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Nintendo to announce new console by end of fiscal year

by ethanholt1 on 5/7/24, 9:24 PM with 54 comments

  • by legitster on 5/7/24, 10:38 PM

    I 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.

  • by ProfessorLayton on 5/7/24, 10:37 PM

    I'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.

  • by jimbobthrowawy on 5/7/24, 10:02 PM

    Note: Nintendo's fiscal year ends march 31st.

  • by teruakohatu on 5/7/24, 10:00 PM

    It 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.

  • by TrueSlacker0 on 5/7/24, 11:56 PM

    I just hope they learn how to make controllers. They lost me as a future customer purely because of the controllers. They are hands down the crappiest controllers I have ever used. I'm on our third set for each of 2 switches for my kids. Then I got screwed in the purchasing part because it turns out you can buy licensed controllers that don't have batteries so they have to be connected to the switch, then I learn there are ones that only have a battery in the left controller but not the right. So you cant really play multiplayer properly. Then the way they sorta connect but are actually still connected to the switch that is "off". Then a and b and x and y always seem backwards. It's to the point where one child will only play with an Xbox like controller due to needless frustration. I've never been so disappointed in something that could of been so great, but they skimped that 10% final polish.

    Sorry Nintendo, I've owned every console to date but you lost me.. and my kids.

  • by drbig on 5/7/24, 10:11 PM

    Why 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?

  • by anonbanker on 5/7/24, 11:49 PM

    Nvidia already showed off [1] the guts of what is going to end up as the new Switch, the Xavier NX.

    Expect full backwards compatibility and better performance. This is going to be iterative, and not revolutionary. Shuntaro Furukawa is not Satoru Iwata, and is much more averse to risk-taking.

    https://3dvisionlabs.com/2020/05/22/jetson-xavier-nx-compare...

  • by tempaskhn on 5/7/24, 10:07 PM

    I 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

  • by rgovostes on 5/7/24, 10:12 PM

  • by oniony on 5/7/24, 10:09 PM

    It's a VR contact lens.