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Kerotan
Member
This is only depended on the chip manufacturing for the next console. It obviously was ready for mass production this year. Don't over think it.
00_Zer0
Member
If this is true better release the new DK game, and Metroid Prime 4 this year. DK for summer and Prime 4 for fall/Christmas. Then get a Zelda remake out there this year(Oracle games), and releases of Windwaker, Twighlight Princess, and Prime 2 and 3. Trying to fit all those games in this year is difficult and if they are all ready to go that is a good problem to have. This kind of action will propel Switch past the 150 million+ Nintendo needs for the Switch to be GOAT platform of all time.
It's amazing the amount of games Nintendo has at the ready at any given time since the Switch released. I bet they continue this trend into Switch 2's life. Regardless of platform allegiance Sony, Microsoft, and third party developers can't keep the pace.
Also, If the GPU/CPU soc is set in stone on the Switch 2, lets hope we will have at least 12-16 gigs of ram in this bad boy, especially if the original plan was only 8. Maybe they will have time to adjust it now if this delay rumor is true.
It's amazing the amount of games Nintendo has at the ready at any given time since the Switch released. I bet they continue this trend into Switch 2's life. Regardless of platform allegiance Sony, Microsoft, and third party developers can't keep the pace.
Also, If the GPU/CPU soc is set in stone on the Switch 2, lets hope we will have at least 12-16 gigs of ram in this bad boy, especially if the original plan was only 8. Maybe they will have time to adjust it now if this delay rumor is true.
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DeceptiveAlarm
Gold Member
I get moving the direct. But all this over the Microsoft podcast? Phil is bringing the heat.
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
Hopefully delayed so they could release it with an OLED screen.
German Hops
GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief
This pretty much guarantees the Switch outselling the PS2 in lifetime sales.
PlayStation Bros., we lost this battle.
PlayStation Bros., we lost this battle.
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Thick Thighs Save Lives
Gold Member
If true, the fuck are Nintendo's plans for next FY which starts on April 1st?
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yurinka
Member
Indies are having issues to find publishers or investors wanting to fund their games. The amount of indie studios keepp heavily increasing but the amount of games that a publisher can handle or that a platform holder can support per year is limited.
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LordOcidax
Member
When it was announced?? People believe more in rumors than official information these days…
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
To apologize profusely. PLEASE UNDERSTAND.
German Hops
GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief
Nintendo has been doing this since the Wii .
Thick Thighs Save Lives
Gold Member
Gudji
Member
Annoying, my son keeps bothering me to get him a Switch and i told him I promised Switch 2 in 2024
yurinka
Member
Sure, TLOU2 Remastered, Helldivers 2, Rise of the Ronin, Stellar Blade, Convallaria, Lost Soul Aside, Concord, Until Dawn remake/remasater plus pretty likely more games to be announced or confirmed as 2024 titles don't exist. PS HAZ NO GAMEZ!
Majima Everywhere System
Member
Fuck this, bad strategy. I’m sure it is due to losses at a price point they want or a hot new game being ready.
They don’t need a system seller year one. Their current frame and resolution is the seller. They should just have a cost gouging model this year with oled, and then reduce from there to hit mass market.
They don’t need a system seller year one. Their current frame and resolution is the seller. They should just have a cost gouging model this year with oled, and then reduce from there to hit mass market.
LordOcidax
Member
BTW… A random reddit/tweet as a source. lol. Some people never learn.
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FalsettoVibe
Member
Perfect...lol
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
Some rumors from last year were that they were considering using LCD because of lack of availability for OLED screens.
I’m choosing to believe that this delay is because Miyamoto-san saw the new screen next to the Switch OLED and a piece of his soul died, so he insisted on OLED for Switch 2.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
No way they're revealing it this March then or whatever people were saying. They're not gonna reveal it a year before it's released, it's gonna be a fall unveiling with a spring release, just like the Switch (which will then be eight years old).
efyu_lemonardo
May I have a cookie?
Calling it now: the Switch 2 box will be able to unfold into a Labo kit that is included with the hardware. Everyone will get to dress up as a robot.
