burninmylight said:
It's entirely possible for it to be announced, unveiled and launched within 2024. Products don't need the same long lead times to build awareness and hype like in years past. In fact, I think it would serve Nintendo better not to officially announce and unveil it way ahead of time, because all that will do is gut Switch sales even faster. Think of how dead Black Friday and Christmas 2024 will be for Switch if everyone is knows to just wait for Switch 2. If Nintendo were to unveil it anywhere from June-October this year and launch it in March next year, that's more than half a year of no sales momentum at all for the current Nintendo product in the market now, which includes the aforementioned holiday season. |
Exactly, I agree. A June-Oct announcement will cannibalize the Switch. I'm hoping for a Late November announcement. because only the big Nintendo fanatics watch those (including me), with advertisement starting in Jan 2025 for a March 2025 release.
I think the only reason why I think Spring 2025, specifically March, is that the NX dev kits were given out 2 years before the Switch, and the announcement was a year after the dev kits. Which is on track with what we are seeing with the NG. Dev Kits in 2023, Announcement in 2024, and supposedly release in 2025.
Lifetime Sales Predictions
Switch: 160 million (was 120 million, then 140 million, then 150 million)
PS5: 130 million (was 124 million)
Xbox Series X/S: 54 million (was 60 million, then 57 million)
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