That they got it working is not the point. The technical tradeoffs they needed to make to do so is.I think the switch can handle todays games, they got Totk playing on it.
Just like with the Switch, an October reveal with a march release.
And end up in 2025?
No successor will be revealed until after Switch's last Christmas, and it just happened. A reveal would otherwise hurt Switch's holiday performance. Switch got revealed with a funky timeline because Wii U was already dead and they could not wait to move on.
Nintendo buys Sony. It will be a career defining moment!Astro's Playroom?
Option number 2 seems highly unlikely. On the latest Direct they announced a bunch of remasters / remakes, the last of which is scheduled for July. Apart from that Peach game, which is a smaller project, it really seems like they’ve squeezed the Switch for all it was worth. If they had something real big for Switch in 2024 they’d likely have dropped a trailer or two at this point, and their biggest IP all had a new release in 2023 so anything new for those is improbable this year.I can really see it going 2 ways. 1 they launch in November and reveal as late as possible given their financial forecast cadence. The second is that they continue to ride this out and have a decent amount of games to reveal for the Switch and plan to launch next March with a reveal in December or so.
That lineup for me means Switch is done, they won't do a Direct February without a new console. I'm thinking it'll be announced this Month and 3-4 months later a release.Option number 2 seems highly unlikely. On the latest Direct they announced a bunch of remasters / remakes, the last of which is scheduled for July. Apart from that Peach game, which is a smaller project, it really seems like they’ve squeezed the Switch for all it was worth. If they had something real big for Switch in 2024 they’d likely have dropped a trailer or two at this point, and their biggest IP all had a new release in 2023 so anything new for those is improbable this year.
The sensible thing would be to announce the thing this spring, followed by a price cut for the original Switch to move some more units and maybe reach PS2 numbers. Then release the new hardware later in the year. But this is Nintendo, so I don’t expect them to do this.
Nintendo switch is so great that it would be a shame to replace it, give it another year of life.
I know, the hardware has been around for more than 6 years, but it is also a complex situation for Nintendo, in the portable field they have Steam Deck, Lenovo legion go and Asus... It is not so simple in this aspect... Also, on the other hand, they have PS5, they have to bet on something innovative.
OT: My guess is April. Release in November.