Nintendo briefed Activision on the ‘NG Switch’ in 2022, internal email shows
The console’s performance was “closer” to Xbox One and PS4
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A newly released internal email thread has revealed that Activision met with Nintendo in December 2022 to be briefed on the company’s nextNintendo Switchconsole, referred to within the exchanges as the “NG Switch”.
As The Vergereports, the emails were sent between Activision CEO Bobby Kotick and other Activision executives, including the chief financial officer of ActivisionBlizzard, Armin Zerza, and the senior vice president of global platform strategy and partner relations at Activision Blizzard, Chris Schnakenberg. They’ve now been revealed via theFTC v. Microsoft case.
While most of the exchanges have been redacted, one section reads: “Given the closer alignment to gen eight platforms in terms of performance and our previous offerings on PS4/Xbox One, it is reasonable to assume that we could make something compelling for NG Switch as well.
“It would be helpful to secure early access to development hardware prototypes and prove that out nice and early.”
At the start of this month, it was reported thattech demos for the so-called Nintendo Switch 2took place behind the scenes at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, in August. It was claimed that one of these tech demos was an improved version ofTheLegend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, which had been developed with the Switch 2’s specifications in mind. TRG sources confirmed these reports, but at the time of writing, Nintendo hasn’t spoken publicly about its next console.
In other news, more documents revealed via the FTC v.Microsoftcase have revealed that anXbox Series X console refresh is on the way, which will scrap the base console’s disc drive. It will instead have 2TB of internal storage, alongside other improvements.
If you’re looking for more games to play, look no further than our recommendations for thebest Nintendo Switch gamesand thebest Xbox Series X games.
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