| Chrkeller said: 2025. It would have been announced by now if it were 2024. |
Yeah. I know Nintendo is in new territory with their only platform for years being a hybrid and what could come next but all of their platforms (I've pulled up Wikipedia pages to verify the ones I was unsure of) were announced (not necessarily named or unveiled) 10 or more months in advance. 3DS was announced in March 2010 (right before the end of the fiscal year) and released in Japan in January 2011 with other regions in later months.
Unless Nintendo is launching Switch 2 in December and about to announce or they'll announce next month with 8-9 months before launch, it's not happening.
Even a March 2025 release would still make sense for Nintendo to announce the system next month, even if the unveiling is set for June (E3 is finally dead, but it's a great month regardless).
Nintendo only announced Switch two years in advance (as Codename NX without specifying what hardware it was) because of the failure of Wii U and reassuring investors that their new mobile software would not mean the end of their hardware.
With no price cuts and Switch sales strong, not announcing prior to 2024 was critical. Because there are plenty of people who don't want to pay $300-$350 for an outgoing system but will drop $400-450 for the new one.
Lifetime Sales Predictions
Switch: 161 million (was 73 million, then 96 million, then 113 million, then 125 million, then 144 million, then 151 million, then 156 million)
PS5: 115 million (was 105 million) Xbox Series S/X: 48 million (was 60 million, then 67 million, then 57 million)
PS4: 120 mil (was 100 then 130 million, then 122 million) Xbox One: 51 mil (was 50 then 55 mil)
3DS: 75.5 mil (was 73, then 77 million)
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