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Dulfite on 20 December 2021
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Mandalore76 said:
curl-6 said:

With its current trajectory that certainly looks like the likely outcome, but there's a lot of alarming rumblings about a new Switch in 2022. Killing Switch so soon would be beyond stupid, but Nintendo has been incredibly stupid before.

There were a lot of rumblings about the "Switch Pro" too, which clearly never happened.  Nintendo hasn't even hinted about a Switch Successor, so I seriously doubt anything releasing in 2022.  I went back as far as the Gamecube, and couldn't find an instance of Nintendo launching a home console without having publicly spoken about it over a year prior to release.  And actually over 2 years prior in almost all cases.

Gamecube

First announced:  "At Nintendo's press conference in May 1999, the console was first publicly announced as "Project Dolphin", the successor to the Nintendo 64"

Launched: September 14, 2001

Announcement to Launch Window Gap:  2 years 4 months

Wii

First announced:  "Iwata first unveiled some details of Nintendo's new home console at E3 (May) 2004 under the codename "Revolution" 

Launched:  November 19, 2006

Announcement to Launch Window Gap:  2 years 6 months

Wii U

Rumors:  Public rumors surrounding the console began to appear in 2010, with speculation of an upcoming revision of the Wii scheduled for 2011 known as the "Wii HD"

First Announced:  "On April 25, 2011, Nintendo released an official statement announcing a system to succeed the Wii to be released during 2012"

Launched: November 18, 2012

Rumors to Launch Window Gap:   2 years+

Announcement to Launch Window Gap:  1 years 7 months

Switch:

First Announced:  "The first public news of about the Switch's hardware happened alongside the announcement of Nintendo and DeNA's partnership on March 17, 2015. At this stage, Nintendo referred to the console under the codename "NX" and described it as a "brand new concept"

Launched:  March 3, 2017

Announcement to Launch Window Gap:  2 years 

There are people, even entire websites/writers, that seem to think new iterations of current consoles = a new console. It makes no sense, and their misinformation causes confusion in consumers and fans.

No one looking historically and thinking rationally thinks there will be a new Nintendo console on 2022. The Pro, or some other Switch iteration? Sure. Very likely. And sadly there are people out there that can't distinguish between Switch Pro and Switch 2.