[GameSpot] - An Improved Nintendo Switch Model Is Rumored To Be On The Way, Again

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The first quarter of 2021 will see the release of a new and improved model of Nintendo Switch, according to Taipei newspaper Economic Daily News (via VGC). Whether that's true remains to be seen, but it's the latest in a series of indications that Nintendo plans to eventually release a new Switch model.

The paper cites a variety of manufacturing sources, which would need to know about such a system well in advance of its launch in order to get it produced and onto store shelves. In terms of specific improvements, only a few details are shared, including enhancements to "interactivity"--which is exceedingly vague and could mean any number of things--and a better display.

To date, Nintendo has released one significant revision to the Switch in the form of the Switch Lite, which stripped out the ability to dock the system with a TV and was sold for a lower price. That arrived in 2019, as did a much more subtle improvement to the standard Switch, which received an improved battery. But the latter was a small refinement to the existing Switch that simply replaced the existing model at the same price; if you didn't know about the change, you likely would have never even been aware that one was made.

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