{"id":365892,"date":"2025-10-25T18:21:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T18:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/more-than-11-studios-switch-4k-dev-kits-report-nintendo-denies"},"modified":"2025-10-25T18:21:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T18:21:40","slug":"more-than-11-studios-apparently-have-switch-4k-dev-kits-but-nintendo-denies-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/more-than-11-studios-apparently-have-switch-4k-dev-kits-but-nintendo-denies-it\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 11 studios apparently have Switch 4K dev kits, but Nintendo denies it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/more-than-11-studios-apparently-have-switch-4k-dev-kits-but-nintendo-denies-it.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Nintendo<\/strong> has made a rare statement responding to a report that implies that a multitude of game companies at various developers around the world have recevied dev kits for a 4K Switch model that has not yet been released (which is different from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/nintendo-switch-oled-pro-4k-performance-boost\">the upcoming Switch OLED<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-09-29\/nintendo-switch-4k-developers-make-games-for-nonexistent-console\">A new Bloomberg report<\/a> states that anonymous employees at 11 different game companies have all disclosed that they have a 4K Switch development kit.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the article, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoCoLtd\/status\/1443366440183074819\">Nintendo tweeted a statement<\/a> from its NintendoCoLtd account, categorically denying the claims. The Japanese publisher and platform holder asserts that Bloomberg &ldquo;falsely claims that Nintendo is supplying tools to drive game development for a Nintendo Switch with 4K support&rdquo; and says, outright, that it&#8217;s &ldquo;not true.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/more-than-11-studios-switch-4k-dev-kits-report-nintendo-denies\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/more-than-11-studios-switch-4k-dev-kits-report-nintendo-denies\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo has made a rare statement responding to a report that implies that a multitude of game companies at various developers around the world have recevied dev kits for a 4K Switch model that has not yet been released (which is different from the upcoming Switch OLED). A new Bloomberg report states that anonymous employees at 11 different game companies have all disclosed that they have a 4K Switch development kit. In response to the article, Nintendo tweeted a statement from its NintendoCoLtd account, categorically denying the claims. The Japanese publisher and platform holder asserts that Bloomberg &ldquo;falsely claims that Nintendo is supplying tools to drive game development for a Nintendo Switch with 4K support&rdquo; and says, outright, that it&#8217;s &ldquo;not true.&rdquo; Read more Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":365893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[66,13,14],"class_list":["post-365892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vg24-7","tag-hardware","tag-nintendo","tag-switch"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>More than 11 studios apparently have Switch 4K dev kits, but Nintendo denies it | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Nintendo has made a rare statement responding to a report 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