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VideoGameAccountant said:
curl-6 said:

2021 is indeed ridiculous but I don't think a spring 2023 release is out of the question, Switch released in March and had a strong launch.

I think we're its ridiculous is that they will do a 6 year lifespan again when the market no longer does that and that it's unwise to kill a successful console early. The whole 6 year lifespan was an Iwata idea (and Iwata was an awful business strategist unless he took it directly from another book). Kimishima was basically saying they weren't going to stick to a hard and fast timeframe for the Switch like they did with the Wii and DS. Earliest I could see it is Holiday 2023 and that would be to take advantage of the holiday seasons (which would mean the Switch had a 6 and 3/4th year lifespan). 

Well, naturally as a Switch owner I want it to have a long and plentiful lifespan. I think I'll always be a bit bitter at Nintendo for only giving the Wii 4 years of proper support and I hope they never cut a console that unnecessarily short again.