Basically what I’m saying is that if we’re gonna base the timing on the publicly leaked information or lack there of, we cannot assume 2023 and 2024 are on the table, we have to assume at that point that 2025/2026 are the windows, and you have to ask yourself if you actually really believe such a thing.
Someone mentioned something about developer kits being out 1.5 years prior to the launch of the new system, 1.5 Years after today would be the middle of 2024, but we haven’t seen anything at all. So does that mean that there are zero dev kits in hands yet? And for a 2024 EoY launch, it would be around February that we start hearing anything? Because otherwise it means as of now devs don’t really have
anything
Someone also mentioned that a lot of people would be in the know about this, but Nintendo would brief these third-party developers with a window for which they’re targeting with their games. But we haven’t heard a single thing about any window even if far out? So how are people confident in 2024 when they have even heard a single peep from any developer? Some devs would be talking about something they have targeting X window at Y companies, and that would have leaked of some project in the works with platforms.
Microsoft is infamous in this regard but not the norm, however third parties are a different case. Capcom suffered a random ware leak that had games planned even as far out as 2024, and
no mention of an additional platform. Of course this can just mean that Capcom has
zero interest in the Nintendo next platform for their games, but that doesn’t stop ports of previous titles like they’ve done with the current switch whenever feasible.
We don’t know
anything as of current time from developers, 2024 is less than a year away after all.