Furukawa: Announcing Switch/NX So Early Was A "Special Case"

[Soundwave]

zorg1000 said:

Soundwave said:

If it's a 2024 product, then I think a Feb/March unveiling followed by launch in June-August.

If the software is running late and they have to push into like November 2024, then I'd say a late March/April reveal.

Why do you think it would launch June-August? It’s either November 2024 or delayed to Q1 2025 because of software.

Well for one, plenty of Nintendo hardware has launch in June-August. 

The Famicom, Game Boy Advance (US), Super NES (US), Nintendo 64 (Japan) and then you have Switch, GameCube (Japan), 3DS also launch outside of November. I guess you can add Virtual Boy to that list too. 

Not every Nintendo product has to launch in November, really I don't even think November is a great release date. 

Launching in August/September is better, you get early adopters to have their own time period and then you get the holiday rush later on as a second boost. 

Revealing Feb/March (so that the impact on current FY sales is minimal) and following the same unveil to release time frame from the Switch, puts you into July/August. 

Obviously it will depend on what software is ready, hopefully Nintendo is not behind schedule on that. One would think they have learned their lesson on that. 

Last edited by Soundwave - on 24 May 2023