Wyrdness said:
NintendoPie said:
i see them either announcing it Q1 of next year for a holiday release or maybe a little later for a march 2025 release. i doubt nintendo would want to ride a declining wave of hardware sales for much longer. better to "quit" while you're ahead. when i mentioned zelda, i meant another developer working on it like how grezzo(?) worked on link's awakening. i agree about metroid prime 4 which leads me into... Torpoleon said:
I don't see why Prime 4 should be a Switch 2 title. Metroid is not a system seller and would be better off being released on a massive install base first. |
i think nintendo wants to blow metroid up like how zelda blew up with BotW. i feel like they'll treat it as a graphical showcase for the switch 2 and that may be part of the reason the project was moved from the switch to next-gen, in order to facilitate better graphics. it's very possible they can make metroid a much bigger series if they want to. |
They have a monopoly on one side of the market in portables they can ride the wave for much longer than usual because the is no viable alternative. |
it's not a matter of them having a monopoly or not, it's a matter of business decisions based on revenue. the switch will continue to fall in sales, barring they cut the price or release another revision. though, even with a revision, this late in it's life, nothing will boost it for long enough to keep it afloat.
nintendo as a company is now relying on one revenue stream and can't stagger home and portable console releases to make up for decreases in their FY results bc of one console creeping up in age. if anything, they may attempt to keep switch as a "third pillar" like they did with the GBA.
