| Wyrdness said: In regards to sales this is a platform in its seventh year at 124m, these are sales would be competitive for any other platforms still in their prime years well below 100m. Another point is the Switch successor would essentially be a Gen 10 platform under the usual definition the is no need to rush it out especially on the so called premise some about tech it makes better sense to let the platform carry on in order to open up more options for tech in the next one and give launch year titles more time, last time they rushed out to match tech like people said we got the chaos in the WiiU's run they're better off taking their time as they have time. |
You could say the same for the PS4 before the PS5 was announced ... it was selling just fine too.
I think there's a fundamental misunderstanding by a lot of people on how hardware design and delivery works too.
Nintendo doesn't just sit around waiting for sales to decline to a certain point and then pick up the phone and call Nvidia and say "OK now, we need a new system, have it delivered to us in 12 months please".
Like that's an impossible way for it to work. Beyond design time issues, beyond the obvious fact that it takes 2 1/2-3 years to have software ready, there's manufacturing issues too, you don't just show up to TSMC on a Sunday and say "well we decided now to have a new system, can you whip us up something" as if you're ordering a pizza at your uncle's corner store or fresh baked cookies from the supermarket.
Supply lines are tight, these deals have to be set in place years in advance, not even "well 12 months in advance should be good enough". The decision on when to launch Switch successor likely was made 2-3 years ago already and deals are set in place. It can be changed a little bit but not in the way I think people here imagine.
Also I don't think Nintendo wants to be sitting on a platform for years that is progressively selling less and less every year. They don't have two hardware lines anymore, you don't want to be in a decline phase of your business for multiple years if you don't really have to be.
Last edited by Soundwave - on 03 May 2023
