Nintendo Says No New Switch Models Planned For 2020

16 responses to “Nintendo Says No New Switch Models Planned For 2020”

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   Dirtshade

   January 31, 2020 at 3:01 pm

   That’s going to hurt their share price, their speculators were not happy last year until they announced the Lite. Failing to capitalise on mobile phones business model of releasing a new product every two years.

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      whitepointer

      January 31, 2020 at 5:03 pm

      Wut.

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   agentofevil

   January 31, 2020 at 3:12 pm

   Nintendo, Please Note:

   every decent third party dev will leave you behind next gen if you dont release a more powerful model.

   Sincerely, everyone.

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      chinesefood

      February 1, 2020 at 12:57 am

      Ridiculous comment dude.

      Have a look at their install base. Noone is going to ignore the switch.

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         braaains

         February 1, 2020 at 8:51 am

         The Wii had a huge install base and got left behind by 3rd parties pretty quickly – if the hardware isn’t capable of running the games they’re making then it doesn’t matter how big the install base is.

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            darren

            February 3, 2020 at 9:33 am

            Companies exist to make money. They’ll make games where they think they can make the most money. Biggest problem with Nintendo is their first party games are so good that everyone buys them and the third parties get the leftovers.

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   germinalconsequence

   January 31, 2020 at 3:22 pm

   So Nintendo has come out and just flat out said it: there are no new Switch models coming. At least in 2020.No, Nintendo has said “We don’t plan to release anything in 2020, yet.” It’s not even February, there’s plenty of room for plans to change.

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   snoweee

   January 31, 2020 at 3:42 pm

   Rumours say they are going to release the Switch Pro along with the Nintendo 64 mini and Mother 3. Keep your eyes peeled!

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      darren

      February 3, 2020 at 9:34 am

      Keeping your eyes peeled has to be on the worst expressions there is. Just thinking about it makes me feel skeevy.

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   thefong

   January 31, 2020 at 3:48 pm

   Nintendo also said they weren’t releasing a new Switch model about 2 months before releasing the Lite soooooooo

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      novasensei

      January 31, 2020 at 7:31 pm

      Yep why even report this? It literally provides no insight into their actual plans.
      In saying that releasing anywhere near PS5/xbox would be daft.

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      braaains

      February 1, 2020 at 8:53 am

      Did they say that in their fiscal reports? Or just in a throwaway line in an interview somewhere?

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6. 

   excelneko

   January 31, 2020 at 4:19 pm

   Wouldn’t that be the Financial year 2020?

   Leaves open FY21 for a reveal/release

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   prettz

   January 31, 2020 at 11:01 pm

   as somebody who just got a switch like 3 months ago I am personally happy about this

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8. 

   lastskysamurai

   February 1, 2020 at 9:36 am

   I myself was holding out. So now I just don’t know. Wouldn’t be the first time console makers have flat out lied about these kind of things though, surely?

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9. 

   halbailman

   February 3, 2020 at 12:38 pm

   There won’t be a “Pro” ever. Why we are obsessed with this concept after only one example in the entire history of videogames is bizarre. Nintendo won’t splinter the market with a beefier premium priced model, and it’s doubtful PS or XB will go down this route ever again. The “Pro” only emerged due to the sudden proliferation of 4K and HDR. So Nintendo’s next model will be the usual upgrade or update, like we saw with New 3DS, the recent Switch update, and the NES top loader. It could simply be the Switch 2, and I would agree with them 2020 is too soon. We’re only 3 years into its life cycle and the Lite is not even 6 months old, so 2021 might be too soon for a replacement.

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