Switch successor to be announced by March 31, 2025; Switch software-focused Nintendo Direct set for June
Nintendo will announce the successor to Switch within this fiscal year, which ends on March 31, 2025, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa said in a statement.
Hoping it doesn’t have any bullshit gimmicks and Nintendo just focuses on making fun games but you gotta have that razzle-dazzle shit to pull in the normies.
At this point I see the razzle-dazzle nonsense as a gate keeping some mainstream titles out and something that strongly differentiates Nintendo within both the console space and within the gaming industry more generally.
As much as I don't care for it, I can see some value in it.
Nintendo believes that new hardware must innovate gameplay to justify itself. There's always a gimmick.
It does push the industry forward in some ways, and I can respect them for that because no one else is. Everyone else is in on the DEI/ESG train or just making nostalgia-bait that's fun for a little while.
Nintendo's insistence of trying something new has at least forced me to buy their hardware, which I can't fault them for because I have zero reason to buy a PS5 or Xbox Series X. My poor PS4/XB1 just sit and collect dust. I have no reason at all to use them since most worthwhile games are on the PC.