I see that logic, however I just have the impression that Nintendo is not in a rush. I believe new hardware was decided to be released in 2025 to make space for Swich 1 to die graciously, as it is still selling too well. Thus my guess is they'll have this calender year Switch 1 only with no mention of new hardware.
So you say all Nintendo fans should leave the internet?
When the process works correctly, you won't even be sure if it did anything at all.
was not aware of such a statement and also not sure what 'it' means in this context
alrighty, my bad.
but what about YEARLY sales
Furukawa said:
I fear it will be an Autumn release
If I were a Nintendo executive, and the delay is coincidentally giving me the option of replicating the original Switch's launch strategy, then I would replicate that. That is, assuming the reason the delay happened has been dealt with. At this stage of the successor's release, I would comfortably wait until the thing that caused the delay is 100% deal with, be it hardware, software (video game and/or OS), manufacturing or distribution related.
Completely random question:
May is not when their shareholders meeting happens, May 7th is their Annual Fiscal Year Report, they'll also share their projections for the current Fiscal Year, which ends in March 2025, as such, if a new gen is releasing in March and they expect to sell, say, 5-8m hardware in a month, it'd be in their projections and that's not something you can hide. They'll also will be paying the manufacturing, storage and shipping of the new system which would probably appear in their projections in some way.
Nintendo is, allegedly, preparing to ship over 10m units of the system this FY. Mochizuki might have gotten the date wrong, but it's still in this FY even if it launches in March 2025. You can't exactly hide the impact of producing, shipping and selling 10m units of unknown hardware in a single month or even through 2-3 months.
This is why I believe that they will acknowledge the system in May 7, even if they don't say it's name, even if they don't mention any special new features, even if they don't mention any specific games being prepared for it. They might just send a memo that states it'll happen and to wait for further information at a later date which, seeing as there is probably no General Direct until late June for the rest of the Switch's schedule for the year, will probably be either in September or October (they could replicate the Switch teaser to launch plan).
I think they might also want to avoid hardware leaks from manufacturing, so if that starts in July or August, they might just come clean and show the new hardware to us, so that they can show it in the best light possible and control the narrative, unlike what happened with the Switch, which leaked through Eurogamer in late July 2016, thus the possibility of them not waiting until September or October to show it to us is not 0%.
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I was gonna reply against what Furukawa said, but this is the company that comfortably skipped on Holiday 2016 for the sake of giving the Switch a proper launch in March, of all months.
Well they also has NES Classic for holiday 2016. Honestly it's for the best because WOW would that be a dangerous combo for the holiday season.
In terms of first-party stuff that has a physical and digital release, no, and Nintendo have never skipped July for a combined physical/digital release in all the years Switch has been available:
I think that the julio game will be the fire emblem 4 remake.
So what, they announce it in early June and release it 6 or 7 weeks later? Or they announce it outside a Direct? Or a Direct happens before June?
Most likely the second option
Except outside the pandemic, this isn't how Nintendo operate. Even Endless Ocean Luminous got a spot in the Partner Showcase rather than being announced out of the blue (though, forgive the pun, out of the blue would've been very appropriate in this case).
Then the third option, because i think that june it's reserved for the Switch 2 reveal.
wasn't Everybody 1-2 Switch announced in a tweet? And Ring Fit was also I think a separate announcement outside of a direct
Yeah I agree. That's what I mentioned in my original post.
Ik the rumours are Q1, but wouldn't they be able to get away with no official announcement for wayyyyyy longer if they just... released it in April? Outside of the current fiscal year? That'd be a good way to keep things under wraps just a liiiiittle longer and oh, I dunno, stop a vague statement from overshadowing the TWO major releases planned for the month?
I think the next investor meeting they will tell the investors that the switch successor does infact exist and they will tell them a launch window for it. Or at least have an official announcement before that investor meeting. Investors will most likely be asking about it nonstop
That's what I'm feeling too
Expectations are a dangerous thing…
-eration of people playing video games.
well, not sure. We expected a Direct in Feb or April, chatter at GDC…
Nah, they've never been that late in announcing a July first-party release. Splatoon 2 was announced in the January 2017 Switch presentation, and Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Skyward Sword HD, and Pikmin 4 were all announced or revealed as July games in February/March Directs.
If that is the case I'm very curious what they have to announce in June. Other than more remakes and remasters, of course.
Metroid prime 4 direct in the style of botw 2016 e3 direct, 2 days of just metroid prime 4 releasing this November
If Switch 2 is still lined up for the new FY, then they will have to allude to it to shareholders in the May meeting iirc. If it has slipped past March 2025, then we may not hear about it next month.
Interesting
He was the first to say the Switch 2 was delayed into 2025, something pretty much every major outlet immediately corroborated once that report broke
the irony in you saying someone else "clearly knows absolutely nothing."
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wait then why would it surprise you
yeah having the first Partner Showcase in almost two years slotting in where there's almost always a General Direct was just like the world's luckiest guess by some randos who know nothing
