It would be a weak financial year yeah. Very back-loaded.It does, yeah, but at the tail end. I'm not sure how good a strategy it is to barely eke by for the vast majority of the FY and then bank hard on console sales at the very end.
I was under this same belief. But maybe the game that they wanted out in Feb/March won't be done then? I'm really grasping here to make an internal delay make sense under the assumption it's related to software lmfao.My complete guess is that the Mario team has been cooking up a 3D Mario for launch at the end of this year with Switch 2, and Prime 4 is a cross-gen game. Combined with some third-party titles and Switch 1 BC and that's a fairly nice launch lineup for the end of this year. Then Q1 2025 can bring out more heavy hitters from both first and third party.
Yes.Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Brazil's launch period estimate still fit within FY 2025?
For Nintendo that would be an unmitigated disaster. And in my opinion that was the primary downfall of the Wii U. A lack of compelling system sellers would not be a good way to start the generation.I genuinely think Nintendo, if "software isn't ready" is the reason, would be better off just releasing the thing and playing catch-up than delaying it outright, if in fact they don't already have a sufficient software buffer to make it through this year healthily.
I know, not denying that, but the headline seems to suggest they are confirming a 2025 launchNormally, whenever VGC or Eurogamer publishes something, the other follow suit. Both are under the same publishing house.
The information does not line up for a 2025 release personally. These are only rumors "heard" not confirmed officially to a large degree. Something fishy is going on and I'm not gonna fall for it until we heard something more damming than just "some people spoke to us that can't confirm their identity nor their information".Respectfully, Eurogamer and Andy do not have anything concrete really at this point that confirms any delays. I can see the panic but there is no real fire so try not to panic.
I'm going to probably have to interrogate regarding these rumours but if Devs are essentially having to outright delay software intended for release on Switch 2 for this year because Nintendo wants to play coy for whatever reason under the sun to substantiate such delays, the frustration is going to be very real.
The market is primed and ready, it would be sheer stupidity and mismanagement to backtrack and I really do refuse to believe they are that stupid, especially if they do proceed with revealing the console but then withhold it for after the holidays. That's silly and non-sensical, it's so non-sensical that I am seriously wondering who has told them this and whether there's any mix-up or misunderstanding or something else at play or just bad sources in general.
It would be super funny to spend the month watching all sorts of publications jump on 2025 only to have the person who was right end up being Shareholder Chad of Famiboards dot comImagine how hilarious it would be if there has been a misinterpretation on first 3 months of FY2025 (April, May, June 2024), vs first 3 months of CY2025 (January, February, March 2025).
Nintendo fumbling a golden opportunity to come out on top when the others are down? Wouldn't be the first time.This would have been the absolutely BEST time for Nintendo to come in with a new console and some big games. They would have came off like heroes.
To play the advocate. What if the Nintendo Switch 2 would be announced in March 2024. But with just a simple codename. Like NX2 Launching in March 2025, like they did in April 2016. This also makes sure the investors would shut up.
Respectfully, Eurogamer and Andy do not have anything concrete really at this point that confirms any delays. I can see the panic but there is no real fire so try not to panic.
I'm going to probably have to interrogate regarding these rumours but if Devs are essentially having to outright delay software intended for release on Switch 2 for this year because Nintendo wants to play coy for whatever reason under the sun to substantiate such delays, the frustration is going to be very real.
The market is primed and ready, it would be sheer stupidity and mismanagement to backtrack and I really do refuse to believe they are that stupid, especially if they do proceed with revealing the console but then withhold it for after the holidays. That's silly and non-sensical, it's so non-sensical that I am seriously wondering who has told them this and whether there's any mix-up or misunderstanding or something else at play or just bad sources in general.
The information does not line up for a 2025 release personally. These are only rumors "heard" not confirmed officially to a large degree. Something fishy is going on and I'm not gonna fall for it until we heard something more damming than just "some people spoke to us that can't confirm their identity nor their information".
it's so non-sensical that I am seriously wondering who has told them this and whether there's any mix-up or misunderstanding or something else at play or just bad sources in general.
It's cause they saw (mostly) everyone in here going buck wild about no detachable joy-cons so they're going to add them in.
The possibility of something going wrong with development (hardware or software) is always real. And could be outside Nintendo's power.Respectfully, Eurogamer and Andy do not have anything concrete really at this point that confirms any delays. I can see the panic but there is no real fire so try not to panic.
I'm going to probably have to interrogate regarding these rumours but if Devs are essentially having to outright delay software intended for release on Switch 2 for this year because Nintendo wants to play coy for whatever reason under the sun to substantiate such delays, the frustration is going to be very real.
