[新闻] 可能不会有switch pro了，而是直接上下一代主机

A so-called "Nintendo Switch Pro" has been discussed for a long, long time now, though with nothing concrete to prove its existence. There have been a lot of reports and circumstantial evidence to suggest that there certainly was a "Switch Pro" in development at one point, but it's a lot of smoke without fire. It's been a while since something more concrete has appeared regarding its fate, but now we may finally have something thanks to the Digital Foundry Direct Weekly podcast. According to John Linneman, citing several developers, there seemed to be a mid-generation Nintendo Switch update in the works that was eventually canceled.

The reason this is interesting is that the number of leaks and rumors purporting for there to be a "Switch Pro" came to a head roughly a year ago. Since then, we haven't heard much at all, and the Nintendo Switch has some aging hardware with an Nvidia Tegra X1 SoC from 2015. Digital Foundry is well regarded for its in-depth testing and is understood to have well-placed industry sources. For example, Digital Foundry was the first to leak that the Switch would have an Nvidia Tegra X1 SoC, and it also confirmed ahead of its release that the device would have different clock speeds when docked versus undocked.

Part of the reason for its cancelation, Linneman speculates, is that Nintendo is worried about having another Gamecube or Wii U situation on its hands. While both consoles were enjoyable, they faced terrible sales figures after massively successful consoles. The Gamecube sold poorly, then was succeeded by the Wii which is one of the most successful games consoles of all time. Going from that to the Wii U (which sold just over 13 million consoles) and then to the Nintendo Switch shows that currently, the company seems to only succeed in every second generation.

It makes sense that there's some weirdness in the Nintendo camp, though. The Switch OLED, while a beautiful console with a great screen, doesn't have much else by the way of upgrades. As well, Genshin Impact was once previously announced for the Nintendo Switch in January 2021 and, since then, has disappeared into thin air. Mihoyo, the game's developer, refutes that it's canceled as well, as the company's global PR specialist reaffirmed in May it was still committed to its launch. It could well be the case that it was being developed for a Switch Pro (given that the game is pretty resource intensive), but that's purely speculation.

Nevertheless, it's interesting to get a bit of insight into what may (or may not) be happening behind closed doors at Nintendo. Linneman states that he doesn't expect there to be any kind of Switch successor in 2023, potentially giving the current generation another year of being the flagship Nintendo console before a successor comes along.

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一个所谓的“Nintendo Switch Pro”已经被讨论了很长时间，尽管没有任何具体的证据来证明它的存在。有很多报道和间接证据表明，肯定有一个“Switch Pro”在某个时候正在开发中，但它是没有火的大量烟雾。关于它的命运，已经有一段时间没有出现更具体的东西了，但现在我们终于有了一些东西，这要归功于 Digital Foundry Direct Weekly 播客。根据 John Linneman 的说法，引用几位开发者的话说，似乎有一个中世代 Nintendo Switch 更新正在进行中，但最终被取消了。

这很有趣的原因是，大约一年前，声称有“Switch Pro”的泄密和谣言数量达到顶峰。从那以后，我们就没有听到太多消息，Nintendo Switch 有一些老化的硬件和 2015 年的 Nvidia Tegra X1 SoC。Digital Foundry 因其深入的测试而广受赞誉，并且据了解拥有良好的行业资源.例如，Digital Foundry 是第一个泄露 Switch 将配备 Nvidia Tegra X1 SoC 的公司，并且还在发布前确认该设备在对接和未对接时具有不同的时钟速度。

Linneman 推测，其取消的部分原因是任天堂担心手上有另一个 Gamecube 或 Wii U 的情况。虽然这两款游戏机都很有趣，但在游戏机大获成功后，它们的销售数字却很糟糕。 Gamecube 销量不佳，随后被 Wii 取代，成为有史以来最成功的游戏机之一。从 Wii U（售出超过 1300 万台游戏机）到 Nintendo Switch 表明，目前该公司似乎只能在第二代产品中取得成功。

不过，任天堂阵营中有些古怪是有道理的。 Switch OLED 是一款漂亮的控制台，屏幕很棒，但在升级方面没有太多其他东西。同样，Genshin Impact 曾于 2021 年 1 月宣布用于 Nintendo Switch，此后便消失了。该游戏的开发商 Mihoyo 反驳说它也被取消了，因为该公司的全球公关专家在 5 月份重申它仍然致力于发布。它很可能是为 Switch Pro 开发的（鉴于该游戏非常耗费资源），但这纯粹是猜测。

尽管如此，深入了解任天堂闭门造车可能（或可能不会）发生的事情还是很有趣的。 Linneman 表示，他预计 2023 年不会有任何类型的 Switch 继任者，这可能会让当前这一代在继任者出现之前再成为旗舰任天堂游戏机一年。