Nintendo Switch Pro might launch in the first quarter of 2021

[Jacob Siegal]

• Nintendo is reportedly planning to start production on a new Switch model before the end of the year, with a release date set for the first quarter of 2021.
• According to the report, the new "Switch Pro" will have a better display than the Switch or Switch Lite.
• Rumors of a Switch Pro have been floating around for years, but Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa said in January that there would be no new Switch models in 2020.

Nearly four years into the life cycle of the Switch, Nintendo has yet to even hint that an upgraded model of its console is in the works. The only other model Nintendo has released since 2017 is the Switch Lite, but it's $100 cheaper than the standard model and lacks the ability to connect to a television. We're still waiting for a faster, beefier Switch, and according to a report from Taiwan's Economic Daily News, we won't have to wait much longer.

The report claims that a new Switch model is expected to enter production before the end of 2020, and that Nintendo plans to launch the console in the first quarter of 2021. Details about the console are sparse, but the report states that the Switch Pro (as we're calling it) will have a better display and will be "more interactive," but it's not totally clear what that's supposed to mean (and could simply be a mistranslation).

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