NintendoGamesIndustry.biz has returned with its annual forecast for this year and it seems that industry experts believe it is about to be an important year for Nintendo.
Mat Piscatella of NPD, Dr. Serkan Toto of Kantan Games and Piers Harding-Rolls of Ampere Analysis predicted that the Switch family will be the best-selling console of 2021, and although Piscatella was not convinced Nintendo would launch a new model , the last two do not agree.
When asked for his first prediction in 2021, Dr. Toto begins with the launch of Switch Pro. “I assume that an improved 4K device will come in Nintendo’s next fiscal year,” he said in an interview with GI.biz. However, last year, Dr. Toto predicted a “spectacular mobile game from Nintendo” – a prediction that he says is false (no love for Pokémon Coffee Mix, then). He adds that “Switch is just a word,” but we are not fully sure what that means. Actually, it’s … a little ominous.
Harding-Rolls is a little more reserved when it comes to Nintendo’s next move. Last year, he said the launch of Switch Pro was “unlikely” in 2020 – and he was right. Now, he says Switch Pro would make “commercial sense” and currently has it in its 2021 forecast.
Of course, we don’t know anything, but after many years of rumors about Switch Pro, we are understandingly careful, even if the new predictions come from people who are paid to do these things.
Could 2021 be the year of Nintendo 4K games at last? Would you upgrade to a Switch Pro if you had a choice? Discuss in the comments below!