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Yeah of course this time around the last thing they want to do is have 130-140 million users stop buying games in anticipation of the next system.

If Switch 2 launches mid-next year we will probably hear about it in the first couple months of the year. If it launches holiday 2024 we'll probably hear about it late Spring or early Summer 2024.

Nintendo has never before had a system so popular that it was breaking software sales records like Spat3, Poke V/S, TotK this late in its lifecycle. Usually at this point people are ready to move on, but instead you've got an enormous userbase rabid for more great Nintendo games on Switch. They need to do everything they can to try to seamlessly transition into next gen, getting Switch owners to hop on board, while at the same time not cutting off the massive software sales the Switch is still getting this late in the game by announcing a successor too long before its launch.