Jumpin said:
No, if we’re being honest, Furukawa’s refusing to comment on whether or not the next generation hardware is coming out by the end of this fiscal year makes a compelling argument for their current targets being a Spring 2023 release. I don’t see where you’re getting “Q1 2025” from. |
That is actually, as I've just found out, false. Furukawa did not refuse to comment. He did give a non-answer, but it's an answer nontheless. Not like outright refusing to comment would make an actually compelling argument.
On top of this he also said that they are expecting hardware manufacturing costs and transportation costs to rise this fiscal year. That by itself should destroy any idea of a new console launching this fiscal year. It just wouldn't make any sense business-wise.
They've had almost double the net profit of the Wii and DS peak year twice in a row now. No need for new hardware so soon.
I wouldn't take Bloomberg seriously. They still think Nintendo should release a Switch Pro.
Last edited by Kakadu18 - on 11 May 2022
