Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

@Grumblevolcano When you say new hardware, do you mean a limited edition Zelda OLED (yummy!) or something that is an actual upgrade?

@GrailUK Something like a more powerful Switch. I'd guess the idea is that shareholders panic when there's unexplained projection drops so if there is a more powerful Switch in May alongside TotK, Nintendo's hardware projections will drop to take account of people waiting for it. Announcing the more powerful Switch before the earnings report would mean projection drops have a clear reason.

@Grumblevolcano I better start saving up. A more powerful Switch could be expensive; the original one hasn't even come down in price yet lol.

@Grumblevolcano New Switch Hardware isn't happening until 2024 at he earliest. At least, I hope. I don't want to have to buy a new console when I just got a faulty steamdeck for Christmas, and then an OLED for my birthday during the summer, just so I can play TotK like it's advertised.

@Grumblevolcano new hardware like a themed Switch OLED to release along side Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom or the Switch sucessor?@VoidofLight are you sure about that? never say never to next gen hardware releasing next year.

@VoidofLight There’s always going to be a lot of people that buy a console months before next generation is announced, it’s just the way industry works. Nintendo will release it as and when they feel it best to do so. But you won’t need to worry about getting it, if it does release next year, just to play TotK the way it’s advertised because up until now, everything shown is advertised for the current Switch hardware so we know it’ll play well on it.

I might be in the minority here, but I feel like 2024 is the next date for new hardware. I feel like if something was going to happen in 2023, the OLED wouldn't exist, since it seems like it was created as a result of having the many of the components but not the chipset of a Switch Pro.

@ElRoberico I don't expect anything until Nintendo announces it. Anyone else is simply wanting me to read / hear what they say regardless of what they actually know.

You will get a Switch OLED model Tears of the Kingdom Limited Edition on May 12 2023, and that will be it.

Anyways, happy holidays!

I'm going to be even more controversial. I hope it's just a pair of joycons for Tears of the Kingdom, just like they did for Skyward Sword HD.

@ElRoberico I’ve always felt 2024 made the most sense for Nintendo to release new hardware. Nintendo are gonna release when Nintendo feels it’s right to release it. Only real reason 2023 is being talked about, at least as far as I’m aware, is because of TotK releasing this year.

I'm like a broken record, I swear. Every platform holder who has lead the market typically shows sublime ignorance in regards to how they handle the follow up to their most popular product. Nintendo might say that they won't repeat the mistake they made with the Wii, by waiting too long to offer a Wii HD (Wii U). But history points towards Nintendo most likely fumbling the Switch's momentum.

Switch 2, announced in 2025 for release in 2026.

@Magician
Aa long as the next Switch isn't called the "Switch U", then it is already being handled way better than the Wii U.

I also find it very difficult to believe Nintendo will wait until 2025/2026 before releasing the next Switch. The current Switch is one of the most successful game platforms of all time but it isn't going to last another 3+ years.

Well take it or leave it, but Digital Foundry are apparently saying there’s no longer a planned Pro console from Nintendo.

https://nintendoeverything.com/rumor-digital-foundry-claims-m...

@FragRed
Makes sense. We are under 3 months away from the Switch's 6th anniversary - any upgraded Switch hardware released at this point will be a successor.

@westman98 Don’t worry I’m fully expecting the Pro rumours to begin any minute now

So a rumour saying that all the previous rumours aren't happening now. Hilarious.

@GrailUK Look out for tomorrow’s rumours

@FragRed Aw mate, I can feel my iq lowering already. I think Nintendo are going to be printing money next year without a Switch Pro lol.

@GrailUK The Switch Pro is actually just a card reader. You insert your credit/debit card into it and at Nintendo’s HQ, there’s a machine that prints money 24/7.