See also: Osborne effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_effect
Announced next year (by March) means shipping even later. Some might put off purchasing but that’s easily countered by a price drop.
Nintendo to announce new console by end of fiscal year
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#12Why link a tweet when Reuters has an actual article: https://www.reuters.com/technology/nintendo-expects-sell-135... (title: "Nintendo to make announcement on Switch successor by March-end"). Is it because the tweet here "is the source"? Regardless of how bereft of context it is?
The article adds zero additional information I needed or wanted to know, and it took considerably more time to read.
Re: Nintendo to announce new console by end of fiscal year
#13Why link a tweet when Reuters has an actual article: https://www.reuters.com/technology/nintendo-expects-sell-135... (title: "Nintendo to make announcement on Switch successor by March-end"). Is it because the tweet here "is the source"? Regardless of how bereft of context it is?
Thanks for the replies. Points of view are valuable.
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#14It would be madness to pivot away from the successful Switch hybrid handheld/docked console but Nintendo have done crazy things in the past. There have been rumours that the reason for Nintendo DCMA takedowns are to clear the emulation field for the next-gen console. The Dolphin emulator was able to emulate the Wii two years after release.
There was a comment in the results call where Furukawa was asked whether it was a whole new console-type or another Switch, and he said "Switch next model is the appropriate way to describe it", so it sounds like they're staying the course on this one.
Considering the explosive popularity of the Steam Deck and its doppelgangers, the Switch-esque form factor is clearly doing well right now, so it makes sense to stick to what sells.
Plus the fact that Nintendo's never been shy about iterative console updates: NES > SNES, GB > GBC > GBA, DS > 3DS > New3DS. And arguably Wii > Wii U, and then the Wii U was sort of the missing link between the Wii and the Switch.
Historically they haven't been great at the marketing/positioning around those iterative updates, but maybe this time they've finally learned :P
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#15I'm super excited for the next iteration of the Switch, which has been one of my favorite Nintendo consoles ever. While I appreciate Nintendo's commitment to mix it up significantly between generations, I hope they don't deviate from their wining formula too much on their next console. The main thing I'd like for the next generation is for it to have enough horsepower to be able to play big 3rd party IPs like GTA.
And joycons that don't drift!
An announcement as late as 3/25 is gonna be rough though as current gen games start tapering off. As always the bottleneck is the launch lineup needing more time.
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#16I finally bought a Switch for the family this last Christmas. Then immediately I get swamped by articles from Google about how the hardware is tired and they need a refresh.
I think people are off their rocker. The experience is still pretty magical in 2024. I get that people are tired of the old thing and want the new thing, but it's hard to imagine what stops Nintendo could pull out to make me want to pay more than the current MSRP for the existing Switch.
It's either just going to be an even beefier Switch, or something so out of left field that it's not going to cannibalize their still pretty brisk Switch sales.
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#17It's a VR contact lens.
The Virtual Boy final form.
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#18I posted "Ask HN: What do you think about Nintendo phone competing with iPhone/Android?" [0] 8 months ago. Wondering if anyone else thinks it might be a phone. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37385793
I can't imagine a phone being a component. Nintendo has always had a conservative take on communications between users. It's usually filtered or reduced to set of preset phrases or emoji/reactions. Animal Crossing let you freely chat, but without a keyboard, it's difficult to get more than a couple short words out. Splatoon is a popular multiplayer game that greatly benefits from team communication, but all you have…
This is one of the most lacking features I see with nintendo products. Being able to play with friends is a massive feature other consoles have and I am unsure why nintendo is so against it. Gone are the days where kids sit in the same room on a TV playing games. It is much more common for them to go home after school, grab their headset and start gaming. I do have a couple switches but I don't think I would be grabbing future model without things like text or chat as it is much more fun to get on a PS5 and be playing with several friends at the same time.
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#19I posted "Ask HN: What do you think about Nintendo phone competing with iPhone/Android?" [0] 8 months ago. Wondering if anyone else thinks it might be a phone. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37385793
I can't imagine a phone being a component. Nintendo has always had a conservative take on communications between users. It's usually filtered or reduced to set of preset phrases or emoji/reactions. Animal Crossing let you freely chat, but without a keyboard, it's difficult to get more than a couple short words out. Splatoon is a popular multiplayer game that greatly benefits from team communication, but all you have…
Not sure if you mentioned "through their hardware" specifically in reference to the Nintendo Switch Online mobile's voice chat capabilities, but man, that's always struck me as a weird/interesting choice.
On one hand, bizarre to silo voice chat into a completely different piece of hardware than the one you're gaming on that already has a microphone built in. On the other hand, it does make sense as a way to keep kiddos off the airwaves, since to use NSO's app you either need to have a phone or (hopefully...) get permission from a parent to use theirs. On the other other hand I'm just glad they've finally enabled any kind of voice chat at all.
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#20I finally bought a Switch for the family this last Christmas. Then immediately I get swamped by articles from Google about how the hardware is tired and they need a refresh. I think people are off their rocker. The experience is still pretty magical in 2024. I get that people are tired of the old thing and want the new thing, but it's hard to imagine what stops Nintendo could pull out to make me want to pay more than…
> It's either just going to be an even beefier Switch
This is exactly what it's going to be, though I have to ask how necessary that is.
I wonder if there's a name for this phenomenon - EA Sports Syndrome or something - where companies go from making good products every few years, to marginally changing the same product and releasing it every year.