| Torpoleon said: @Wman1996 It is a tight window, but not too much different from Switch 1. We got a trailer in October followed by a blowout in January and release in March. Under this scenario, it would just be taking out the October trailer. Kind of makes sense because everyone already knows what the Switch is and it seems like the successor is for the most a part a more powerful Switch. That being said, I don't really see a March release as being too likely. I'd still prefer a June release. Just seems weird to have XCX release that month and new system. At least with the 3DS & Switch, they kind of portrayed both as separate entities at first. Either an announcement by the investors briefing or announcing the announcement at the investors briefing (with the trailer a week or two before the Pokemon Direct) then a blowout in April and release in June. |
I don't believe it will be in march, cause the fiscal year for the company does not end until 31st of march (day included).
So, it is more logic to launch the machine starting the new (fiscal) year, squeezing the Switch numbers until the very end, with no internal competition to affect its numbers this year. Next year Switch will get much smaller numbers, because Switch2.
April could very possible be the launching month. But who knows.
And yes, I KNOW Switch was launched in March. Probably because Nintendo needed that machine as soon as possible, after the disastrous WiiU years, including 2 years of net losses for the very first time in (at least modern) Nintendo's centennial history. Launching a new machine in the last month maybe even helped Nintendo to boost its profit that 2017 fiscal year. WiiU was presented in mid-2011 (in the E3) one year and a half BEFORE it's final launch, and during aaaaall that time the machine raised many questions and doubts, so... 2012 results (ending in March 2012) can also be added.
