We’re getting to the point where there’s a “new rumor” about an upcoming Nintendo Direct almost every day or so. Several of them came last week, and some even came right as we ended January. So, it’s only natural that some more of them pop up to kick off the new work week, right? Well, your wish is the insider’s command! The latest rumor comes from insider “Stealth,” who has been an avid reporter of Nintendo news over the years and has been fair in his rumor coverage. As you can see in the tweet below, he states there could be a Direct this week and even gives potential release dates based on the kind we might get.
Nintendo May Be Preparing to Launch a Multimedia Streaming Service
25.01.2024 - 13:57 / wccftech.com / Francesco De Meo / Nintendo
Nintendo may be looking to expand its offerings beyond video games in the future, as some recent findings seem to suggest the Japanese company is working on a multimedia streaming service.
Earlier this month, Nash Weedle shared on X/Twitter a recently filed patent for selecting and ordering streaming content, defining the systems used to indicate the available content, what has been watched, and so on.
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By itself, this patent would not mean much, but a job ad for a Software Engineer with expertise in Multimedia Technologies from Nintendo of America, which was spotted by Necro Felipe on X/Twitter, indicates how the company could be actively working on such a streaming service, as this software engineer would be working to design and develop software to support multimedia use cases as well as features of being successfully deployed in massively used gaming consoles.
With the Nintendo Switch 2 launching in the near future, the Japanese company may be gearing up to offer more than just gaming on its next system. The fact that a "massively used" gaming console is mentioned in the job ad also seems to suggest this streaming service could be available on the current Switch as well.
Very little is known about the Nintendo Switch 2 as of now. According to reports, the console will be revealed in the next couple of months and will officially launch late this year. The new system will also support NVIDIA DLSS and offer better ray tracing than the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X thanks to NVIDIA's Ray Reconstruction tech.
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