| Ninten78 said: Just curious about when people think Nintendo will reveal the successor to the Switch? I don't think they want to hurt holiday sales so I'm thinking reveal in January or February. |
They have never worried about hurting holiday sales before. Of course, with the Wii U to Switch transition, there was no issues, because there were no sales. But, both the 3DS and Wii U were announced before the 2010 and 2011 holiday seasons, respectively.
There are reasons why they would want to announce it before the holiday. First off, they have to start mass producing this thing in time for launch. And, once it is being mass produced, it is virtually impossible for them to prevent a leak. First impressions are important, and a leak in this case could be pretty damaging.
Also, you don't want to piss off your customers. Someone who buys a Switch this holiday would feel, justifiably, annoyed if a new console was announced in the next few months. These people likely won't be buying a Nintendo system for a while after that.
Lastly, you need time to build hype. If we assume Nintendo will be launching in the first half of the year, that doesn't give much time to build up anticipation. Maybe that's not as important as it was in the past with how much faster information travels, but I still think they want at least six months to build it up.
With that in mind, I think it will be revealed before the holiday. I would not be shocked if it's sometime within the next month or month and a half.
