INintendo switchch yethulwe emasontweni ambalwa edlule, kepha manje, konke ukugqama kuthathwa ngugogo wakhe, ngenguqulo encane, iNintendo Classic Mini NES. Kodwa-ke, asikwazi ukuyeka ukubheka phambili, futhi kungenxa yokuthi enye indlela entsha yenkampani yaseJapan ifuna ukuzibeka njengenye yezinto ezidalula kakhulu isizukulwane esisha. Kungenzeka kanjani ukuthi kube ngenye indlela, amanye amahemuhemu abamba amandla amakhulu yileyo yentengo, futhi lokho Inkampani yaseCanada iToys ´R Us ikhombe ngephutha intengo yokugcina yekhonsoli entsha yeNintendo kuwebhusayithi yayo.
Ikhonsoli ebihlose ukuncintisana nePS4 neXbox One iqhubeke nokugcina imfihlo ngentengo yayo, empeleni, asinalo nosuku lokumiswa oluhleliwe, kuphela ukuthi luzoba phakathi nonyaka ka-2017. Inkinga ngeNintendo Shintsha isigaba sokuqhafaza, kuyilapho i-PS4 ne-Xbox One besizakala ngamandla we-AMD kanye nama-GPU ayo, inkampani yaseJapan khetha i-NVIDIA Tegra, ikhadi lemifanekiso elenzelwe amaphilisi angahle angagculisi ukusebenza esigabeni semidwebo esidinga kakhulu.
Khonamanjalo, iToys ´R Us ibone kufanele ukuthi ishicilele amahora ambalwa inani le-console, okuyiyo Kuphele ku-CAD 329,99, noma okungalingana cishe nama-dollar angama-245 aseMelika, okuyothi e-Europe kugcine kube okungenani ama-euro angama-250. Ngamafuphi, konke kukhombisa ukuthi iNintendo Shintsha izoba yithebhulethi efana neNVIDIA Shield, esebenzisa inguqulo eyenziwe ngokwezifiso yohlelo lokusebenza lweNintendo OS, eqinisa kakhulu imfundiso yesikrini sokuthinta okuningi enguqulweni ephathekayo yekhonsoli. Kodwa-ke, uma intengo seyaziwa, usuku lokukhishwa lusazokwaziwa, yize kubhekwa amanani we-PlayStaiton 4, iNintendo izoba nzima ukubeka iSwitch kweminye imizi.