Ah thought you had meant last year as last fiscal 2022-23 ( April 1-March 31) for Nintendo. Seems we were talking about the same thing lol.
I'm not seeing the quote you screenshotted in the link you posted?
I hear ya. But I think in this next meeting, if they talk about the next console, it will be guidance for the 2025 FY, definitely not the last one.
Yeah same. It's going to be in the FY25 (April 1, 2024-March 31, 2025) guidance and hardware expectations if the successor gets talked about at all in any capacity at this meeting.
I guess this is why I can't get onto famiboards at the minute...
FWIW, the previous versions of this document did not mention a next game console as a topic of discussion. That said, this is a pretty generalized document and statement. It could be indicative of them having taken question previously about the transition, but not really answering said questions in any meaningful way.
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If by news you mean Nintendo acknowledging new hardware coming this fiscal year, then maybe yes.
The most optimistic case is that Nintendo would acknowledge that the Switch's successor is in development and they are planning to release sometime within the next fiscal year.
I think it would make sense not to put much stock in reports from individuals without great track records when it comes to this sort of thing. My personal beliefs are that it was never scheduled to be released this year, won't have 16GB of RAM and won't be revealed in June, because those who have said otherwise have not been correct in regards to Nintendo hardware rumors (or almost any big Nintendo rumors aside from Direct timeframes and Wii U ports, which even fake insiders have gotten right) since 2017.
I think you mean this Fiscal Year, which ends in March 2025.
Wasn't it exactly like this last year? We didn't know anything about their 2H schedule and speculated endlessly about the Switch 2, then came June and they revealed their hand and it was fine. The thing that is different now is that last year's 1H was pretty full and included TotK.
Holiday 2024 is completely devoid of ANY Nintendo releases right now. Nintendo has no titles dated for 2024 beyond Luigi's Mansion 2. Giving me 2020 flashbacks, lol.
I'm not saying that they'll announce anything substantial at this meeting, but my goodness do they have a lot to answer for. Nintendo is the only major gaming console manufacturer left that solely is in the gaming industry, and to have absolutely nothing shown for the next 9 months of the fiscal year is insane.
People will retort with "they could always announce new games" but my response is that, shouldn't all hands be on deck with games for the successor? If they keep pulling developers in to plug holes on the Switch, then they will never have the software they need for the launch they want.
They'll announce stuff in June and then talk about the business outlook at their June briefing if they end up scheduling one. They don't need to answer for anything right now--shareholders know they have product in the works, just not what it is.
I'd rather not get too far into conspiracy territory but the rumors of the "Switch 2" having the ability to play "Switch 1" games with enhancements would lead me to believe it wouldn't be the WORST idea to have a few final bombshells on "Switch 1" and announce that they would be enhanced by the new console at launch.
If they wait until January to reveal the Switch 2, it's almost certainly not coming by March. There wouldn't be enough time to promote the system.
