Famitsu Sales: Week 24, 2020 (Jun 08 - Jun 14)

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tbone51 said:
Question for everybody before I make a new thread, in your own opinion when do you think a successor will come out? Say year and either holiday or spring.

I’m still shocked most think 2022 and 2023

Last system they had to peak in their fourth fiscal year was the DS.  It launched holiday 2004 and 3DS launched spring 2011, so that is approx. 6.5 years.  I think this move actually cut into the legs of the DS, but they also had to worry about staggering the release of home and handheld systems at the time, so I can see why they did it.  

Now Nintendo is in a similar situation, but this time they don't have to worry about balancing home and handheld resources during a console transition.  So the very earliest would be a holiday 2023 release, but I think holiday 2024 is even more likely.  There is no point in releasing a successor if sales are still fairly high.