Nintendo announced the arrival of Controller for Nintendo Switch, although the most interesting thing about the news is that it will do so by taking advantage of the capabilities of the cloud game. In this way, it could be said that the company joins the trend that others such as Microsoft, Google, Nvidia and some others are promoting so actively.
Nintendo begins to bet on the game in the cloud
Nintendo has never clearly commented on whether or not they would bet on cloud gaming at some point. It is true that in Japan there have been titles that took advantage of this technology, but there was never a statement about the possibility of launching something similar in the West.
Now, after the last Nintendo Direct held by the company, it seems that all this is going to change. And it is that its new release, a very special version of Control and another that is expected later from Hitman 3, gives a good clue of what the game in the cloud could mean within the portable platform.
Control Ultimate Edition - Cloud Version is the name of this new version for Nintendo Switch of one of the adventures that made the most noise during 2019. And yes, as you may already be intuiting from the name, it is a title that you can play thanks to streaming game technology .
If you have an internet connection, then you will be able to play Control on Nintendo Switch and enjoy major improvements that could open up a new market for Nintendo itself and a world of possibilities for players, who could enjoy more complex and higher quality titles. graphics as it is not limited by the hardware of the device.
And that is one of the important implications of this announcement, which by the way will not be the only one since a version of Hitman 3 will also arrive that will use this same cloud gaming technology.
Control Ultimate Edition - Cloud Version is now available in the Nintendo eShop. The price of the game is $39,99, but you can test how it performs on your own Nintendo Switch and with your home internet connection during two sessions of 10 minutes each. This is how you assess the experience before and decide whether or not it is what you expected.
Nintendo Switch Pro, with 5g connectivity?
With this launch of Control in its Cloud version and the announcement of Hitman 3 also taking advantage of the same transmission technology, the rumor of an upcoming Nintendo Switch Pro makes much more sense if one of your news is related to the inclusion of a 5G chip.
Providing the Nintendo laptop with an Internet connection without having to depend on a WiFi network plus these titles via streaming would be a revolution for the company. And it would not mean ending the games it offers right now, in the same way that neither PS5 nor the new Xbox Series X and S will, but being able to have these proposals with graphics that until now were only available to more powerful hardware would be super attractive.
Of course, all of this Switch Pro stuff is just speculation and rumors until Nintendo confirms anything, but it would be the dream of every current Switch owner: power enjoy the classic Nintendo catalog and many others games with top graphic quality.
If to top it off you also accept an application from xCloud It would already be the bomb, although that will be more complicated. But for now let's hope that the reception is good and both Nintendo and the developers are encouraged with more proposals of this style.