Yea I think now it's finally starting to hit Nintendo that the Switch is beginning to reach saturation and that shortages aren't the issue anymore.Based on what Nintendo's been stating, I think they're gonna be in the "wait and see" mode for the first half of 2022 and see how Mario Movie and Zelda TOTK will influence Switch sales first before they start hinting at any successor. Nintendo wasn't hinting at new hardware at all in their Q&A meeting and acknowledged that its unlikely switch sales will rebound, but they don't want to hint at any new hardware yet cause a huge game Zelda TOTK still has yet to release. However, once Zelda releases and the hype for the game dies down, Nintendo might begin to completely switch their focus to the Switch 2 as early as early 2023. We will have to see.
Nintendo also backed out on saying that the Switch has "plenty of life" ahead of it which is definitely interesting since they kept reinforcing it in their previous QA meetings, so I think Nintendo knows that the end is near for Switch but they're just waiting for TOTK to launch first.
Last edited by javi741 - on 12 February 2023
