It’s not that simple, in fact they could commission for that and it would be more expensive than designing a whole new console from scratch.
Irrationally? Why is the burden on folks who believe in an H2 launch, not on H1?
There's plenty of room for the traditional pair of launch day titles if that's where they're aiming for.
Uhhh... technically no?
Wait, that was from the actual leak? I thought that was something LuigiBlood planted to make me happy MP means what it means, lol.
I don't think this is accurate. Switch MP (actual mass production) did not start in July, and if we're just talking about some boards being assembled in July, then that definitely already happened for the new hardware too, because Nintendo has been widely distributing devkits since then per reporting (and likely earlier from what we know). And the last of the new "X5"-type prototype shipments we can see stopped in May, so how do we know they didn't come up with the final boards around that time? Not to mention that what's going on at specifically the Vietnamese factory we have insight into is not likely the full picture, since prototype production is done in Japan and the bulk of MP is done in Taiwan, with Vietnam likely the last to be brought up to speed.
Those were the actual slides as is. I didn't do anything to them, that would be dishonest if I did.
Console launches are generally known for a ton of games releasing on the same day, yes.
Switch launch lineup. IDK why ItWasMeantToBe19 thinks Switch 2 launching with several titles should be considered unusual.
Ahhhh, okay. I suspect this is because just in time frame delivery is more flexible inside a 120hz container. I wonder what a frame pacing graph would say.
To be clear, I was simply trying to offer an alternate interpretation of the data, not say anything definitive - I tend to favor H1 myself. But I take your point about board manufacturing versus actually mass assembly.
Worth reminding folks how bad the Switch launch could've been if it wasn't for Breath of the Wild, especially in terms of third party releases. That one game basically held up the first month on Switch. I think third-parties will help whatever the Switch 2 launch will have, but it's fair to expect one "killer-app" at launch, that being the fancy, brand-spanking-new Mario game.
At this rate we could hit announcement BEFORE 2000.
Hey Necro, do you know anything about ‘Z R 2023’? Any potential links to the successor?
This is incredibly interesting, I love how they define what MP means as well
At the current rate, the thread will hit 2000 by this time next week at the latestAt this rate we could hit announcement BEFORE 2000.
A factory in Vietnam has ordered 2023 units of "ZR Button Plastic Encasement for Human Interface Device", confirming the production of Joy-Con is ongoing /j
Couldn’t be linked to successor unless 2023 is referencing to a mere announcement
At the current rate, the thread will hit 2000 by this time next week at the latest
EDIT: 15 pages since my last reply just under 48 hours ago!
I guess I would just phrase it as, we can't draw any conclusions from this data. My biased perspective says there's evidence of nearness in there, but I think that the worst case for an objective look is just indeterminate, not behind schedule wrt the Switch's March launch. Because I think that this is what it would look like if MP were starting very soon, but I also think this is what it would look like if MP were a few months off (which is pretty much the whole range it could be, and the difference between an H1 and H2 launch).
Gonna put my money on thursday... 15 weeks from nowDanke. Putting all my money on Thursday this week.
Note: I'm not wealthyTomorrow night we'll know!
You can’t even do that between Switches, you need to use the profile transfer. I imagine there will be one if there’s backward compatibility though.
that why i advicate for the Nintendo acount to be fully backward compatibly with Switch, using the console memory itself or SD cards for the games, the less steps you can to transfer/migrate media/games to Nintendo next hardware, better for everyone
The Mario Kart OLED bundle (upper left) is new right? (not sold anywhere before this as far as I know. I don’t really follow bundle news)
Also keep in mind that Canon's efforts are happening side by side with the launch of the Rapidus Corporation, which is a semiconductor manufacturer launched by a consortium of multiple Japanese companies, including Sony, in an attempt to establish a leading-edge foundry in Japan as soon as possible. They've already started construction on a 2nm fab that is tentatively scheduled to start pilot production in 2025 (and mass production in 2027), and ASML has confirmed that they will be supporting the company with their EUV lithography equipment.
The only knowledge of it's existence prior to now (or at least known existence) was from Billbil.
That was the origin of rumor yes. The photo in the tweet was not of OLED bundle tho. People pointed that out and the tweeter has to clarify it’s just a representative photo.
Dear HEG-S-KACLA:
Yep! Afaik, this would usually be the time of year where Nintendo would announce their Black Friday Bundles, so this announcement (unlike the September MK8D Switch Bundle) is very normal.
Yeah should be new
it's like you were born yesterday with console launches
Yes - not unusual in itself.
Not that I'm buying into the idea of a March launch, that doesn't look particularly different from what the Switch launched with. That doesn't even account for the fact that there was a bunch of 3DS games releasing in around that same launch window period. I think regardless of when it launches, it's going to have a pretty hefty software presence.
Well, it's at least the first time that we've spotted it in recent memory, and that's good enough for me.
I don't think Nintendo communities were aware of shipping data websites as a possible source of information until that misinformed tweet from Connor, of all people, which you posted here when you got the whole thing started. Based on what we can see now, there likely would have been numerous ways to see things ahead of announcement in years past if we had known what to look for.
That's the thing though - I keep looking for other examples of past shipments of retail stuff (not parts or prototypes) before they were actually announced, to see if we could use customs data website for this purpose.
