| Chicho said: Nintendo said new hardware isn't coming this fiscal year. This is more likely for a new AYA Neo, new GDP win or any other new handheld PC. |
This lines up with what Nintendo said though.
Sharp is saying *pilot production* starts this fiscal year, pilot production means basically a manufacturing test run for something new and usually is done when you are mass producing something at a high quantity on new production lines and need a testing period.
So if they are doing pilot production this fiscal year, that means likely full blown production will follow the next fiscal year.
It's pointing to a product which will launch next fiscal year.
I'm 90% sure this is Switch 2, Sharp doesn't work with any other game console maker and has a long, long term relationship with Nintendo. They made the screens for Game & Watch, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, DS, 3DS, and Switch, heck they've worked with Nintendo even before they were in video games. They also specify this as a "game console" that they have been involved with since even in its R&D phase and not a portable PC or something like that.
If I had to guess I'd probably say maybe this is some kind of new LCD technology which is more battery efficient per Nintendo's request (since I don't think the 3D screen thing is coming back).
