Nikkei Report Says No New Nintendo Hardware Is Coming This Fiscal Year

Although there is a year on year drop off...the Switch is still selling well and there are still supply issues. I understand why there will not be a more powerful Switch releasing anytime soon. But I just want to say that it's disappointing non the less! I can only imagine a gorgeous looking and huge BotW2 being hampered by really old hardware. 30fps@1080p on a 65" OLED TV 😖

I only play in docked mode. A Switch with a VRR 1440p capable SOC wouldn't be too much too ask IMO.

I am pretty happy with my switch and I do not mind it, if Switch 2 releases in two or three years. Should they release a Switch pro, I might be waiting in the next generation for the Switch 2 pro before I purchase.

❗️I already have the Switch: Pro so not looking for any new Consoles...

I can care less about Switch pro or whatever and just a regular direct announced. Considering that they skipped the main E3 likely the next (and last of the year) one will be in Sept or Oct

I will never understand why people are in such a hurry for the next game system upgrade. It's like six months after a new console comes out everyone is already foaming at the mouth for what comes after. Take a chill pill and just enjoy what you have! You'll get the next system when it's damn good and ready!

Oh and switch pro my ass! Never existed. Somebody just dreamed that up while they were thinking about the PS4 pro. Like Nintendo has to do what Sony did or they aren't cool enough.

Can't wait for the PS6 pro!

But Emily Rogers said that it is coming 😆

Now let’s see if all the so-called “insiders” shut up about it already…

Spoiler: Won’t happen, now they’ll say the Switch Pro launches sometime between April 2023 and March 2024 until they eventually get it right…

NintenDoomed fandom again strikes...It's coming whether the NintenDoomed fandom says otherwise. Supplies are supplies that doesn't say squat about what coming next. But then again Alice in wonderlands strikes at their core value of which is non-existence right now. The Nvidia leaks guarantees there is already the next console in the work already-but people drink up the koolaid of misreads. People fail to notice that is the real news not some report news that can be interpreted any way one reads it.

People must be excited to spend more money on the next ultra 6K Omega HD system with a 6000 gig hard drive! Yeah let's get futuristic dudes! You ain't cool unless your game system is on the bleeding edge of awesome!

Hopefully eventually they'll name it

Switch UP

Unfortunately, that won't stop people from making more rumors about how the next Nintendo system is supposedly releasing in 2023 or whatever bizarre rumor these people come up with.

Tbh, at least people aren't foaming at the mouth as much as last year when the OLED was revealed. Those were annoying times.

"So BotW2 on Switch Pro next April, message got" - fandom

New hardware is perpetually in development, so manufacturers could receive orders at any time. So it’s no hardware until there is

a new switch is coming progress must go forward..sometime in late 2023 when i expect it will come out..

@SwitchForce Ofcourse Nintendo is already working on the next console. That work starts the MILLISECOND the original console ships to the stores. And ofcourse these new consoles use new chips.

But does this mean that a "Switch Pro" is coming?
No.

There have been "Switch Pro" rumors since BEFORE the Switch actually launched march 2017. How many of those rumors where true?
0.
Sure there have been multiple revisions, but none with increased power.

When do I think we'll see the next gen Nintendo console?
Late 2024 or early 2025 if the chip shortages improve over the next year.

This obviously means the Switch Pro will launch on April 1st 2023, infamously known for being the day after March 31st 2023.

Switch Lite OLED alongside Pokemon.

It makes no sense for Nintendo to continue with two different screen types when it's clear that the next Hardware will utilise the OLED.

A Switch with revised hardware is coming and a next gen Switch is also coming.

Just some people seem to get more attention when they say it.

Already got the follow up, Steam Deck is everything I could want from a portable machine. I've literally put thousands of hours into my Switch over the years, haven't played it once since I got my Steam Deck back in April. No hurry Nintendo as far as I"m concerned now.

I'm fine with my Switch OLED, ACNH Switch, & Switch Lite systems for the next couple of years at least. I've even been playing docked mode more on both my 48" & 77" LG C1 OLED's and games look great! If I want better visuals with 4K, 120fps, VRR, HDR, ect then I'll play my Series X or PS5. The games are what keeps my attention, and Switch has them in spades. That's why I play my Switch more than my PS5 & Series X combined.

