{"id":62388,"date":"2019-03-26T03:05:31","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T10:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/nintendo-will-launch-2-new-switch-consoles-as-soon-as-this-summer-report-says\/"},"modified":"2019-03-26T03:05:31","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T10:05:31","slug":"nintendo-will-launch-2-new-switch-consoles-as-soon-as-this-summer-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/nintendo-will-launch-2-new-switch-consoles-as-soon-as-this-summer-report-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo will launch 2 new Switch consoles as soon as this summer, report says"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Switch comes with a docking station, two Joy-Con controllers, and a Joy-Con Grip to make a more traditional controller. (Nintendo Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Wall Street Journal reports<\/a> that Nintendo is working on two new versions of its Switch console: a souped up entry for avid gamers and a slimmed down edition that could serve as a successor to the 3DS. WSJ reports that Nintendo could announce these new consoles at the big E3 conference in June and release them soon after.<\/p>\n

The enhanced version won\u2019t be as powerful as Microsoft\u2019s Xbox One X but it will be an upgrade over the original Switch, per WSJ. The slimmed down version is aimed at casual gamers and will likely be cheaper than the $300 Switch.<\/p>\n

Developers and suppliers told WSJ that Nintendo wants the new consoles to stand out, beyond just a few design tweaks and enhanced or diminished performance. Pricing details are not yet available.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve reached out to Nintendo for comment and will update this story if we hear back.<\/p>\n

The Switch has been a revelation for Nintendo, supercharging its balance sheet<\/a> since it debuted approximately two years ago. Nintendo has sold 32.27 million Switch units and 163.61 million games, as of Dec. 31.<\/p>\n

Nintendo sold 9.41 million Switch consoles during the holiday period<\/a>, its best quarter yet. But the company brought its full-year Switch sales forecast down from 20 million units to 17 million for its fiscal year, which ends this month.<\/p>\n

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The Switch comes with a docking station, two Joy-Con controllers, and a Joy-Con Grip to make a more traditional controller. (Nintendo Photo) The Wall Street Journal reports that Nintendo is working on two new versions of its Switch console: a souped up entry for avid gamers and a slimmed down edition that could serve as… Read the full article…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":62389,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[174,377],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games-media","category-gaming"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t