Followers looking forward to a successor to the Change must wait a bit longer. Nintendo confirmed that no Change 2 or Change Professional is anticipated within the coming months throughout its newest earnings name. 2024 might lastly be the 12 months we see what new console the corporate’s been engaged on, however within the meantime gamers must put up with the present, growing old {hardware}.
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Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa informed buyers on a name Tuesday that no new Change or revised variations just like the Change Lite and OLED mannequin have been factored into the 2023 fiscal outlook, Bloomberg stories. Whereas that doesn’t solely preclude the corporate from surprise-launching one thing, or starting to tease it later within the 12 months, it actually makes any imminent launch of a extra highly effective Change console unlikely.
This would be the third 12 months in a row now that gamers have been ready for Nintendo to announce a extra highly effective handheld hybrid. Different firms aren’t ready for the famed writer to make the following transfer both. Valve launched its personal Steam Deck PC gaming handheld and Asus is now getting ready to compete with the ROG Ally, an expensive system that however guarantees highly effective specs. Then once more, none of these have The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
The information comes amid a slowdown in total Change gross sales because the {hardware} enters its seventh 12 months. The corporate introduced it bought 18 million items final 12 months, practically 1 / 4 lower than in 2021 and under its purpose of 21 million. Furukawa mentioned the corporate’s purpose within the meantime is to promote extra Switches to individuals who already personal them. “We attempt to not solely put one system in each dwelling, however a number of in each dwelling, and even one for each particular person,” he mentioned within the newest earnings assertion.
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A technique it’s been doing that’s by releasing special-edition Switches pegged to main launches like Pokémon Scarlet and Violet and now Tears of the Kingdom. Nintendo mentioned it additionally goals to proceed rising the gross sales of older video games. Notably, Tremendous Mario Bros. U Deluxe bought one other 2 million copies final 12 months, edging Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee out of the Change’s high 10 best-selling video games listing. An enormous Mario Day sale and the billion-dollar field workplace success of the Mario Film most likely helped with that.
Whereas Tears of the Kingdom is true across the nook, Pikmin 4 is at present Nintendo’s solely main introduced launch for the second half of the 12 months. The one different scheduled drops up to now are Scarlet and Violet’s Space Zero growth and extra Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC. Metroid Prime 4 continues to be TBD and Nintendo has but to tease any different massive blockbusters within the pipeline, although I’m certain they’re there. A brand new Tremendous Mario recreation lastly, maybe? It’s been nearly six years because the final one.
Or possibly Nintendo will reserve it for each time it’s lastly able to reveal no matter console is coming after the Change.
