Yeah, so it's likely there will be something for the Switch 'Pro' sooner or later, too ..... When people can move on to speculate about the next upgrade & Switch successor, so it's not really like it'll make any difference, lols
When that comes then it comes. It only stops when the Super Nintendo Switch or it's name comes out then we can see where this goes. But rumors are rumors that's how it goes.
So part of the reason the switch pro became a rumour was that because third parties wanted to show their games at e3 which would have pro enhancements. Can someone please point me to the games which would have used pro enhancements? Strange brigade? Creed? Monkey ball?
And if there wasn’t any games does that give sufficient proof that there likely was never going to be a switch pro showing nor will there be any time soon?
And if you dedicate $100 to the Nate the Hate podcast is it possible to ask for a refund?
Wow, there's some REALLY smart commenters underneath that NintendoEverything article. At least they know and understand the what's what of Nintendo's statements, instead of trying to mangle them into something that they aren't.
Nintendo/Doug Bowser:
“We are always looking at technology and how technology can enhance gameplay experiences. It’s not technology for technology’s sake. It’s how specifically can technology enhance a gameplay experience. And then where do you apply that technology? Do you want to apply it on current existing hardware or platforms, or do you want to wait for the next platform? And then what’s the right gameplay experience with that? There’s a host of factors that goes into it, and it’s something we’re always looking at.”
And
“when it comes to Switch, the console is redefining what a console life cycle can look like, and the vibrancy of that overall life cycle with a strong cadence of content.”
The tinfoil brigade:
See? DO YOU SEE? I friggin' told you so! Nintendo said it themselves, new hardware is coming, so that MUST be the Switch Pro, and they also said it's coming soon... somewhere between the lines... I'm so happy!
Meanwhile, back in real life, people that simply accept these statements for what they are, understand that this is basic Nintendo rhetoric, and something they usually say, almost every generation, when game journalists ask them what their plans for the future are. Miyamoto has said similar things, Iwata has said similar things and Reggie Fils-Aime has also said more or less the same when he was president, so nothing new under the sun, basically.
But yeah, as one of the smart commenters underneath that article said:
"A shame that statements like this won't stop the daily torrential floods of awful rumor articles."
Switch pro? I'd buy that for a dollar! Nothing but frustrated fanboys who can't stand that Nintendo has been at the bottom of gamings food chain since N64. They think doing what sony does is the only way they'll succeed so obviously lets make up stories about a switch pro and get everybody frothing at the mouth for Nintendos big uber console comeback!
Sad how many people fell for it. Now we wait for the switch true successor and no it wont be called switch pro. Probably still wont even be up to PS4 standards. I bet they don't even use the switch name. We all know what happened the last time they used the same name. Everyone thought it was an add on for wii.
@Zeldafan79 Ever since the N64? No, my friend, that's not quite right. The GameCube was actually considerably more powerful than the PS2, and almost as powerful as the original Xbox, and it was even superior to that in some ways. To be specific, in terms of certain kinds of graphics processing, such as transparencies and so on.
The only, and might I add, typically Nintendo thing they subsequently did, is to instantly gimp it, out of their almost insane fear for piracy, by coming up with these weird mini DVDs, which were also more expensive to produce. Companies/developers/publishers didn't like that, and so slowly but surely, third party support began to crumble and fade into something awfully close to nothingness.
Yeah and tell me which console during the gamecube and PS2 era sold better? If that's not bottom of the gaming food chain i don't know what is. I just remember the first time people really started rolling their eyes at Nintendo and saying kiddie console was the N64. Still using carts in 1996 when the rest of the world moved to discs, Then there's the Gamecube mini discs. Using mini discs with half the space of PS2 games. On to Wii with a Non HD console in 2006. Then i don't even have to give you a reason for Wii U.
Aside from their first party stuff which is always great i can't remember the last time Nintendo was a respected game company. Maybe the Snes era.
“We are always looking at technology and how technology can enhance gameplay experiences. It’s not technology for technology’s sake. It’s how specifically can technology enhance a gameplay experience. And then where do you apply that technology? Do you want to apply it on current existing hardware or platforms, or do you want to wait for the next platform? And then what’s the right gameplay experience with that? There’s a host of factors that goes into it, and it’s something we’re always looking at.”
The tinfoil brigade:
See? DO YOU SEE? I friggin' told you so! Nintendo said it themselves, new hardware is coming, so that MUST be the Switch Pro, and they also said it's coming soon... somewhere between the lines... I'm so happy!
Meanwhile, back in real life, people that simply accept these statements for what they are, understand that this is basic Nintendo rhetoric, and something they usually say, almost every generation, when game journalists ask them what their plans for the future are.
I mean, you're not wrong in saying that it's a nothing statement. But being a nothing statement it says nothing. It doesn't confirm the existence of the Pro and it doesn't confirm that the Pro isn't a thing. Given what has been said and given the position Nintendo finds itself with the Switch? A revision is more likely than not. This statement from Nintendo and, frankly, the lack of announcement at E3 itself doesn't change that.
Frankly if anything it's the people saying it isn't happening who are reading into this statement. Let me quote one of the people from under the NL article who quoted the above statement directly and "translated" its meaning...
Meaning:
No, we're NOT releasing a Switch Pro, we're simply always busy trying to find/invent/manufacture new hardware, and more importantly: new ways to play, as soon as the current generation of consoles is in stores, so we can prepare for the next generation. So, when we say future platform, we explicitly mean the next generation of consoles, NOT an intermediate iteration.
I mean, apparently this @ThanosReXXX guy knows something we don't. They have inside knowledge from Nintendo that a Switch Pro is most definitely not happening. I mean how else could they come to that conclusion? The statement quoted, as you said, is a complete nothing statement
But, putting on my "tinfoil hat" as a person of the "brigade" should rightly do. This statement is kinda interesting
“As we enter into our fifth year, Nintendo Switch really is redefining what a console life cycle can look like, and the vibrancy of that overall life cycle with a strong cadence of content"
Now the question I have is, what does a traditional console life cycle look like and how can it be changed? Because to me the traditional console lifecycle is what we've always had. A console releases, we get a bunch of new content, we get ports from previous generations taking advantage of new hardware. Then about 5-6 years later we get a new console that becomes the new platform. We get a bunch of new content and ports from previous generations etc, etc.
Now how could that change? I mean we already know how Sony and Microsoft are changing the traditional console cycle. They just extend the existing platform to the new "console cycles" and have "mid-cycle" hardware refreshes. There is no "XBox Two", we have hardware in the "XBox Series", multiple hardware SKUs and even PCs can play games on the "XBox platform". If Nintendo did this? I would call that redefining what a console life cycle looks like. And it starts with a hardware refresh that is not a clean slate i.e. something like a Switch Pro.
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