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The next Nintendo Switch might have a slightly larger screen.
Nintendo will reportedly launch a new version of the Switch later this year with an 8-inch display, a 1-inch increase from the console’s current 7-inch display, says analyst Hiroshi Hayase.
Reported by Bloomberg, the new version of the device is expected to potentially double shipments of the Switch in 2024.
Nintendo’s current Switch is seven years old. Nintendo has sold 132 million units of the device, but it’s nearing the end of its life cycle, making it likely a successor is in the works.
Bloomberg notes that last year Sharp said it was supplying LCD panels for an upcoming console that was currently in the R&D stage. The company previously worked with Nintendo assembling the Switch during the pandemic, so it wouldn’t be surprising if Nintendo tapped Sharp for the display for the new console.
Nintendo released an OLED version of the Switch in 2021.
In September, Nintendo was reportedly showing off a prototype of the Switch 2 to developers running a modified version of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild to demonstrate what the new console can do.