news hardware A Nintendo Switch 2 with DLSS on the lines? Rumors are picking up speed after an Nvidia hack
Last week, Nvidia was the subject of a cyber attack. The latter would have managed to steal an impressive amount of information, some of which would be evidence of a new Nintendo Switch model. We distinguish the true from the false.
Summary
- A new Switch model with DLSS?
- Nintendo Switch 2: what to make of these rumors?
A new Switch model with DLSS?
Nvidia, an American manufacturer specializing in the development of graphics processors and graphics cards for video games, has announced this to have been the victim of a hack yesterday. It would be more than 1TB of data stolen from the manufacturer, including the source code of DLSS. the Deep Learning Super Sampling is a technology developed by Nvidia that allows more or less
Why ? The Nintendo Switch includes a custom graphics chip called Tegra. The latter is controlled via a special programming interface called NVN. So that would mean that one day Nvidia could have been working on a new version of this interface for the Nintendo Switch and integrated DLSS. That’s all it takes to ignite the fire of rumors on the net: Is a Nintendo Switch 2 with DLSS in the pipeline after this information leak?
Nintendo Switch 2: what to make of these rumors?
Today it is too complex to confirm or invalidate such a project. Although Nvidia has indeed announced that it has been the victim of a hack of this data, it is difficult to authenticate the files shared by the web hacker. And even if it turns out to be the original files, this does not confirm the arrival of a new Nintendo Switch model. These “NVN2” files would then only be the trace of a past or current collaboration between Nintendo and Nvidia and in no way a future announcement..
This story is reminiscent of another leak, still at Nvidia: last September, GeForce Now was the subject of data mining (searching for information about a program’s code or files). It is then more than 18,000 games and programs identified through the Nvidia service.. A gigantic number, especially when you consider that there are only about a thousand games compatible with GeForce Now today. Then, among the list we find Final Fantasy IX Remake, Final Fantasy Tactics Remake, Kingdom Hearts 4 or even a Tekken 8. Projects that testify to a collaboration between certain publishers and Nvidia, but that’s about it: the games may have been discontinued by now .
On the other hand, this story of a new, more efficient Nintendo Switch model is also reminiscent of the survey conducted by Bloomberg at the end of September. The American media then said that they knew that eleven development studios, large and small, were in possession of a 4K development kit for the Nintendo Switch last summer.. A report denied by “Big N‘ who at the time affirmed that he had it no other model than OLED (released October 8th, concurrently with Metroid Dread). Remarks confirmed earlier in the month when Nintendo’s financial statements were released: The company’s president then stated that the switch “was halfway through its life cycle“. Meaning: no, soon no new model. However, a new generation console (such as a Nintendo Switch 2) does not necessarily mean giving up the previous model. The proof with the PS4 and the PS5. However, it must be recognized that the hybrid console still has good days ahead in 2022 alone: be it Kirby and the Forgotten World Bayonetta 3 Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Breath of the Wild 2 Mario Strikers: Battle League Football or Pokémon Violet/Scarlet that this year are expected. only that
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