Close me when the time is right. I haven't seen a thread about this article, nor about Doug Bowser's responses to rumors about Switch Pro.
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Nintendo president Doug Bowser: Switch is ‘redefining what a console life cycle can look like’. Will announce new hardware when "time is right."
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Close me when the time is right. I haven't seen a thread about this article, nor about Doug Bowser's responses to rumors about Switch Pro.
The "do you apply new technology on the current platform or the next one?" line is oddly revealing for an interview where he's trying to avoid confirming an upcoming revision.
This to me reads as if to say "Switch Pro doesn't exist"
if it does, we ain't seein it anytime soon!
if it does, we ain't seein it anytime soon!
Too much smoke for it to not exist. At most it won't be announced "imminently" (kinda stretching that word by now tbh) as some people said.
The system is still number one every month in units sold and revenue. They can are most likely going to ride out the upcoming chip shortage issue that is about to really hit the game industry.
They always say shit like this and it never means anything lmao
There is a channel called, Upscale that uses Neural net AI software on YT. They recently uploaded an 8K upscaled footage of BotW II and it looks eye poppingly sharp and lends to the vibrancy of the world. But for big N, if it ain't not stopping printin' monayy, don't fix it (at least publicly so as not to adversely sales of existing products that are still setting records every month).
That is the most non-answer of answers. A host of factors? Well, be my guest and tell me what you've concluded.
I really feel as though the semiconductor shortage has a lot to do with this "extended lifecycle".
Nintendo Working on Future Handheld Generation - IGN
Don't expect a new version of the Nintendo 3DS. According to Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo is already looking to the future.
9 DAYS LATER
Nintendo 3DS XL Announced
Nintendo revealed the 3DS XL, a revision of the handheld that boasts a 90 percent extra viewing area and longer battery life.
www.gameinformer.com
Makes sense to me. Games are better than hardware any day of the week, and Nintendo has always chosen gameplay over graphics.
"It's how specifically can technology enhance a gameplay experience. And then where do you apply that technology? Do you want to apply it on current existing hardware or platforms, or do you want to wait for the next platform?"
Uh, what technology are you talking about doug?
How are you distinguishing between hardware and platform?
Uh, what technology are you talking about doug?
How are you distinguishing between hardware and platform?
I do like this post-Wii narrative where people decide to throw out the technical prowess of the Gamecube and N64 among their contemporaries for some reason.
You got me there. But that hasn't been the case lately, and now Nintendo focuses more on new ideas (motion controls, 3D, tablet, and a console/portable hybrid) and gameplay.
And this is a perfect example why you shouldn't get excited about or put too much stock into rumors.
It's just PR speak that allows for an announcement anytime between tonight and the heat death of the universe.
Early July makes sense, that's around the time we got the Switch Lite reveal.
Bloomberg is hardly a forum "insider" and their reports were based on supply chains, which are far more reliable than typical rumors.
This is just typical PR speak. The reveal could still be anytime soon.
Specifically the American branch. So functionally, more PR/distribution than upper level decision making nowadays?
Nintendo Working on Future Handheld Generation - IGN
Don't expect a new version of the Nintendo 3DS. According to Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo is already looking to the future.www.ign.com
9 DAYS LATER
Nintendo 3DS XL Announced
Nintendo revealed the 3DS XL, a revision of the handheld that boasts a 90 percent extra viewing area and longer battery life.
So…. We're getting the Switch Pro announcement nine days from now?!!
I would still categorize coordination of distribution and marketing in their largest market as pretty upper level decision making. Of course they have very little say in game development.
Honestly, fine with me. A lot of people see the Switch as "aged hardware" but there is little a Switch successor could give me over the current Switch that would really seem like a mind-blowing leap. Would love small improvements like DLSS if that is indeed coming, but the strength of the Switch for me is the Nintendo exclusives and those continue to be great
So it's going to last longer than the 8-years the Xbox 360 hung around? If not it isn't redefining anything.
lmfaoNintendo Working on Future Handheld Generation - IGN
Don't expect a new version of the Nintendo 3DS. According to Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo is already looking to the future.
9 DAYS LATER
Nintendo 3DS XL Announced
Nintendo revealed the 3DS XL, a revision of the handheld that boasts a 90 percent extra viewing area and longer battery life.
