about 330 euros. However, game prices will rise to around 80 euros with a strategy similar to first party from PlayStation, whose price has increased since the PS5.

None of this, of course, has been confirmed. But with a launch in 2017 and an OLED version in 2021, Nintendo’s console is already starting to ask for an extension. Not because Nintendo wants to rely on graphics quality at the level of Sony or Microsoft, but because it needs to give more tools to developers and, above all, adapt your equipment to new technologies who have come to video games over these almost 7 years.

Overall, the Nintendo Switch was a huge success for the Big N and spearheaded the return to handheld consoles with the Steam Deck and its endless number of versions from different manufacturers. Now that cloud gaming is on everyone’s lips, Nintendo has a unique opportunity and the trust of its playerswho saw an unprecedented range of gaming capabilities in the Switch’s mixed model.