Hudo
Member
You could just buy 2 Switches for him and gaslight him that you actually meant 2 Switches.Annoying, my son keeps bothering me to get him a Switch and i told him I promised Switch 2 in 2024
YOU PC BRO?!
Member
Annoying, been looking to pick up a switch since the end of last year. There’s no point with a new device on the Horizon.
Buggy Loop
Member
... Metroid prime 2 remastered, maybe?
They must be sitting on a few obvious quick ports for these downtimes, but it's gonna be a bad year most likely.
Miyazaki’s Slave
Gold Member
Publishers will be more willing to spend on an indie title especially if they haven’t paid development costs and only need to market/publish.
While my next point is probably controversial/bleak, it’s also true: all the folks who have lost positions over the last 6 months (and will loose their positions this year) can take their severance packages and make the games they want to make on their own. Then they can go fishing: find a marketing team or publisher to launch on Steam and other “indie friendly” platforms.
Deerock71
Member
This. Someone needs to point out the official Nintendo announcement of the launch of Switch 2.
00_Zer0
Member
kingwingin
Member
Luigi Mario
Member
If anything, it could be something like this:
Just a conformation that your next gen hardware is coming in early 2025.
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NuclearDiarrhea
Member
Microsoft's upcoming X-boy Handheld Device got Nintendo shitting themselves.
AngelMuffin
Member
I’m fine with it as long as MP4 ships this Fall.
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
That’s ridiculous, of course it can be delayed even if there was never a release date officially announced. You do realize that companies target a release date internally long before they announce it to the public, right?
Sojiro
Member
Doesn't sound like my Miyamoto at all. He would see the LCD model and ask "What is this shit?", throw it in the trash, and demand people be fired before going back to his gold lined pool for the week. I don't expect to see OLED on the launch Switch 2, but god damn do I want it.
Another year on the market, and a good permanent price drop and I really think the Switch makes it there.
I think I am past the point of even caring what the "insider leak" rumor mill of the week is saying. Still think we're getting that Nintendo direct this week?
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LordOcidax
Member
Some people here are canceling their Switch 2 imaginary pre orders because a random tweet… lol
Bernardougf
Gold Member
Shit.. xbox going third party, sony going pc day 1 and 17 months without jack shit from big franchises and nintendo in hardware development hell...
We can all meltdown together brothers!!
We can all meltdown together brothers!!
dragonyeuw
Member
Nintendo operates in their own bubble for the most part, but yeah I was thinking the same thing. Maybe they're surveying the greater 2024 gaming landscape and figure they can maybe eek out another year.
00_Zer0
Member
$449.99 US.
Nate also said he heard sources from GDC telling him March something something.
I dunno, Nintendo slate rn only has 3 games announced and they are not system sellers.
Bernardougf
Gold Member
Im in the same boat but with the ps5pro!Annoying, my son keeps bothering me to get him a Switch and i told him I promised Switch 2 in 2024
My son is waiting for his ps5 but I said only after the ps5 pro launch so he can have my ps5
IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
And make it more powerful. As well as a OLED, it needs to match the Steam Deck in power to compete with the handhelds Microsoft and Sony will be dropping.
Wooxsvan
Member
holy crap I know. iv been talking to my 3 kids about it coming this year too.Annoying, my son keeps bothering me to get him a Switch and i told him I promised Switch 2 in 2024
ManaByte
Member
Nope. $299 Switch 2 launch. Possible $349 deluxe model with more storage. LCD screen.
Switch Lite discontinued, Switch 1 base model drops to $199.
Switch 2 OLED version in year 3-4 when Nintendo can ship it for $349 without taking a loss. That's their way.
efyu_lemonardo
May I have a cookie?
This is not about eeking out another year. Nintendo's top priority is a massively successful Switch 2. They've never been able to achieve the 1-2 punch of the PS1 and PS2 that is still carrying Sony to this day. Any delay will be in order to improve the chances of another runaway success for their next platform and successfully transition their huge audience to it. It's not about winning some arbitrary console war metric.
