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Earlier this year, both Eurogamer and VGC cited sources claiming that Nintendo had privately shown tech demos for its next console to select developers behind closed doors at Gamescom in Germany.

Correspondence unsealed as part of the US FTC's legal battle with Microsoft also suggested that Activision Blizzard had been briefed on Nintendo's next-gen console plans in late 2022.

However, according to Japanese publication Mainichi, Nintendo president Furukawa denied both of these reports during a private earnings call on Tuesday, calling them "inaccurate".

The president is also claimed to have dismissed a recent Nintendo patent filing for a device with multiple screens, and said that the plans detailed were not necessarily for any future device.

At the time of the Gamescom reports, Nintendo did not comment when approached for a response. However, it's worth noting that it has denied press reports in the past, only for them to later be proven correct – sometimes a day later.

Nintendo is yet to officially comment on plans for its next console. However, according to VGC sources, the company has already dispatched Switch 2 development kits to key partners, with a launch planned for the second half of 2024.

Tokyo-based industry consultant Dr Serkan Toto told VGC in September that a 2024 console launch would make sense for Nintendo, since it's projected to see double-digit declines in hardware and software sales this year for Switch, which launched in March 2017.

"I would generally say that looking at Nintendo's financials, it seems clear that it's time for a new piece of hardware in 2024," he said. "Hardware is already projected to fall 16.5% year-on-year in the current fiscal, while the minus for software is expected to hit 15.9%

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

 

[Esppiral]

Ok, confirmed then.

 

[Punished Miku]

Confirmed then.

You don't lie to investors. Silence means it was true. An actual denial is a real denial.

 

[Alexios]

Game journalists wrote bullshit for clicks?! Say it ain't so!

 

[Esppiral]

I've seen high CEOs like there is no other day

 

[Magic Carpet]

Still lots of Switch 1's on store shelves I assume. Got to get those sold off.

 

[Alexios]

Still lots of Switch 1's on store shelves I assume. Got to get those sold off.

They're there because they're flying off them shelves so of course they make more and restock, duh.

Switch worldwide sales top 132.46 million, Pikmin 4 tops 2.61 million

Nintendo Switch has sold 132.46 million units worldwide as of September 30, 2023, Nintendo announced in its latest earnings release.

www.gematsu.com

 

[yurinka]

Bullshit rumors from unreliable annonymous sources ended being lies. What a surprise!