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Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens Muir Seth and Totenwolf for their clue delivery! CTOnews.com July 31 news, a number of sources told VGC that Nintendo's next-generation game console development kit has been delivered to the main partners (major studios) for adaptation.

It is said that the company may release new hardware in the second half of 2024 to ensure that there is sufficient inventory on the day of release, thus avoiding the kind of shortage of PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X | S.

While details about the console are still tightly kept secret, sources say the next generation of consoles can also be used in portable mode like the Nintendo Switch, meaning the console will have a handheld form.

Tuyuan Pexels two sources said that the game console uses LCD screen rather than the higher-end OLED screen, mainly to reduce costs, especially given the increase in storage capacity required for games, while the current Switch memory only has 32GB, while PlayStation and Xbox hosts both exceed 100GB.

Sources said that the new machine, like the previous Switch, will also provide cassette slots to meet the needs of physical games.

Other aspects, such as backward compatibility support for NS games (physical and digital) are still unclear, but considering that Nintendo has previously said that it wants to convert as many of its 100 million users to its next-generation system as possible, foreign media believe that compatibility is likely to be retained, but some third-party publishers believe that the retention support for Switch games on new machines may have a negative impact on sales.

If the new generation of consoles are launched sometime in the second half of 2024, it may have more escort games than when Switch first launched in March 2017. In response, Christopher Dinglin, head of ReedPop games B2B business, said:

In 2017, Nintendo released a variety of games to ensure that one masterpiece will be released every month. During the holidays, the company already has masterpieces such as Mario, Legend of Zelda, Spratt and Mario Racing, as well as small works such as "ARMS" and "the Blade of different degrees". These games helped the console through a critical Christmas sales window. If Nintendo chooses to launch in the fourth quarter of next year, I expect the company to have a number of games ready by then.

As the NS life cycle is coming to an end, news about the next generation of Switch has been growing recently. CTOnews.com previously reported that Phil Spencer, who is at the helm of Microsoft's Xbox project, said in court documents that Nintendo would launch a Switch successor as soon as next year.

It was revealed that the second generation of Switch games will use a customized Nvidia Tegra T239 processor and will have a variety of CPU and GPU configurations with different clock rates, making it easy for developers to choose the right configuration.

According to previous news, the peak output power of Nintendo's second-generation Switch game handset is 28.6W when plugged in and 11W in portable mode.

In terms of screen, the second-generation Switch development hardware is equipped with 720p screen, supports 24gbps HDMI 2.1, does not support 120Hz refresh rate, but supports 10 bit HDR and 4K60 output.

In terms of storage, the second-generation Switch running memory is 8GB, equipped with faster 64GB eMMC storage, and up to 256GB storage that supports UHS-II, with read and write speeds similar to those of the Samsung S22, 550mbps and 480mbps.

The custom Tegra T239 chip used in the second generation Switch is fully backward compatible, in addition to the Ampere-based GPU, which enables ray tracing and Nvidia DLSS.

In terms of battery life, it is reported that the second-generation Switch can provide a range of 3-6 hours.

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