By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close

Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Who else is not ready to move on to next-gen Nintendo?

While I'm excited to see the next-gen Nintendo system and the launch games, I've still got yeaaars left to play on my Switch.

I own 16 games I haven't even started playing, and have probably about 10 other games I still want to beat or play a lot more. And probably at minimum a few more games I'd be willing to pick up on Switch.

I am so not ready for next gen!

I think the only way I buy the next system in 2025 is if the next 3D Mario looks so awesome I just can't help myself.

I got N64, Gamecube, and Wii all on launch day, and was able to get the almost impossible to find Switch four months after it came out. But kinda thinking I might try to wait until the first revision of the S2 comes out (assuming there is one similar to how the Switch got that battery upgrade revision a couple years in), as I kinda want to at least get close to finishing off my Switch library before I start playing next gen.

The Switch is just so amazing with such an incredible library of games, it's real hard to be ready for next gen to start even after owning the Switch for over 7 years now. Who else is in my boat?



Around the Network

Opposite. Nintendo makes amazing games but 900 (w/ no upscaling) at 30 fps can go **** itself. I'm more than ready for some 1st party 1440p 60 fps.

Given Nintendo's focus on style, I think 1440p at 60 fps is on the table.  It will be a significant jump.  

Last edited by Chrkeller - on 11 September 2024

I do not think I have the need to upgrade any gaming device. PS5 and switch covers it for a foreseeable future.

Only new types of experiences not possible on current hardware would make me interested in something new. And I do not mean higher graphics and such. More like touch screen controls that DS brought to games or something like VR. Not those specific things but something new like that.
Adding only more power will not get my money. I'm very fine with what is possible to do today. Still have decade worth of games to experience on current hardware and it does not feel like the PS5 have been pushed to its capabilities to its limit either.



The opposite by a long way. I was ready for Switch 2 two years ago. Games like ToTK and Metroid Prime 4 deserve better hardware.



I think I've moved on from Switch already tbh. This year I only used my PS5 except when I was playing older games on Switch like Stardew Valley and Fire Emblem

I have some games in my backlog like Pokemon Legends which I've touched for a couple of hours and got bored quickly, never coming back. Even Splatoon 3 bored me a bit

The graphics started annoying me a bit around 2022, and also most of games I like were already released with only Metroid Prime missing. The generation should have ended with TOTK. I'm more than ready for their next console



Around the Network

The timing is just right. You shouldn't forget that new games on next gen will be sparse at first, so you'll still have plenty of time to play your backlog anyway.



Legend11 correctly predicted that GTA IV will outsell Super Smash Bros. Brawl. I was wrong.

After playing more and more Switch games with performance hiccups — which, to be clear, is a product of both antiquated hardware and developer carelessness — I’m ready to move on. I still have a sizable Switch backlog, sure, but I’m eager to see the technological ceiling raised a bit, if only to give third-party studios more breathing room.



I haven't bought Switch and decided to wait for its successor in early 2022 (I guess the first rumours have appeared then). It may seem to be weird but I just decided to wait. I hope that I'll have S2 in the period of its first 12 months. Don't know how big shortages will be but there's a chance that they will last less than a year.



The opposite here. Just give me the next 3D Mario and SMM3 (and an improved MP4 port) already.



 

 

 

 

 

Seems like most of the people who can't wait for next gen to start are very focused on graphics and resolutions haha. Graphics don't make games boys. All systems have amazing graphics these days. Sure it'll be exciting to see Nintendo franchises in next gen graphics, but personally I think that's a silly reason to not like the Switch anymore. But hey, I know many gamers are very focused on graphics and decide whether they like a game or not simply based on framerate or resolution lol and that's the most important thing for them. (don't cry at me for calling you out haha)

While of course the world is ready for the next gen Nintendo as the market has been close to saturated since about a year ago, and it doesn't make any sense to do another round of Nintendo franchises on Switch, I'm more just talking about how many great games there are on Switch, as an individual it is hard to actually be done with the system cuz there's too many amazing games on it.