Wasn’t expecting any

@eltomo,

I don't think it is, the Pro rumor started even before the initial Switch console was released, even then people refused to believe Nintendo were sticking to their content over raw power stance, which was the way they had been doing things since the DS and Wii. So loads of leaks were floating around suggesting Xbox One/ Ps4 performance, when in reality this could just never be true. Unless of course you wanted a hybrid console with a 20 minute battery life, and the ability to heat up your home.

So from then on the Pro rumor has just refused to die, no matter how many times it's debunked, no matter how many times Nintendo said it's not happening, and no matter how many times Nintendo did something.... that again pointed out that those rumors were total rubbish, " OLED Switch reveal and launch" for example.

Of course people who believe and feed of these rumors are very determined, so each and every time these things happen, like the OLED launch, people have to try to convince themselves that the Switch Pro is still on track, and this time the reason was that Nintendo could not get their hands on enough pro chips etc, but already had a large stock of OLED screens, so needed a use for them... you see with the right mindset these kinds of things pretty much write themselves, and of course there are a never ending amount of YouTubers with pretty low followings, desperate for subscribers and clicks, ready to fill in the blanks, and fuel the never ending Pro fire.

I think another factor was the original leaks did mention a smaller more portable Switch console, that would not connect to a T.V, now to be fair this was not so much as a leak as a total given Nintendo were going to to this at some point, as they always tend to run with different variations of their handheld hardware, so why would the Switch hybrid be any different. I was never a case of if Nintendo released the Switch Lite, more of when.

That’s it. I’m off to buy shares in the Switch Pro rumour mill.

My oled switch feels brand new to me. It’s gorgeous I tell myself what more could I possibly want.

Nintendo can hardly supply enough regular Switches to meet demand, and people still expect them to somehow design, manufacture, and ship a sizeable supply of a new version?

It doesn't even make sense from a business standpoint if they actually could do that, the original still sells like hotcakes, why divide the market? Because it's obvious that new hardware would lead to "Only runs (properly) on New Switch"...

The longer the wait until the next hardware release, the better that hardware is likely to be. I’d take a beefier console with backwards compatibility any day over a mid-generation upgrade that is still going to be superseded by the eventual new console.

Of course, the alternative is iPhone-style updates, where the hardware gradually improves until your 2017 Switch can’t run Xenoblade 5, it chugs on your 2023 Switch and runs like butter on your 2026 Switch. Not a fan of that, either.

At some point there’ll be a bridge title to the next console, right? Doesn’t seem likely that it will be BotW2 now. Maybe Metroid Prime 4. But surely the next Mario 3D title will be a launch game. Five years since Odyssey, and not a peep of a follow-up.

New Nintendo hardware coming April 2023

No, switch pro is definitely coming this year. I know it is because switch force, Nintendo prime, and some guy on a Chinese forums said it would be releasing. And you can’t forget all the “ insiders” who have 90% of their information proven to be false.

I still think it's a huge risk not to launch it with BOTW2....I guess we'll see.

@blindsquarel,

I think you are being kind saying 90% of their info is false, would say it's far higher then that.

We all know it's coming out next year, it's 100% obvious.

The Switch Pro came out last year, people don't seem to wanna accept that. I expect new hardware announcement in the next year, I don't expect the word "Switch" to be anywhere near it

It was obvious, if anything it will be released alongside BoTW2 in Spring 2023 which is not this fiscal year.

What's surprising is that some people genuinely thought Nintendo were looking to damage the sales of their super popular system by announcing a successor.
In the middle of a prolonged semiconductor shortage.
And with a new mainline Pokémon coming out soon.

So BotW 2 is probably later in Spring 2023 than March then which means it may not even appear in a September general Direct if there even is one.

for the switch pro it should use tegra xavier BOTW2 will be ok with the switch it could use fsr
BOTW2
handline 540p or 360p
docked 720p to 540p
switch pro should be release in late 2023

So April 2023 it will be...

I imagine BOTW2 Will launch on a new more powerful Switch console and be a bridge game between the generations like BOTW was with WiiU and Switch.

People still in denial over the longer than usual lifecycle.

There is still a lot of untapped potential in detachable controllers. Nintendo is bound to release joycon with some special functionality, like a wii-remote light gun (if it doesn't exist already), or perhaps, heaven forbid, a D-Pad. There is also the functionality of a 2nd switch so they can be played Wii-U style. All we have seen so far is different coloured joycon and an oled screen. I would like to see Nintendo explore the potential possibilities of the Switch before moving on so fast.

