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is this really the "Switch successor announcement" Nintendo said they were going to make back in May? I hope not because this is so lacklustre

Metroid Dread only sold 200k more copies on a 140 million plus system to Prime's 2.8 million on the GameCube which sold 21 million that does not sound like "rapid" growth to me

@chardir they technically could reveal the console by March 31st but most likely they will give it a release window similar to Switch/NX in early 2016 months before the reveal of the Switch

@MjJmediablogger I don't want to wait till 2026 but I am setting myself up for that possibility

everyone is jumping to the conclusion this announcement is the reveal of the console and while it might it also could mean something else like a release window or codename

Nintendo never said they would reveal the console before the end of the fiscal year they said "announcement"

the longer Nintendo waits to make this announcement about "Switch 2" the more I fear it won't release in 2025, Nintendo never said they would reveal the console before the end of the fiscal year

this is on Nintendo don't do play tests because not everyone will do as you say someone will leak stuff they know that yet still ask people not to leak info

man this leak is so disappointing, what little interest I had in what this play test was about is gone GameCube would have been so much better

we know 100% for a fact Nintendo is going to say something about their next console sometime before the end of March however that does not mean the console is going to be revealed before the end of March because Switch had a March 2017 release date set months before its reveal so we might just get a release window

@sanderson72 I think they could announce it and it wouldn't hurt sales, only the hardcore fans will buy the new console day one the ones buying Switch now are the normies they don't care about latest technology

@MrCarlos46 I'm guessing after this planned announcement Switch was announced to have a March 2017 release months before the console was revealed

that's assuming "Switch 2" does release next year, Nintendo never said they would reveal the console before the end of the fiscal year they said an announcement which could be a release window

Ounce has actually been floating around for awhile as the codename for the next console

I vote no we don't hear from Nintendo again until either February or March with that "Switch 2" announcement

I would never side with a billion dollar company taking someone who is likely barley getting by in life to court, Nintendo are being massive A holes

gamers want Ubisoft cancelled

should have been a new game plus where you can play through the game as Link

I will never take the Switch over the PlayStation 2

Yeah Japan is SOO affordable and easy to vist

DF are 100% correct we wait till the next console is out someone takes it apart and if the insides match up to these images then this would be a real manufacturer leak

I'm not ruling this out as being real I made that mistake with the Lite and the Zelda Oled and had egg on my face

anyone actually thinking there will be a normal Direct this month after the recent directs we've just got is coping badly, it's not happening, maybe Twitter/X showdow drops but a Direct Nintendo is likely done for 2024 and we don't hear from them again until February with the Switch 2 announcement

I'm now going to predict Nintendo will sell their next console at $500, console gaming is just becoming more expensive just like games are and Nintendo are not immune to that reality

I'm playing Astro Bot

I still don't believe backwards compatability is a deal breaker for Switch 2 or needed compared to Switch 2 exclusive games that are not on the current Switch that is the most important thing of all for next gen

Yes it is way too expensive for a Nintendo console that doesn't compare to the other consoles on the market

Pokemon fans: please game freak take more time to make your games better

also Pokemon fans: I WANT A NEW POKEMON GAME NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will happily take a April or May release for next gen I do not want to wait till November 2025 for "Switch 2"

@LacsiraxAriscal development time for 3D Zelda games are only getting longer, took over 5 years for BOTH and over 6 for TOTK so year next 3D zelda is likely 2029 or 2030

@Rob3008 counter argument Nintendo has started they want people who already own a Switch to get multiple Switch units, there are probably millions of people who only have a Lite or base Switch who maybe were thinking or getting the Oled but now with the announcement or the new console not that far away they they now might wait for that

Tears of the Kingdom is one of the most lazy soulless copy and paste games I've ever played it tried so hard to be Breath of the Wild all over again and to me failed miserably

bet if Nintendo didn't tell people in May that next gen is on the horizon sales would be higher

I couldn't bring myself to finish Enaged it was that boring where as Three Houses I have put in over 800 hours

I've been ready to move on from Switch for the past three years

Digital Foundary are correct Luigis Mansion 3 has the best graphics for a first party Switch exclusive, I do not count something like Prime Remastered because it is originally a GameCube game or Monster Hunter Rise because its third party and on other platforms

No change next gen sells anywhere near as much as Switch 1 it's going to sell less the question is how much less

"Most significant drop in hardware sales year on year" probably because Nintendo told us their next generation is not that far away so people are waiting for that announcement

Nintendo puts in less money and resources than any other gaming company and still their game development times are getting longer and is only going to get longer once "Switch 2" is out

how many next gen systems does Nintendo plan to manufacture for its initial launch? anything under 5 million won't be enough

@mattesdude vast majority of third parties for over 7 years haven't put their latest games on Switch why would they all of a sudden put their big games on Switch 1 when the next console comes out when it will likely be easier to port to that system than the current Switch? they are clearly OK ignoring the current Switch audience but next problem not

the second Switch 2 is out third parties are going to ditch Switch 1 in a heart beat guarantee

@OorWullie it took Nintendo over 5 years for BOTW and over 6 years for TOTK It hard to believe they can make a new 3D Zelda in 2 or 3 years

@nhSnork there are cross gen games which are made with the previous console in mind and not the new one

@Narrator1 other than 3D Mario and Mario Kart what other franchises will have brand new games ready for the first year of Switch 2? there won't be any new games from Zelda, Splatoon, Animal Crossing, Smash Bros, Luigis Mansion, Pokemon, Metroid, Donkey Kong, Pikmin etc in that first years because they all just got games and game development takes years

main thing I want from Switch 2 is exclusive games to Switch 2 that simply can not run on Switch 1, nobody is buying a $400 to $500 console for backwards compatability or cross gen games they buy a console for the exclusives

Nintendo "fans" are the reason why Metroid isn't more popular than it is, the large majority of Nintendo fans refuse to give Metroid a chance for no reason

I'm getting worried that Switch 2 isn't going to have near as many big games in its first few years compared to Switch because of how many big games Nintendo has just given to Switch 1 in the past few years, Switch 2 is probably going to be very back heavy because game development is getting longer and Nintendo is not immune to that

no way FF14 can run on Switch 1, if it can't run on next gen 14 probably never going to be on a Nintendo platform

It is a good $40 pick up but at $60 not a chance