Nintendo Quarterly Sales Update: Switch at 139.36m shipped

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trunkswd said:

We will know next week, but it the big Switch for this holiday quarter will likely be a new Pokémon game. I'm guessing a new Legends or Black/White remake. It seems too soon for a new generation release. Depending on bundles and/or a price cut the Switch will likely end 2024 with around 150 million shipped (+/- 2 million).

Usually a new Pokémon generation happens every 3 years. Pokémon Scarlet and Violet were the start of the Gen 9 which released in Nov 2022. This means the earliest we can expect Gen 10 by Nov 2025.

There was a interview from the The Pokémon Company COO that addresses their awareness. "I think in general, if you look at the past, the path we've taken up until now has been this constant release, always regularly releasing products on a fairly fixed kind of a cadence, you might say. Always having these products able to be introduced and new experiences for our customers, and that's how we've operated up until now. I think we're still operating in that way, but there's more and more conversations, as the development environments change, about how we can continue to do this, while making sure that we're ensuring really quality products are also being introduced." -Takato Utsunomiya (Chief Operating Officer of The Pokemon Company)

Essentially saying that The Pokémon Company has been talking about if they want to extend their timeline to release a game a year later than usual.

There are many rumors of either:
- Legends game for Unova or Johto
- Let's Go for Johto
- Remake for Unova or Johto
- Remake for Unova & Johto (like how in Gen 2, and remakes in Gen 4, you visit the Johto region and the Kanto region).
Honestly, all of those sound amazing. Personally, I'd rather have them wait to release any Gen 5 remakes (I want quality, which is a difficult thing for the Pokémon Company apparently.).

And I'm on the high end of your prediction, cause I think they can reach 152M shipped by Dec 31 2024. Either way, it looks like a great last year for the Switch. :)