The market is primed and ready, it would be sheer stupidity and mismanagement to backtrack and I really do refuse to believe they are that stupid, especially if they do proceed with revealing the console but then withhold it for after the holidays. That's silly and non-sensical, it's so non-sensical that I am seriously wondering who has told them this and whether there's any mix-up or misunderstanding or something else at play or just bad sources in general.
Not very. T239 was supposed to make sense for 2024 launch including maybe 5-6 years after that. So not terribly outdated.So how outdated is T239 going to be in 2025 when this thing launches?!
I was under this same belief. But maybe the game that they wanted out in Feb/March won't be done then? I'm really grasping here to make an internal delay make sense under the assumption it's related to software lmfao.
I also do assume that game would be Mario Kart haha
Yeah, 5 years GPU architecture and 4-5 years CPU architecture if Early 2025At this rate the T239 chip that has been rumored for many years will start looking outdated by the time the Switch 2 actually launches. I remember thinking how amazing this chip sounded years ago but we kept waiting year after year and now we got a lot of other beefy handhelds on the market and the Switch 2 just never came. Even Microsoft and Sony are rumored to have new portables coming.
To play the advocate. What if the Nintendo Switch 2 would be announced in March 2024. But with just a simple codename. Like NX2 Launching in March 2025, like they did in April 2016. This also makes sure the investors would shut up.
maybe the software was not ready, that why Nintendo delayed Switch sucessor to march of 2025.Early 2025 is not even remotely in play currently. I would know if something changed that drastically to alter a deadline from Q2 2024 to something like late Q4/early Q1 2025.
There are Devs working hard with the expectation of a coming launch, major wrench being thrown into that work when you pull the rug out and delay it for reasons that at this point would be unfathomable. There just isn't anything Nintendo can seemingly hide behind to continue coasting like this without new hardware.
Nintendo would be smart to stick to Q2 2024 for announcement/reveal. The Switch has been milked enough honestly.
Tech in general isn't advancing nearly as fast as it used to. An Ampere chip on 4nm, is going to be competitive in 2025. Especially when you factor in the competition is hampered by Android, and Switch 2 has an ultra fast custom graphic API.So how outdated is T239 going to be in 2025 when this thing launches?!
So how outdated is T239 going to be in 2025 when this thing launches?!
The possibility of something going wrong with development (hardware or software) is always real. And could be outside Nintendo's power.
Always keep this is mind for any product.
Sounds more like mess that anything planned, T239 Drake was taped out in H1 2022, is happening never that chip is taped out 3 years before premiereNintendo struggling with development seems silly, firstly Furukawa said release date isn‘t influenced by current business situation and secondly they had 7 years to plan ahead and should be ready. Either 2025 was always the plan or never.
Also re: Pokémon they are typically slow to embrace the new hardware so I don't think they would be talking about a switch 2 title at the end of the monthOk, my bad feelings are starting to materialize: it didn't make sense to me that Pokémon would make announcements before the new console. It would have made sense to announce Switch 2 and already place the logos during Pokémon Presents.
The 2 reasons that may make sense for a launch in 2025 are:
- Wanting to launch it in March to replicate the year of Switch 1;
- Nintendo is NOT ready with its games. More power requires more time, and if there is also 4K I imagine even more.
That said, Pokémon remakes (and perhaps Metroid with the remastered ones) will keep Switch 1's sales up this year.
That said, if the console hasn't received an upgrade over the T239, it will be really meh in 2025.
Nintendo was acting a little strangely and now the truth is coming out...
Sound like it isn‘t true, just my opinion. Atleast it has one good thing: Reliable sources could come out to support or deny the rumor.Sounds more like mess that anything planned, T239 Drake was taped out in H1 2022, is happening never that chip is taped out 3 years before premiere
Are we considering the possibility that if the Switch 2 was just internally delayed this month, the March reveal was also internally delayed? I could see a June reveal being more likely tbh.
he heard for 5 sources for 3 continent, Nintendo delayed Switch sucessor to next year, sorry to burst your hype, but he is a very reliable person(rarely he miss)I don't know why we're even entertaining this idea?
I still don't know if this is a rumor from Brazil (or rather from his podcast) or if it's Brazil reporting stuff from a different podcast.
The article you linked mentions Furukawa talking about the 2015 announcement codename. Not the April 2016 tweet that I linked before.Furukawa literally told us they would not do this again.
https://80.lv/articles/nintendo-s-n...ced-time-gap-between-announcement-and-launch/
And all the people who informed him and everyone who invested based on THEIR information.It would be super funny to spend the month watching all sorts of publications jump on 2025 only to have the person who was right end up being Shareholder Chad of Famiboards dot com
Furukawa literally told us they would not do this again.
https://80.lv/articles/nintendo-s-n...ced-time-gap-between-announcement-and-launch/
Yes, probably.He probably only report and give his opinion about the topic