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0 pointsianlevesque3y ago0 comments

The sales agree with you, but none of the art or design choices get worse by having hardware that won't drop frames to that degree. I realize they do this every console generation, but since they're no longer passing along the savings to the consumer, I'm not going to keep apologizing for them.

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etempleton3y ago· 2 in thread

I expect new hardware from Nintendo in 2024 or 2025. The immense sales of the Switch and the pandemic have kept it around longer than it probably was originally planned for.

It just keeps selling though. Sales have dipped, but not so much that Nintendo is in any hurry.

highwaylights3y ago

I expect new hardware in 2023, not because of how powerful the current chipset is or is not, but because Nintendo is very likely losing a massive percentage of sales to emulators now.

How many units would the game have sold if Yuzu/Ryujinx didn’t exist? It’s even more jarring when you’re a paying consumer running the game at 720p20 and someone else can quite easily download switch games for “free” and play a much better 4K60 unofficial PC version.

Those videos are all over YouTube and have been for a couple of years now. I’d always assumed Nintendo was just trying to get TOTK out the door, give it time to sell, then announce the new system with a new Mario later in the year.

ymolodtsov3y ago

Emulators are for a very small niche audience of players, most of whom simply wouldn't buy the Switch.

Also, their own quarterly reports and expectations confirm they aren't launching new hardware anytime soon.

fennecfoxy3y ago

Sales are probably because they've sold so many switches and people don't have a choice. What could be considered a AAA game come out rarely on the switch Nintendo's biggest win was allowing indie games on the platform, without them people would realise how few games Nintendo actually makes.

They sold so many switches because of nostalgia and convenience/form factor reasons - switch is the only console in that form factor

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