Nintendo to announce Switch's successor this FY, Switch 1 Direct coming in June

[Mar1217]

CaptainExplosion said:

Mar1217 said:

That's just in the English Treehouse localization, the real term employed in the script is "Logos". Which you know approx. what this reference to from the Xeno lore. 

+ The "Legacy" codename is completely different than what the devs were using for past codenames in the series which remained under a certain consistent logic. 

Anyway, it could for Xenoblade sure, but it could also be for something new.

CaptainExplosion said:

Apparently Nintendo just hired a shitload of new staff to get ready for the Switch's successor.

Wasn't that already known from the last QA ? 

They hired like 600 peeps in the last year or so if I remember. Probably thinking of more since they're having a new building set by 2028.

Either way, it's nice to see Nintendo doing the opposite of other developers these days. It'd be ironic if some of the new hires were previously laid off from PlayStation or Xbox.

Yes, against the whole black veil of the current western VG industry, this is pretty much where Japan and it's employment-welfare laws have a massive edge over what's currently in vogue here. Not only that but Nintendo is also historically led by people who understands the company philosophy when it comes to the importance of the software and creatives against the wish-fullfilment of shareholders for the infinite growth, thus destroying the art in the process progressively.

Also, why would they basically do as others while they're experiencing unprecedented revenue would be weird. Especially now they've talked about the challenges of the next generation and the need to grow the company to a certain degree for the growing needs.

Anyway, would be fun to see if in a few years, we'll see some of those new hires under new IP projects and such for the company.