I don’t think there’s going to be a switch pro anymore, probably was one in development but whatever Nintendo learned from it is likely being applied to switch 2 or super switch. Think they would be blind to the outcry if they were the only company to not do back compatibility in their next gen machine

Well duh, anyone with the slightest bit of sense can take a look at the state of things in the world and tell you there wasn't going to be a switch 2 or "pro" this year, and almost certainly not next either.

If China moves on Taiwan, might be a few more years since they make 60% of semiconductors in the entire world.

Has been cracking me up at the oblivious ones spouting "we need Switch 2!!" in the comments when it's just not feasible with the way the world is going (to hell, in a hand basket).

Gotta wait a bit longer to be able to play games on the switch with stable frame rates 🤞

@NeonPizza

I was always late to the party with practically every game console i owned. My parents weren't about to stand in line to spend 100 dollars or more on a new video whatsit machine for me. My first system i owned at launch was GameCube and i bought it all with my own money. Well mostly, my dad did give me 100 dollars to cover the rest i owed from the pre order i made. It was pretty surprising cause i never dreamed in a million years he'd just hand me that much money for nothing. Best gift ever!

I have just never cared much to own a new game system on day one. Usually the games available aren't that good. Now GameCube that had some pretty cool stuff. I stayed up all night playing rogue one and Luigis mansion!

I'm sure Nintendo is cooking something up by now to succeed the switch but odds are it won't be actually called Switch pro or switch 2 or even super switch. Those just aren't Nintendo ish names. Knowing them it'll be completely unexpected and no doubt awesome!

People believing Nikkei now, didn’t they report last year that a pro model was coming and everyone was up in arms saying it was nonsense and that Nikkei was talking bull.

Truth is we know Nintendo has been stockpiling raw materials, doubling from 2019. Either that stock pile is for the current switch, including Oled, or something new.

wait but NL YT has said for past 3 years switch pro coming soooooooooooooooon. look at clues you still cant go into shop to buy a ps5 series x. Nintendo struggling get parts for the current line up car makers struggling get chips. lets release a new console mmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Im guessing nintendo ignoring the tiny monority shouting loudest for a more powerfull handheld while rest of us just enjoy the great games coming out.

Not a huge surprise. I do think we'll either be getting a new model or a successor within the next year or two, but I was thinking Spring 2023 as the earliest it could be. The current model is definitely showing its age, though. Xenoblade 3, while an all around fantastic game, could really use some extra processing power to smooth out a couple rough edges on the technical side.

I'm hesitant on buying a new Nintendo console anyway. Love the Switch but I hate the awful online offerings.

" no Nintendo-related hardware reveals"

The tweets never said anything about reveals, just no new hardware. New hardware next spring alongside BotW2 would be announced this fiscal year. Even if the new hardware wasn't out until holiday 2023 it could still be revealed in a February Direct.

@MysticX "It doesn't even make sense from a business standpoint if they actually could do that, the original still sells like hotcakes, why divide the market? Because it's obvious that new hardware would lead to "Only runs (properly) on New Switch"..."

Are you talking about the Switch 2 or Splatoon 3, b/c that reads like the argument everyone has been making against Splatoon 3 yet it's still releasing next month.

So if Nintendo can release a new Splatoon why not new hardware?🤷

@FishyS unfortunately there was a large amount of people on this site smoking the hopium that there would be something this year or next year. I’m so glad it’s now confirmed and I don’t have to argue about it anymore lol

I purchased an XseriesS earlier in the year, while the console is great and has some power behind the graphics. It has nothing on all the monthly top tier switch exclusives. I used to think the switch needed a revision to keep with the times, but it really doesn’t.

I'm ready for Switch 2. It's time. The hardware is ancient and missing out on a lot.

@Truegamer79 - There is nothing wrong with wanting an almost 6 year old system that is beginning to show its age, to have an upgrade. I love the Switch, it’s probably my favorite Nintendo system, but in comparison to the current gen consoles it’s needing an upgrade.

Just waiting on the BOTW2 OLED.

So now one of them is saying we are not getting another console. Is this just covering the bases to predict all outcomes!

