A new Nintendo Switch is being planned and could be released later in the year, just in time for the holiday season. This isn’t the first time we’ve heard of a new model of the Nintendo Switch, but now a new report suggests that Nintendo may be looking to Samsung to provide larger OLED screens.
According to some people familiar with the matter, Samsung Display is due to begin mass production of 7-inch OLED panels with 720p resolution in June. There is an initial monthly target of one million units, while the monitors are due to be shipped for assembly in July. The report comes from Bloomberg which also says that representatives from Nintendo and Samsung Display have not yet given an official statement on the matter.
Switching to an OLED screen would not only mean increasing brightness with enhanced colors and contrast, but the console should also offer slightly better battery life. Nintendo appears to have opted for rigid OLED panels for the new model, which will be cheaper, but less flexible. That means it won’t be as impressive as the ones you see on high-end smartphones. It is also being said that the new Nintendo Switch will now offer 4K resolution when connected to a TV. The current generation console can only be scaled to 1080p. This could be a valuable addition to the Switch lineup, as it would put it on an equal footing with the recently launched Xbox Series X, S Series and Sony PlayStation 5.. Considering that Nintendo has relied on NVIDIA for the graphics hardware of the Switch, we cannot deny the possibility of a new upscaling based on AI, perhaps even DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling).
The Nintendo Switch has been one of the company’s most successful consoles. According to a Games Industry, about 79.87 million Switch devices have been sold worldwide since February 1, 2021. The console is currently considered the company’s fifth best-selling machine, behind the Nintendo DS (154 million), Nintendo Wii (101, 6 million), Game Boy (118.7 million), and Game Boy Advance (81.5 million).