Nintendo mentions “next generation” platform in job listing

The video games industry is rather secretive, especially Nintendo. That said, we can often glean some of these redacted details thanks to job listings. Such is the case with a new posting by the console manufacturer – with Nintendo officially discussing their “next generation” platform.

As discovered by Reddit user ‘Untangled-fork’ a new job listing posted by Nintendo looking for a Game Technologies R&D Engineer/Scientist made reference to future Nintendo hardware (one of the few times so far for the console manufacturer to have officially done so).

In discussing the responsibilities of the position, Nintendo stated “The goal will be to aim for and go beyond state-of-the-art solutions in these fields, targeting current and next generation Nintendo platforms. It will be necessary to collaborate with game developers to bring new technologies to the market.”

Furthermore, in going to specifics the listing highlighted ‘cross-platform development’ as one of the core responsibilities. It has long been assumed that Nintendo are hard at work on their successor to the Nintendo Switch, and so this fact is not surprising. It is however encouraging to see that cross-platform compatibility seems to be one of the major sticking points for this next-generation device.

Nintendo has previously made reference to the cross-generational future of its Nintendo Switch Online subscription service, but this new posting hopefully indicates that compatibility across the board is in the works. We will have to wait and see.

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