@shgamer What you're saying is like if I complained about Hasbro ruining Magic cards, and you said, "Yeah. But they also make Barbie, so they must be doing something right." If you think they're run like Nintendo in any way, you have greatly misunderstood a lot of video game news over the past year.

That moment when you print money from one of the most widely used OS series in history and still turn into another Embracer on the gaming side.🙄

I would go bullish for the last half of the year.
Metroid Prime 4
Ocarina of Time remake (I think this is my new MP4 request lol)
Windwaker / Twilight Princess
Fire Emblem
F-Zero GX
Heck, get as much ip out there as possible. Looking at you, DK and Star Fox.

Price drop the Switch for Christmas (yen permitting)

Done.

@UltimateOtaku91 @_Figo_ The original MVDK is on 3DS through the Ambassador program, but yeah not a lot of people have access to those games.

It should, and more. It really should make a push for Switch to become the highest selling console of all time imo. A decent price cut and I think it could do it.

Like others I think they will announce the Nintendo Cosmo late Q3 or Q4, release Q1 early Q2. Launch titles will be MK9 & DK Paradise. BOTW will get an update, not sure if a new SKU or downloadable update

I would like to play The Evil Within on Nintendo Switch natively... Why they have closed Tango Gameworks?...

I just hope the rumors are true that it's backwards compatible, I'm running out of HDMI ports haha

Microsoft made Arkane release that garbage title, Redfall, and now they're gutting them. And now they're taking out their only Japanese developer, Tango Gameworks. Disgusting industry

It's probably gonna be mostly ports and remasters. Metroid Prime 2 and 3, Zelda WW and TP, Mario Galaxy 2 could all be likely. Maybe Xenoblades X.

My dream would be the Zelda Oracle games in the style of Link's Awakening HD.

Very unfortunate. :'(

@timtucker Even still, newer games and even a few Nintendo first party games are starting to show the Switch's age.

Don't know what Nintendo's plans are, but I'd like to see more of Decapolice and Professor Layton.

@Ade117 It surely would be nice to see the Switch on top
Since they won't immediately stop selling Switches as soon as the next consoles releases I think they'll managed to do it

Regardless of whether or not this comes to switch this is tragic.
Hopefully the Team can coalesce independently or under a separate publisher so they can continue making exceptional games.

It seems like Microsoft has spent the last two generations building it's portfolio of 1st party studios and IP. If it's now going to start culling acclaimed studios what was even the point.
We are probably going to see the same outcome with Ninja Theory after Senua's Sage sells modestly to high acclaim.

I was actually strongly considering picking up a series S yesterday but this has put me right off.

I assume Sonic Superstars had a big sale or something, since it’s that high.

@Yomerodes Well yes but considering the gap is only about 4 million sales between Wonder and U Deluxe, Wonder should easily be able to take it down with it still selling consistently well.

Announce it THIS YEAR and release it in March 2025

How is endless ocean luminous doing this well it was not very well advertised 💀
also why is cyberpunk at the top? strange

@JohnnyMind Look at page 10, it says: "Sales Status of Nintendo Switch (Sell-In)". Sell-in means sold to retailers, which is the same as shipment. There you have some numbers like TotK's 20.61 million, which is also visible on page 18 that you were reffering to. "Sales" is usually synonymous with shipment. They always report shipments in this way.

Below this on page 12 you have sell-through, which means sold to the customer. There you can see 19.5 million fot TotK and 2.6 million for Super Mario RPG.

Both are sales, the latter matters a bit less to Nintendo themselves though as they already sold the shipped copies themselves.

I think we are getting the reveal march and release in September. 10 year anniversary of the Switch announcement? Best selling console of all time? The Switch 2 announcement will start with a celebration of Switch (much like they did with all their consoles in the original presentation.) It could be glorious!
Honestly, you can't buy a tagline like '...the next generation of the best selling console of all time.' And I defy anyone to come up with something better. And to be honest, Nintendo would have the highest profile they have ever had (and I dare say Sony realise this hence Jim Ryan's off the cuff horsemanure a generation too late lmao!)

Their profit was a record breaking year last year despite hardware sales falling. So it's easy to see the impact of software sales. And this holiday, they can sell a lot! And I reckon they have a good number of swan songs to lead the Switch out.

