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burninmylight on 21 February 2024
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Norion said:
Shtinamin_ said:

Agreed, Nintendo knows that they need to makes sure their line up is packed with great games (but not too packed otherwise some games might not receive the attention Nintendo wants). 

I don't think I understand what you mean by that. So would it have been better to release in the holiday when only the hard core fans and scammers buy up all the consoles, leaving normal people to wait until next year (or a child's birthday)? Or would it have been better to just release consoles earlier than needed? I don't know. But I believe that Nintendo thinks a Spring launch will be most beneficial. 

Rumors are not facts. There is no delay. Until Nintendo (or any company) announces something there is no "original target". Nintendo has not announced the successor yet, therefore there was never a set launch date, therefore there is no delay or push back. There's a reason why rumors are to be taken with a grain of salt.

I'm saying it releasing in late 2016 would've made it sell faster than it did if they were able to get the first year software and enough stock ready by then. The Switch releasing early March was done out of necessity, not cause they thought it would be a better time than November. 

They're not facts yeah but when there's this much smoke there is likely fire and they obviously had a launch period in mind, this sort of stuff is planned years in advance. 

Launching in late 2016 wouldn't have made it sell any faster, because for all of 2016, the Switch was sold out and nowhere to be found. You can't sell something faster if you don't have more of it to sell. All waiting until Holiday 2016 would have done for Nintendo is hurt its stock and annual revenue because the sales and profits from the Switch would have come on quarterly reports half a year later.

Ashadelo said:

Launching a system during the holiday or in March 2025 (my guess) makes zero difference. It will sell out and by the time Nintendo gets their demand somewhat stable it will be the Holidays.

Launching Holiday 2024 is stupid, will have zero impact on sales. Might as well give the switch one more big Holiday and just launch Nintendo's 8th gen in 2025.

This, but if it's anything like the original Switch (or PS5 or XSX), it won't be stable by the holidays, and the majority of folks wanting a Switch won't be able to get one at MSRP.

Granted, the Switch was coming of the Wii U and 3DS, Nintendo's worst-selling console and worst-selling handheld, while the Switch 2 will be the success to Nintendo's greatest-selling console, so it's safe to assume that it'll be a bit more prepared stock-wise this time around.