super_etecoon said:
Soundwave said:
I wonder if an August-September ish launch could be in play with dev kits being out, if we're finding out about these kits in July, but had a leak in June already (Metroid Dread leaker) saying kits were out in Spain then, who knows.
For most 3rd parties their content is going to be initially ports of existing games, and given the Switch 2 will be much more powerful than the current Switch ... like a year+ to port titles like a Street Fighter 6 or Final Fantasy VII Remake (games that have PS4 versions either) is a generous amount of time. Those could probably be ported in like 8-9 months maybe less, remember these are games that run on the PS4 and also mobile Nvidia laptop GPUs, the Switch 2 is likely more advanced the the PS4 just due to a much more modern architecture that will more akin to the PS5 in that respect (Nvidia Ampere family of chips) even if it doesn't have the same raw power of a PS5.
As always it will come down to whether or not Nintendo's own internal software is ready, but if they can manage it I could see something like a September launch.
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Of this year? No way. Of 2024, sure.
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Yes I meant 2024 of course. If studios have had kits since like June, maybe even earlier than that, I mean really there's a lot of content that still runs on PS4 like Street Fighter 6, Resident Evil 8, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Elden Ring, etc. etc. that surely wouldn't take more than 10-11 months to port to an equal/better piece of hardware. A lot of content could be ready even by say September 2024, it just depends on whether Nintendo has the big gun launch title (Mario Kart?) ready to go for then.
Witcher 3 on Switch which was an extreme port where a lot of the game had the be redone to run on the Switch because it was a PS4/XB1 only title took 12 months, but ports that the Switch 2 can run more easily should be easy enough to do in half that time surely.
Last edited by Soundwave - on 02 August 2023