@Truegamer79 probably because when the switch released it was already outdated specs wise

@Would_you_kindly
Yes i realize that. Nintendo has been behind everyone else since the Wii. Still i never felt like graphics or power was the most important feature of a new game system. Obviously the majority thinks otherwise. Of course the tech heads, computer geeks and analysts think they have it all figured out.

@Truegamer79 it means less games for the system because developers either can't or don't want to put the effort into scaling games back for the switch of course it will still get Nintendo's first party games & games they've funded like bayonetta 3 , indies & what not but it misses out on alot of big games like elden ring etc

To be honest, i dont feel any need for a new release right now. Switch oled is good for atleast a couple of years in my opinion. So many good games on this machine, and more is coming. Graphics and World size is good enough. My backlog is huuuge also.

Meanwhile I AM looking for that Splatoon Switch OLED model but nowhere in North America (Canada or the US) has it gone up for preorder. And we're just a few short weeks away from its release. I really can't understand why Nintendo prioritizes Europe for everything nowadays. I get that they're a large market but by a numbers game, North America IS the largest market for them outside Japan and yet we are constantly shafted. I don't think any one region should be prioritized over the other. North America should get the steelbook love & the pre-order love that Europe is showered with.

@BlueGBAMicro what do you mean

(I could just be an idiot)

Really don't care about the switch pro at the moment, I'm fine with my current switch. But Twitter will still get switch pro trending every other week because someone's uncle's cousin penpal's former roommate said so.

Supply issues, flare ups with China/Russia, and a stagnant/people worried about the economy. It is not a good year to release a Switch Pro or Switch 2.

Switch Pro people will still continue to say it’s coming every year like every year before it,

@Vriess Relax. It'll come in Spring 2024. They're just riding out the supply shortage.

@rjejr It’s about a new Switch, hence the mention of new hardware. (Splatoon 2 is long enough ago that sales cannibalizing isn’t really an issue anymore)

Also, a new version of the console is just an ever-so-slightly bigger undertaking than publishing a sequel to a game, especially with the current issues getting the microchips for even the regular ol’ Switch, let alone the stock required to properly launch a new version of it (The Switch, just for extra clarity)

@MysticX "Splatoon 2 is long enough ago that sales cannibalizing isn’t really an issue anymore)"

You would think that, but there have been a lot of people on here and social media saying about Splatoon 3 what you said about the new hardware - too soon, no reason, splitting the base.

So yes, I knew what you were talking, but it sounded similar is all.

I don’t mind not having to buy a new console. There are so many Switch games I still haven’t even touched yet. Odyssey, BotW, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, etc. I didn’t get a Switch until 2020 and go through games fairly slowly as a busy dad. My kids loved going through Mario 3D World and my daughter loves Animal Crossing.

I mean we got the Switch OLED less than a year ago, whats the hurry? I say that as someone with only the original Switch as well. Not expecting 'Switch Pro/Switch 2' until late next year at the earliest

@rjejr It's not so much that it's too soon to release a new system, IIRC DS and 3DS both had upgrades by this time in their life cycle, but right now there's a chip shortage going on, so Nintendo can barely procure the parts to keep up with demand for consoles as-is, let alone the surge in demand that a new system would bring.

Only scalpers are happy when a system releases with insufficient stock to meet demand.

@Scoopz
Financial experts and people all up and down the supply chain say that the chip shortages won't be mitigated until at least 2024. Nintendo isn't riding out anything. They are short for parts NOW. Demand for high end GPU's and SOC's is slumping. Major wafer buyers like Nvidia and Apple are actually trying to cancel orders with TSMC. You would think that this is good news but it isn't. Nintendo won't have Nvidia produce their new SOC's (for the next Switch) on the latest and smallest node. Too expensive. Everybody is waiting on eachother...

@Truegamer79
You probably play mostly in handheld mode I guess. And or you don't own another console or PC so can't really compare how much better gaming feels at (even slightly!) higher resolutions and better frame rates. The Switch is outdated and needs a decent overhaul in order to look good on large TV's! And it needs an overhaul in order for developers to still be interested into porting their more recent games to Nintendo's platform.

@sanderev actually there was an improved Switch that was released with MORE power! The switch v2 that added the extra battery life by way of a more powerful smaller processor but was kept underclocked so that they could conserve battery which is why the battery size didn't change but we got many more hours of use.

The supply issues greatly lowered my expectations for a Switch Pro, honestly.