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Games Industry: Developers are Being Told to not Expect Switch Sucessor to Launch This Fiscal Year (Q1 2025)
ShaiKhulud1989
Gold Member
Is this news though? Switch 2 is probably somewher in holidays 2025 because even with weakening sales it sells quite alright. Especially since BoM went down quite a bit.
Dr. Wilkinson
Member
I still think it's first half 2025, they're just being coy. And the last thing they want is for people to not buy a Switch between now and Spring 2025 because they're holding out for new hardware.
No question the gap between unveiling and release will be the shortest gap ever for a Nintendo platform launch. Guaranteed.
They don’t need a long lead time.
No question the gap between unveiling and release will be the shortest gap ever for a Nintendo platform launch. Guaranteed.
They don’t need a long lead time.
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James Sawyer Ford
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Badlucktroll
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HRK69
Member
Guess I'm buying a Switch Lite then
My Nintendo account got hacked/stolen a while back and I finally got it back. It took a lot to convince Nintendo I lost access. Luckily for me I found an e-mail with a product code I used. I'm so happy I've got it back, so many gamessss
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Little Mac
Member
Nintendo is dead to me until the Switch 2 is announced. Sony announce the Pro already …
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asdasdasdbb
Member
Nintendo must be having some serious problems with the increased fidelity needs (?)
Magic Carpet
Gold Member
More money for the RTX 5090!
Dr. Wilkinson
Member
The ask for a Pro PS5 still feels unnecessary to me. How many actual from-scratch current-gen games are not where they need to be visually or performance-wise? There barely are any still, for starters. I feel like the need for PS4 Pro was there and lots of people were looking for one. Is there the same demand at this point in the PS5 lifecycle for a Pro?
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Dr. Wilkinson
Member
Has to either be Mar, April, May or Sept, Oct, Nov. No one would release a brand new console before March, nor during the quiet summer months, nor after Black Friday. That's really it for their two windows of opportunity. And they still have plenty of time to hit that Spring/early summer window of April/May for sure.
nial
Member
On the other hand, I'm glad that it managed to live alongside PS5 for longer than what the Wii U lived alongside PS4. It just feels right.
EverydayBeast
ChatGPT 0.001
New Nintendo hardware 2025 is delusional switch is still selling
JimboJones
Member
They want to stay quiet as possible for the holiday season, if they start building excitement for the the thing now their sales would probably take a nose dive with people holding out for Switch 2.
IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
You think 2026?
splattered
Member
People need to stop buying the stupid fucking thing unless the successor just isn't for whatever reason ready to be sold yet.
Greedy ass nintendo are going to keep selling the switch as long as people keep buying it.
Greedy ass nintendo are going to keep selling the switch as long as people keep buying it.
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
It might all be fine, but there are risks when you wait too long to replace a once hot now much colder product with a successor because you waited too long. There is such a thing of waiting too long, Nintendo is stretching it… we might have a similarly priced Steam Deck 2 with newer features and possibly considerably higher performance… next year…
Walter Matthau
Member
Nintendo hates us
The Infectious Paradox
Gold Member
I'm glad I'm not a Nintendo fan. They really screw you guys.
Physiognomonics
Member
Do not believe anything from nintendo just before they release a new hardware. I mean Are being told by who?
efyu_lemonardo
May I have a cookie?
Is the link in the OP wrong?
nial
Member
SCEI did with PlayStation 4 in Japan.
Q2 and Q3 CY 2025 just feels like hopium at this point, when was the last time a major console was released in any of these months?
JimboJones
Member
By supporting their platform for nearly a decade?
The Infectious Paradox
Gold Member
I mean, I guess. If you're into how they do it. To each their own.
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Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
By give me the games I want? As long as they release games I care about then I’m happy, that’s the reason I buy their system in the first place.
Waiting for Nintendo to complete with themselves is crazy lol
www.neogaf.com
Being that Nintendo has the portable market all to themselves how should they approach next generation?
They have this market to themselves & we're waiting for them to complete with themselves by releasing a new device? If there is no decline in software sales they will probably ride the Switch out for a few more years but when they do decide to release a new device what should it be? 1...
The Infectious Paradox
Gold Member
It's just not my appeal so I don't get it. But it seems so long to wait for a new console that plays more advanced games. But again, to each their own. I didn't like the way the console felt in my hand nor the library. But I'll concede that it's just more of a 'me' thing. So good luck with Switch 2, fam.
March Climber
Member
So you want them to erode their high profile third party library even further?Waiting for Nintendo to complete with themselves is crazy lol
Being that Nintendo has the portable market all to themselves how should they approach next generation?
They have this market to themselves & we're waiting for them to complete with themselves by releasing a new device? If there is no decline in software sales they will probably ride the Switch out for a few more years but when they do decide to release a new device what should it be? 1...
They are already hiring and needing porting studios to perform like magicians in order to bring games way above their means to the platform.
Regardless of all of this, the main reason I am excited about the day Switch 2 releases, whether 2025 or 2026, is because certain developers will be out of excuses when it comes to graphical quality and framerate.
Some of them have been riding on the lower end hardware as an excuse to why most of their games look like a PS360 game, for far too long. You know who they are. The clock is ticking.
Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
If the games don’t appeal to you then it wouldn’t matter if Switch 2 comes out or not, you still not gonna liked the games.
I’m looking forward to Switch 2 whenever it comes but I’m not in all that hurry for it. I also have PS5, so have enough games from both systems to keep me busy.
Portugeezer
Member
Afraid of the PS5 Pro.
Hudo
Gold Member
But then you can't say how much you are not interested on the internet.
Moses85
Member
Their Fans and people are. Still buying this outdated Hardware in 2024
The Infectious Paradox
Gold Member
Not necessarily true. Bayonetta and Zelda still call my name. I'd just like to play on a console I like. If Switch 2 is more to my liking I'd support it.
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Tams
Member
It's fun to play on.
TwiztidElf
Member
At this point, I'm starting to get worried that they are having some serious technical difficulties, problems sourcing the parts they need, and/or the new upper management have no idea what they're doing.