Nintendo Is Telling Game Publishers Switch 2 Will Be Delayed - BNN Bloomberg
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Nintendo Co. is advising game publishers that its next-generation console will be delayed until the early months of 2025, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Reports were saying the Switch was coming q4 2024, but now Nintendo is reportedly telling its partners that it’s been pushed to q1 2025

    • Crampon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      111·
      1 year ago

      You don’t buy Nintendo for pure computing power. I prefer Nintendo consoles for the portability and game library.

      I also have a pc with a 3070ti for more demanding games. Games that Xboxes and playstations runs like shit anyway.

      • Kbobabob@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I don’t understand why it would be preferred over a steam deck, especially if it is at that price point.

        • atrielienz@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Size. Not everyone has ginormous hands. The steam deck feels big and unwieldy despite being fairly light. I also don’t like the ergonomics of the steam deck, and I would miss the colours and so on. But also not everyone wants to emulate Nintendo games. Half the fun of animal crossing was sharing experiences with other players online. Same with smash bros. Emulation isn’t at a point where I would consider it to be for the masses and certainly not for a lot of kids these days.

          The steam deck is a great device and there should be competition in this space of portables. But not everything about it is perfect for everyone.

    • garretble@lemmy.worldEnglish
      73·
      1 year ago

      I like how the switch had two Zelda games that are still more mechanically impressive than all the open world games on “better” systems.

      • Patches@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        82·
        1 year ago

        All that proves is Nintendo writes great software.

        It doesn’t make their hardware not criminally underwhelming.

        • Herbal Gamer@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          31·
          1 year ago

          Also those games have a lot of typical nintendo stubbornness like not realising they’re still putting the buttons on the wrong way around.

          • force@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Nintendo put the buttons in their order 2 decades before the Xbox even existed, if anything Microsoft is putting buttons on the wrong way around. Unless of course you’re referring to something other than the order of X Y A B.

    • PlainSimpleGarak@lemm.eeEnglish
      87·
      1 year ago

      I’ll be surprised if it even approaches the hardware power of the PS4/XBO. It won’t matter. Fan boys will eat whatever they’re given, and ask for seconds.

      • Pacmanlives@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        1 year ago

        Found the person who does not understand the switch and what it is. Who is a 700 dollar pc gamer but wishes they could afford a 4070 TI since they are using a 1030 or a Voodoo4 3dfx card. All video cards that are almost as much as the switch alone other then the troll card which on eBay is going for over a 100 bucks for a 20 year old gfx card right now

        • PlainSimpleGarak@lemm.eeEnglish
          12·
          1 year ago

          “I will decide what the Switch is”

          Oh, the arrogance. Also I don’t play games on my PC. Now don’t you just look silly.

          Calm down, Susan, everything will be OK.