BAyonetta 1/2, Pikmin. I think the alpha effects are a problem for the memory bandwidth.
Pikmin 3 sold 2.23M units on switch
ok, double of what i expected.
I think it will release with Zelda in May. If no anouncement by mid February then I think either November 2023 or March 2024.
Zelda lives and dies by it's own schedule, for better or for worse. Nintendo seems to be committed to releasing games for the hardware they announce it for, and giving Zelda however much time it needs, and that seems to take basically a whole hardware generation.
Maybe E3 is possible
they'd struggle to make a new switch flop but not having zelda is one specific repeat of wii u
They don't have to. When the NX's March 2017 release was announced, they mentioned that the expected sales were reflected in the financial forecast, but that they wouldn't disclose the specific unit sales estimates. I don't believe there's any reason they can't leave new hardware sales figures out of their briefings until the hardware is announced/released, whether or not those sales are going to be added to an existing category.
the ZOLED leak was engineered by Nintendo to provide cover for a vague mention of a new hardware release in their upcoming forecast
Mantorok poisoning the minds of the those who can't resist the uncertainty of speculation threads is certainly in character.
I would temper my expectations regarding the 4K capabilities of the machine. It should be at best comparable to high-end phones and we're expecting better than a PS5. We don't know how the tensor cores will perform in such a mobile setting, certainly well below their desktop counterparts. Most games will be optimized for handheld, they would need a serious graphical downgrade to suddenly output 4K/60fps.
Is there hope for Retro Studios to have an unannounced title close to completion besides Metroid Prime 4?
You'd be better served to look here for Nintendo data:
With Nintendo having only one console, its even more critical for them to avoid a hard reset where the decline of the previous console significantly outpaces the growth of the new console. As you can see there was a pretty big valley here when Nintendo had the Wii U selling very poorly and the 3DS wasnt able to carry the load. There is no way to have a hard reset with a single platform and not have a steep decline in year over year sales. That is unless the predecessor and the successor can be successful in the same year. The longer Nintendo rides out the Switch the more likely it is we see a stark decline in year over year sales. You cant drop a brand new console into the market without that being well planned out in advance. If Switch 2 is going to launch in 2023 it would have been decided at least a year ago to get all their ducks in a row for manufacturing and software preparation. The high selling platforms ever are the PS2 and the DS, right around 150 million units sold. Seems to be the number once a product has hit the point of nearly complete saturation. With Switch sitting at 120 million units sold, is it likely they can expect to maintain the yearly sales of 20 million units sold? Historically the numbers suggest that sharp decline in sales for the Switch are imminent. Consumer fatigue sets in after so many years as well and Nintendo will start to lose gamers to other platforms where they will start spending their time and money there. If you ask me, Nintendo wants to replicate the success of fiscal year 2012 and 2018. Fiscal 2012 saw both Wii and 3DS putting up solid numbers and fiscal 2018 still saw decent 3DS numbers while the Switch started to reach its stride.
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Nobody is expecting better than a PS5.
Yeah, a 350W home console won't "lose" over a < 40W portable console.
Are you just citing the "4k/60fps" to say people here are expecting better than a PS5? If so Ilikefeet was specifically saying that the Drake version of a game will likely just be the Switch version but upressed and at 60fps. Meaning, it'll have all of the graphical effect cutbacks that the Switch version has which got it ported to Switch in the first place (such as texture resolution, model complexity, alpha effects), and then the devs simply raise the resolution and framerate cap and call it a day. It will still wind up looking worse than the PS5 version since it will not use the same base assets.
Yes, it's similar to how Skyward Sword HD runs at locked 1080p/60 vs BotW at 900p/30. Or how the Nier Automata Switch port technically runs at a higher (reconstructed) resolution than the PS4 version. Less visual effects and detail mean more headroom for bumping up resolution and framerate. Most 360 games on XSX run at 4K resolutions.
what the fuck? facts agree with me dude
don't mistake my bewilderment for rage
They wouldn't have to include it in the hardware forecast itself, there would probably be other indicators in the financials if they are planning to launch something. I don't think they could or would completely obfuscate new hardware launching in the FY to the point that investors are completely blindsided though.
The Switch is pretty 'normal' with regards to feature set. I don't expect any radical shift in control scheme. At most some kind of sensor, whether it be IR, camera, voice, touch enabled shoulder buttons, etc. Y'know, the sort most devs will probably ignore. I anticipate improved gyro and haptics.
Some new inputs added to the base controllers seems pretty likely, but the Switch is already broadly a very modular system designed to allow Nintendo's more quirky ideas to attach on to it. I don't think anything too radical will change there.What about the new gimmick? I'm sorta expecting something like this
you really think people are talking about a native 4K here? this is after DLSS or any sort of upscaling.
I have a sneeking suspicion that's why Nate heard it was canned, they were nervous about a straight up powerupgrade and felt they needed to add a gimmick.What about the new gimmick? I'm sorta expecting something like this
Sorry, poor choice of words on my part.
no worries
It has been modified massively. SV wouldn't have happened at all otherwise.
What about the new gimmick? I'm sorta expecting something like this
You know, I really think that the Gimmick thing is overrated. I think Nintendo will market "a new way to play" because they always have, but there is as much iteration as experimentation in Nintendo's history.
I'm expecting a DS => 3DS situation; the same basic concept (clamshell design), but just "more" (circlepad, 3D), and obviously being a more capable machine altogether. So something like the Switch (tablet with detachable controllers and a docking station that connects to the TV with more ), and maybe something like a foldable screen (?), wheel shoulder buttons, magnetic sticks (im coping here), etc.What about the new gimmick? I'm sorta expecting something like this
Not the Iwata era anymore so kind of a moot point, but I'm not really sure what gimmick could be out there that would drastically impact the hardware design. Anything of note is either already built into the Switch, a refinement of existing paradigms/gimmicks, or would be a peripheral like VR or what was used for Ring Fit.What about the new gimmick? I'm sorta expecting something like this
