Nintendo Doesn't Plan to Reveal a New Switch Model Anytime Soon - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 05 June 2021 / 1,773 Views
There have been rumors for a while that Nintendo plans to release a more powerful Nintendo Switch model. This includes information from a dataminer who discovered in Nintendo a firmware update the mention of a Switch model with the codename "Aula." The new model is said to be similar to the base Switch model and has 4K capabilities when docked with the 4K realtek chip being inside the dock itself.
While the rumors have been going around for some time now, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa during the recent Q&A session with investors said the company would not be announcing a new Nintendo Switch model anytime soon.
It should be noted this doesn't mean a more powerful Switch model is completely ruled out as the announcement could just happen further down the line.
The Nintendo Switch has been a huge success for Nintendo with shipment figures of 79.87 million units and 532.34 Switch games shipped lifetime. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Animal Crossing: New Horizons have sold over 30 million units.
Thanks, Bloomberg.
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I think fall was more likely anyways. Why release a new model while you still can't quite keep up with demand for the regular model in some markets?
If they make a dock that has 4K capabilities.. and start shipping it with the base model (and also sell it seperatly to curent Switch owners) It's not really a new model.
I recall hearing this two weeks before Nintendo unveiled the 3DS XL
Yeah, but this time I think the sales are too high to launch one in the first half of the year. Ds lite was when the ds really took off.
I think they'll wait until next march though. Sales should stay strong this year. But they could use a refresh probably next year.
I would look up the wording of those statements... Cause, they can't straight up lie about these things, particularly in an investors q and a.
For example, before E3 2019 they said they wouldn't be announcing new hardware at E3. Which they didn't... they announced it a month later. So, technically true.
Here, they said they wouldn't be announcing a new Switch model anytime soon. So, they won't be. They could be sued if they did.
Only question is what "anytime soon" means.
Yeah, definitely too early. Release it in September along with BOTW 2 and price drops on the regular Switch and Switch Lite. Follow up with DP remakes in November.
I don't think they'll drop the price nor release a refresh this year. Maybe more aggressive bundles around the holidays.
But I think the update will be next year. But if they wait that long, it will have to be in March.
However, I agree that a price drop will coincide with the switch update.
So they're going to push it to next year
At E3 2019 (June) