The possibility of a new Nintendo Switch emerges from British government documents



About six years have passed since the Nintendo Switch was released in March 2017 until the time of article creation, but derivative models such as 'Nintendo Switch Lite' and 'Nintendo Switch (organic EL model)' have appeared. However, information on next-generation game consoles has not been released. Meanwhile, it has become a hot topic that a document released by the UK's Fair Trade Commission contains text that suggests the existence of Nintendo's next-generation machine.

Appendices and glossary - M_A_Appendices_and_glossary_2.pdf
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https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/63e3cad7d3bf7f172eae8838/M_A_Appendices_and_glossary_2.pdf

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The text about Nintendo's game machine was included in a report on ` ` Microsoft's plan to acquire Activision Blizzard '' published by the UK Fair Trade Commission.

The report lists Nintendo's 'Nintendo Switch Online' as a service similar to Microsoft's fixed-price game service 'Xbox Game Pass', and 'Nintendo's cloud gaming service is only available on Nintendo Switch and' edited '. ' argues.



Regarding the edited parts included in the above text, there is speculation on the Internet that ``I mentioned the next-generation Nintendo Switch, but it may have been edited before the document was published''. In addition, it has been pointed out that words such as 'PC' and 'smartphone' may have been written in addition to next-generation game consoles. There is also an opinion that

If you check the release interval of Nintendo game machines, the release interval between 'Wii' (released in December 2006) and 'Wii U' (released in December 2012) is 5 years, and the release interval between Wii U and Nintendo Switch was 4 years and 3 months. Considering that about six years have passed since the appearance of Nintendo Switch, it seems that it is not surprising that the next generation game machine will appear soon.

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