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The Nintendo Switch is approaching its 6th year on the market, it is not the spring chicken it once was. After March 3rd 2023, it will be entering its 7th year on the market.
For the sake of a conversation I’m gonna put a few scenarios and you tell me which, to you, sounds the most realistic:
Scenario : Direct in January/February that announces hardware to May and it includes game lineup for it that stretches into the rest of the Fiscal year. Has a few that are exclusive to the new hardware and others that will hit both the Switch and the Switch 2. Aim to offer exclusive software for the system that are bigger titles, keeps support for both systems with smaller titles as Switch software support winds down after a year or two. Ex: Pikmin 4 will arrive to both systems, 3D Mario next will not as that is next gen only.
Scenario : Announcement in a separate video/press release after the Fiscal Year starts, reveal in June/July or around the E3 time and release in September to November window 2023. Also has details of the launch software that stretches into 2024. Some games will be on both, but others will be New Hardware Exclusive. Ex: Pikmin 4 is hitting both platforms, Mario Kart NEXT will not.
Scenario : Nintendo announces hardware before the current fiscal year ends, at around the E3 time they officially unveil it, set to release for March 2024 and its sales are included in the fiscal year (FY03/2024), details of games set for later on in 2023 that will span into FY03/2025. Ex: First and Third Party launch lineup.
Scenario : there is no hardware at all for FY03/24. No reveal and no discussion of major games, but just smaller selling titles that can manage a million. It would be a tepid at best year outside of TOTK. Talk would be the following Fiscal Year for hardware. They coast the next fiscal year with the expansion passes and DLCs being high for the year. New hardware is at earliest a November 2024 launch. 2D and 3D Mario accompany that launch, new Mario Kart for 2025, etc.
You only have 1 choice.
Discuss
For the sake of a conversation I’m gonna put a few scenarios and you tell me which, to you, sounds the most realistic:
Scenario : Direct in January/February that announces hardware to May and it includes game lineup for it that stretches into the rest of the Fiscal year. Has a few that are exclusive to the new hardware and others that will hit both the Switch and the Switch 2. Aim to offer exclusive software for the system that are bigger titles, keeps support for both systems with smaller titles as Switch software support winds down after a year or two. Ex: Pikmin 4 will arrive to both systems, 3D Mario next will not as that is next gen only.
Scenario : Announcement in a separate video/press release after the Fiscal Year starts, reveal in June/July or around the E3 time and release in September to November window 2023. Also has details of the launch software that stretches into 2024. Some games will be on both, but others will be New Hardware Exclusive. Ex: Pikmin 4 is hitting both platforms, Mario Kart NEXT will not.
Scenario : Nintendo announces hardware before the current fiscal year ends, at around the E3 time they officially unveil it, set to release for March 2024 and its sales are included in the fiscal year (FY03/2024), details of games set for later on in 2023 that will span into FY03/2025. Ex: First and Third Party launch lineup.
Scenario : there is no hardware at all for FY03/24. No reveal and no discussion of major games, but just smaller selling titles that can manage a million. It would be a tepid at best year outside of TOTK. Talk would be the following Fiscal Year for hardware. They coast the next fiscal year with the expansion passes and DLCs being high for the year. New hardware is at earliest a November 2024 launch. 2D and 3D Mario accompany that launch, new Mario Kart for 2025, etc.
You only have 1 choice.
Discuss