AngelMuffin
Member
Anyone buying a Switch this late in the game doesnāt care about the Switch 2.and kill switch end year sales?
Hmmm
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AngelMuffin
Member
Canāt change a troll-like āopinionā like this. So youāre saying youād rather play Concord on high end hardware vs Metroid Prime 4 in relatively low end hardware? Cool, have at it.It sound crazy to you because you refuse to see the bias! Just like how Apple fans still thinks USB C was great innovation.
Nintendo in a nutshell:
- Low end hardware
- Online infrastructure thats 10 years behind everyone
- Copy pasted games that cater "mainly" to kids (Great gameplay)
- overwhelming media bias
You cant change my opinion
KungFucius
King Snowflake
Seems weird to announce before holiday shopping. Think of the 7 year old kids and the people who buy them presents. Should I get them a Switch or wait for a Switch 2? What benefit do they gain from announcing this early?
Don't get me wrong, I want to know the details.
Don't get me wrong, I want to know the details.
Mownoc
Member
Well it would be par for the course for Nintendo console reveals. Their last 4 consoles (Switch, WiiU, 3DS, Wii) all had a holiday season between their announcement and release. I agree it seems a bit weird but they also can't just announce it super late if they want the announcement to be on their own terms. The closer the system gets to release the greater chance all the info just leaks out there anyway.
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SweetTooth
Gold Member
I didn't say a single word about software or games but somehow you assumed I did.
Yet you didn't debunk a single point I said because they are Facts.
Woopah
Member
They need to announce before mass production begins. Also third parties have to be able to announce their Switch 2 games at some point.
Warspite
Member
In all fairness I don think the Switch announcement was going to impact WiiU sale or the Wii announcement impacting gamecube sales, a lot of that had dried up already. Even at the end of its life the switch is still selling and even if it does start to struggle a price cut could help shift whats left of its current stock over the Christmas period.
But you are right in that Nintendo will do the announcement for the switch 2 when it wants to do it and it might not make sense.
HerjansEagleFeeder
Member
Hopefully they'll start supporting Netflix and Disney+ on their next platform. Maybe that's still too early for Nintendo, they take their time with technology that isn't quite proven, yet.
KungFucius
King Snowflake
They might if they heard about it. Think gift givers who know little about games hearing that the 300 gift they are considering for their nephew will be obsolete in a few months. It wont kill many sales but it will kill some.
Dr. Wilkinson
Member
It sound crazy to you because you refuse to see the bias! Just like how Apple fans still thinks USB C was great innovation.
Nintendo in a nutshell:
- Low end hardware
- Online infrastructure thats 10 years behind everyone
- Copy pasted games that cater "mainly" to kids (Great gameplay)
- overwhelming media bias
You cant change my opinion
Define ācopy-pastedā games, because otherwise youāre just posting nonsense and being deliberately inflammatory for no good reason.
Dr. Wilkinson
Member
The days of price drops on consoles is over. Has been this way for 5-7 years. I donāt know how or why people still canāt seem to understand this.
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saintjules
Gold Member
Edit: Take with salt as the source is Nintendo Prime
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DKPOWPOW
Member
I mean it makes sense, besides the March part. Why release Xenoblade X right before the launch?
Unless they gonna do backwards compatibility the right way, like M$.
Be surprising, but it's the right move. Upgrade hundreds of Switch games, instantly.
Draugoth
Gold Member
saintjules
Gold Member
Yeah I overshot before I posted, but shame on gameranx anyway lol.
asdasdasdbb
Member
Jan - March is too short of a window.
analog_future
Resident Crybaby
kevboard
Member
not really. if you take away the first 2min teaser, this is also how they did it with the Switch 1.
and this time there arguably isn't a need for an initial teaser, as the concept is already established, and the entire and sole purpose of the Switch's initial teaser was to establish the concept of a hybrid console
Guardian Monkey
Member
Not really. The main reveal going over the console was in Jan and the switch released in March for the first switch. We donāt need a teaser like before in 2016 was because something like that didnāt really exist, we know what this is going to be about. As this seems to be primarily just an upgraded console.
DonkeyPunchJr
Worldās Biggest Weeb
Every time someone predicts a Switch 2 reveal, it gets delayed some more. Stop it!
IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
Bit too early for me.
I'm still going for a Feb reveal with a release in April or May.
Launch games:
New 3D Mario
Mario Kart 9
Twilight Princess Remake
blacktout
Member
I buy the idea of a January reveal, but I think a May or June release is more likely than March. If Nintendo were releasing new hardware in March, they would release the Xenoblade X port (which has undoubtedly been done for a while and sitting around to be used as schedule filler) in February or hold it for later in the year as a handout to Switch owners who aren't ready to upgrade. Why bury it right next to a big hardware launch?
asdasdasdbb
Member
The speculation has been that the hardware has been ready for some time but the Nintendo launch titles are having problems getting completed.
deriks
4-Time GIF/Meme God
Tomatos tomatoes
Kagoshima_Luke
Gold Member
I'm always impressed with Nintendo's ability to keep things secret. How has the design, features, etc not been 100% leaked by now with it so close to launch?
asdasdasdbb
Member
Probably hasn't gone into production yet. Part of the reason why March seems dubious.
struggler_guts
Member
Maan I shoulda taken screenshots of every switch 2 reveal date thread, this has been going on for YEARS
Twinequinox
Neo Member
Doubt.
January is still within refund period of holiday sales.
January is still within refund period of holiday sales.
S0ULZB0URNE
Member
It will be shown before April.
amigastar
Member
You may be right. Damn i was hoping for a January reveal.
Apocryphon
Member
The GBA, 3DS, and Switch all released in March so it isnāt out of the realms of possibility, but June is more likely and it wonāt surprise me if it gets delayed to Nov 2025.
nial
Member
February.
Codes 208
Member
Jan - May seems more plausible
Mass production. I dont think they want a repeat of either the switch or the ps5 launches
ap_puff
Member
Ehhhhh idk, having 20-30m units in storage for a year+ is expensive
Loomy
Thinks Microaggressions are Real
Aligning a lot of things. Getting enough units manufactured for a launch that is not plagued by shortaged and scalpers, getting the launch titles ready, you need to have a marketing strategy that makes sense for the time of year, etc.
By the time you have all those figured out, if it's already late fall, you might as well wait until January or February.
It doesn't make sense a new console during the holiday season unless you plan on having it on sale for the same holiday season.
IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
True, but the Switch was first revealed in October 2016, which was five months before launch. The Switch was later fully unveiled with more details, including its games and technical specifications, during a live presentation in January 2017.
With that in mind, I think it's now too late for a March release, so I would agree with your June assessment.
cireza
Member
I am not talking about the reveal.
SweetTooth
Gold Member
Why this Dring stopped reporting sales? Is that because numbers stopped being preferable for Switch? Lol
Warspite
Member
Interesting, my guess was reveal trailer in January, full presentation March and released in May but refund period idea I think changes that.
Hrk69
Member
I got bookmarked comments lined up for the Switch 2 announcement thread
It's going to be glorious
asdasdasdbb
Member
Depends on the store? I always figured CES's date was intended to be the week after most stores extra return period ends.
I think there'll be people who will be mad but a January reveal could happen.
Radical_3d
Member
Anyone whoās buying the Switch 2 had their Switch 1 in 2017.