Hi-Fi Rush is one of the best games to come from one of Microsoft's studios in years, so it's a shame to see Tango Gameworks meet such a sudden end.

@mariomaster96 Absolutely, profits are the most important, but when the all time hardware sales throne is right there, you might as well go for it too.

@Poodlestargenerica They own the studio which made the game, which means they financed it. They also own the Alone in the Dark IP, so sure, they are behind it. They paid the bills so they sure had their say.

I think they will reveal the console in November and release in March 2025. That way they can give the Switch one last Holiday and push sales with a big game (Metroid) and an heavy discount to all models.

Amazing and with no price drop since launch.

Microsoft is killing all creativity and originality.

Looks like they're just investing in numbered sequels to add to the already oversaturated Halo, Gears and Forza franchises.

These are just the best-selling first party games, right? Otherwise, I assume Minecraft would be on the list.

Yes definitely. They’ll do what they did with the switch: announce it in the fall, release it in the spring.

@Ade117 I think Nintendo cares more about maximazing their profits than surpassing the PS2s sales

So whatever their plans are I doubt that the PS2s sales numbers affects their decisions

@shgamer Embracer is a hedge fund, not a video game developer. They aren't "behind" any game.

@Indielink No U. I'll preach it again; Embracer was facing complete bankruptcy and ONLY lost 1500 employees over 2 years. Microsoft just chucked double that (even more once you count in the sub-contractors that just got banned in this but aren't full time employees) in a press email to "refocus" and jump their stock price 2 points.

Mikami is close to retiring now and who knows where his new team will end up if anywhere (that's probably about to get A LOT of applicants) but if any company has a chance at seeing the real value of his team it's Embracer... Or one of the two companies that will be left after next year. Or Atari. Atari's kinda taken up THQNordic's position since they doubled back.

Imo it can't come soon enough because the Switch literally can't run games. If I were to quote the headlines of the last dozen Nintendo Life reviews, probably all of them would reference the poor performance.

Such a shame, been picking up hermit crabs from rock pools in Ibiza and constantly thinking how I might get this game.
Love hermit crabs 🥰
Might still pick it up because it looks awesome

100% it's not coming out until next year. And 99% it's not announced until next year either. There's no reason to cannibalize sales from the Switch on it's last holiday.

@Ade117 Remember , ps2 sits at 160 mln units !

@MrGawain EA has copied Microsoft actually.

That is hilarious! Microsoft was always going to close these great studios because they don't care about the gaming industry. They aren't gamers, they are just awful people.

This is the reality of gaming acquisitions. EA have made a reputation for themselves as a self styled Galactus ‘eater of worlds’ and it now seems Microsoft are copying the model.

My prediction is that we won't get Switch 2's reveal until January 2025 with an early May release date

I completed it on Xbox and loved it a lot. Such a good game. Lot of fun dialogs, creative combat and nice world building. Can recommend it.

This looks like it could have been an N64 game, why does it perform soo badly???

I don't think they will "Wring" it. LOL

It be criminal if we didn't get HFR on a Nintendo console

They'll show it this year. Probably September - November. With an early to mid 2025 release date. It's possible they could follow the Switch playbook and wait for January to have a massive blowout.

After all the rumors and speculation, it'll be interesting to see what this thing is actually capable of.

Interesting talking point.

I don't see why Nintendo would announce Switch 2 before Xmas if it doesn't release it in time for Xmas (somewhere in November). If you've got good quantities, you want to start selling them at the time where many people will want it and be able to pay for it. And when you announce Switch 2 before Xmas for a release in March, then for sure you will be selling less Switch 1 during the most busy season of the year.

So long story short, I imagine the reveal will be next year for a release in September.
Looking forward to the games being announced for Switch 1 in June! To help and keep the holidays interesting.

CALLED IT. Knew Microsoft would get rid of the one good part of Zenimax eventually. Microsoft's refusal to play by Japanese rules will ALWAYS keep them from being successful in Japan. It's why Phil always compensates with Japanese third parties so much; cause he knows it's their biggest incompetency.

Now the devs know much more of the console limitations and better optimize their games , keep producing them for current gen . They and we don`t need new hardware just some fantastic games IMHO