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The next generation of Nintendo, what does it look like?

The rumors about the Switch 2 are not weaker than the new iPhone models at the moment.

When the original Nintendo Switch console launched in 2017, it didn't have a lot of triple-A titles.

Although the first party to launch is The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, it is not an exclusive work, and there are not many masterpieces from third parties.

It seems that the situation will change when the Switch2 is said to be postponed to Q1 2025.

Sources Paul Gale tweeted that Switch 2 will be a "blockbuster" from a third-party studio.

He wrote: "At E3 2017, it wasn't expected that the Nintendo Switch would 'take off' as it did later, and at launch/show itself, some major third-party developers of triple-A games were working on a large launch window for Nintendo's next system.

However, there is still a lot of talk about the arrival of Switch2.

Nintendo said that the new device will be launched in the new fiscal year, which means that it will be unveiled in April 2025 at the earliest, and it may be delayed until March 2026 at the latest.

Previously, the former editor of Famitsu speculated that Nintendo will continue to renew the life of the Switch, leaving enough time for the Switch2 to prepare the game lineup, and the Switch2 may not be launched until the end of 2025.

But the latest news comes from Viet Nam's Foxconn.

According to the details disclosed so far, the factory produces 4 million Nintendo Switch game consoles (4,180 tons) per year.

The project is expected to be constructed from January 2025 to June 2026, with trial production scheduled to begin from October to December 2026 and start production in January 2027.

Pictures of related production details are also out, that's right! The new plant is still producing switch OLEDs.

The current Switch is still being produced in 2027, which seems to surprise many people.

Here comes the key problem, the Switch seems to be no longer selling.

On August 2, Nintendo announced its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2025 (April-June 2024).

According to the financial report, in this quarter, Nintendo's hardware sales fell by 46.3% to 2.1 million copies, and all Switch models declined, of which Switch OLED, which accounted for nearly 60% of sales, fell by 56.1%; Nintendo's software sales fell 41.3% to 30.64 million copies.

In other words, Switch's sales in the quarter were halved.

Can Nintendo grit its teeth and not replace its products?

If a successor to the Switch is produced, what might it look like?

The Switch takes a high-performance route that is different from the PS5 and Xbox, relying on highly gameplay first-party and third-party games to attract consumers to buy.

At present, the performance of mobile phones is becoming more and more advanced, which can meet most of people's handheld gaming needs.

In addition to the advantages of first-party products, what competitiveness does Nintendo's console have?

In this regard, Xu Xinyi, a reporter from China Business Daily, had an exchange with Shule, and this monkey thought:

Don't expect game consoles to run scores, Nintendo has always been a fun game with no special effects, and it is clear that it is dripping.

Switch successor models, if the model name does not change, or the Switch series, it is basically a performance upgrade.

Overall, the Switch has been criticized by users for being the weakest in the next-generation console.

However, due to the fact that the game itself does not focus on "special effects", but focuses more on family fun and leisure entertainment, its performance improvement is only to meet the needs of subsequent games that are not strong in "eating hardware".

On the contrary, if the model name changes, such as from WII to Switch, the form of the console will be subversively changed, which also means disruptive innovation.

Perhaps in the future models, it will be from the integration of the host and the handheld to the further integration of VR and AR functions.

After all, the Nintendo console itself is a precedent for somatosensory games, and has always maintained innovation, so that imitation friends such as Microsoft Xbox have no way out in somatosensory games and eventually give up.

Nintendo's brand tonality has always been the main theme of the entire game console market.

Nintendo consoles, starting from the 1980s, have always represented the direction of the entire game console, and even influenced the entire Internet technology field.

The third-party game platform sharing model established in the era of red and white machines can be regarded as the predecessor of the current app store.

In the WII era, somatosensory games are used to bypass the performance monster experience of Sony PlayStation, forming a new paradigm of living room games, achieving the effect of family carnival, so that games are no longer limited to teenagers, but have entered the fitness and entertainment category that middle-aged and elderly people can participate in.

At the same time, it also sparked more imagination for subsequent game consoles, arcades, and smartphone touchscreen experiences.

In addition, as the previous "Pokémon go" detonated on AR games, the Switch further expanded the boundaries of somatosensory games and game vehicles.

All these innovations show that Nintendo is still well-deserved to be the top global game player in terms of innovation, even if its revenue capacity is weaker than that of its competitors and Chinese game upstarts who have risen by mobile games.

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