Nintendo Could Launch A Beefed Up Nintendo Switch to Rival Sony's PS4 Pro, New Report Says

After announcing the Nintendo Switch release date, games and other additional feature on January 12, the Japanese gaming company is going a similar path taken by competitors Sony and Microsoft.

Renowned Japanese tech writer Zenji Nishikawa as translated by The Wall Street Journal's Takashi Mochizuki, the Nintendo Switch may "keep evolving with the advance of Tegra itself". This means that we could see a powered up version of the Nintendo Switch just like what the PS4 and Xbox One have with PS4 Pro and Project Scorpio respectively.

Nishikawa also added that the Nintendo Switch is using Nvidia's Pascal architecture, contrary to some assumption that the device is using Volta or even the Maxwell architecture as observed in the leaked of the console's developer kit. This speculation has some merit to it as Nishikawa has made a reputation of coming up with the latest gaming console news, he was the one to first say that Sony would launch a stronger version of the PS4 a few years back. But just like anything in the world of speculation, readers should consume this with some apprehension.

On the other hand, if the Kyoto based company is indeed preparing to launch a beefed up version of the Nintendo Switch, gaming enthusiasts will probably learn of the news in a year or so after the gaming console is released. As a precedent, Nintendo released a bigger variant of the Nintendo 3DS, the XL, after a year of its release.

The release was followed up by the New Nintendo 3DS, this new console was accompanied by a more powerful CPU, another analogue stick and an better camera to go along with some additional buttons. Even with all of these precedents, a beefed up variant for its home console albeit it doubles as a portable console, will be a first for the company. The speculation came up a few days after Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima stated that the new Nintendo Switch is part of a larger ecosystem.

Kimishima stated "It may be appropriate to call them accessories. Or it might be better to call them add-on hardware." He said, "It's probably more correct to call them accessories. You can assume that there will be a wider array."