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Nintendo’s Switch successor is already in third-party devs’ hands, report claims (arstechnica.com)
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[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What's that, only nine months away? Seems pretty soon. How long do consoles usually get hyped up before they release?

I'm guessing it'll have a Zelda TotK port, and dare I say Prime 4 as the big launch game? Probably new 3D Mario too.

[–] Nioxic@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Usually a consoles life time is 5-7 years

In 2024 the switch will be 7 years old

Its about time.

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I meant from hype to release, not the console life span.

[–] cheezoid2@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I will be a little bit quite miffed if I need a whole new console for Prime 4, tbh

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I doubt they'll announce and release Prime 4 within the next 9 months. It would be a smart system seller for them.

But it's Nintendo. Who knows what they'll do.

Edit: that's all saying if these rumors are even true.

[–] KRAW@linux.community 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unfortunately Metroid is not really a system seller for Nintendo. Is always Mario or Zelda

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In the past maybe. Dread sold record numbers and the Prime remake was huge. If they can have all three series for launch that'd be right up their ally.

[–] KRAW@linux.community 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dread sold 3 million copies. Mario Odyssey sold 25 million copies. BotW sold 31 million. MK8 sold 58 million copies (just the Switch version). Metroid is absolutely not a system seller, and they will not push it as such.

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

We'll see. It's Nintendo. They could say fuck it and use Kirby as the launch title lol

[–] Kerred@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Typically it seems a console wants to be hyped first before the competition. I recall the next PlayStation got revealed in a court case discovery that it plans to announce 2025, so if I were Nintendo maybe June 2024 for a November 2024 release.