| NintendoPie said: if you worked in finance then i'd expect you to understand how capitalism works. capitalism does not like anything but growth, end of story. if you're not growing, you're dying. yes, nintendo is still making tons of money, but sales have been down YoY and that's basically all that matters. (including SW.) you also keep bringing up this online subscription money but, how would it be getting cut off by releasing a new console? nintendo has never shut off online immediately after releasing a new console and they will, of course, carry this sub model over to the next gen. they will continue to rake in that money in either scenario. in the end, the proof will be in the pudding when they release the switch 2 next holiday or Q1 2025. though, i'm guessing you'll feel correct anyway as our timelines overlap. what is the difference to you in Q1 2025 vs. holiday 2024? if you were making this argument to say they'll release switch 2 holiday 2025 or 2026, then i'd get why we are arguing more but, you're not. |
Capitalism is simply the many funding and supporting the few at the top hence why the is heavy privatization with in it to consolidate wealth among a certain class it's the regulations that shape it that matter it was never really about growth in fact the system itself at times would restrict it which is why regulations and laws stepped in, on topic growth has many different ways to be obtained and rushing to be quick doesn't necessarily lead to growth I mentioned to someone else in a recent reply those YOY sales are competitive with the other platforms which for a product in its seventh year changes the context of this particular fact. I brought up online subs as right now the is not only a potential 125m plus and counting userbase for the subs but the fact that subs are present rakes in income from units already sold something that Nintendo never had before on any platform this is another factor that gives them further breathing room to not be too hasty especially in a case of YOY sales being down.
Difference I see with 2024 and 2025 is down to few factors that came up with the Switch, 2024 is a holiday period yes but is then followed by the slowest period for Nintendo historically while early 2025 would offset the slow period with the early adopters while retaining a holiday period later on to further build up momentum. The timing is also well suited for any marketing schedule as they can just followed the same type of schedule they did before with a late 2024 ND to announce the platform and schedule the January ND to showcase it like they did before, you're going to sell out regardless at launch because of early adopters which effectively wastes the holiday period while a 2025 early release gets the early adopters out the way and allows you to build up stock for the holiday period provided the aren't any chip shortages or abnormal levels of demand like the Switch had, 2025 release also allows for a better potential software schedule for a more balance stream of releases.
On the topic of software it's this early year release that also helped Switch resulting in one of the strongest launch year line ups on top of a balance scheduled otherwise it would have been BOTW and MK8D in late 2016 and then a 7 month wait until the next release in Arms, an early 2025 release deals with this by default as the launch window games lead in to the releases of the rest of the year. With a 2025 launch we could see something like 3D Mario at launch then MK9 a month or two later or maybe Prime 4 launches and 3D Mario is the holiday title while the are other titles that follow MK9 every month or two until then.
