Followers looking forward to a successor to the Swap must wait a bit longer. Nintendo confirmed that no Swap 2 or Swap Professional is anticipated within the coming months throughout its newest earnings name. 2024 might lastly be the 12 months we see what new console the corporate’s been engaged on, however within the meantime gamers must put up with the present, growing older {hardware}.
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Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa informed traders on a name Tuesday that no new Swap or revised variations just like the Swap Lite and OLED mannequin had been factored into the 2023 fiscal outlook, Bloomberg studies. Whereas that doesn’t solely preclude the corporate from surprise-launching one thing, or starting to tease it later within the 12 months, it definitely makes any imminent launch of a extra highly effective Swap console unlikely.
This would be the third 12 months in a row now that gamers have been ready for Nintendo to announce a extra highly effective handheld hybrid. Different corporations aren’t ready for the famed writer to make the following transfer both. Valve launched its personal Steam Deck PC gaming handheld and Asus is now making ready to compete with the ROG Ally, a dear gadget that however guarantees highly effective specs. Then once more, none of these have The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
The information comes amid a slowdown in total Swap gross sales because the {hardware} enters its seventh 12 months. The corporate introduced it offered 18 million items final 12 months, practically 1 / 4 lower than in 2021 and under its aim of 21 million. Furukawa stated the corporate’s aim within the meantime is to promote extra Switches to individuals who already personal them. “We attempt to not solely put one system in each residence, however a number of in each residence, and even one for each particular person,” he stated within the newest earnings assertion.
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A method it’s been doing that’s by releasing special-edition Switches pegged to main launches like Pokémon Scarlet and Violet and now Tears of the Kingdom. Nintendo stated it additionally goals to proceed rising the gross sales of older video games. Notably, Tremendous Mario Bros. U Deluxe offered one other 2 million copies final 12 months, edging Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee out of the Swap’s high 10 best-selling video games checklist. A giant Mario Day sale and the billion-dollar field workplace success of the Mario Film in all probability helped with that.
Whereas Tears of the Kingdom is true across the nook, Pikmin 4 is at present Nintendo’s solely main introduced launch for the second half of the 12 months. The one different scheduled drops to this point are Scarlet and Violet’s Space Zero enlargement and extra Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC. Metroid Prime 4 remains to be TBD and Nintendo has but to tease any different massive blockbusters within the pipeline, although I’m positive they’re there. A brand new Tremendous Mario sport lastly, maybe? It’s been nearly six years because the final one.
Or perhaps Nintendo will put it aside for each time it’s lastly able to reveal no matter console is coming after the Swap.
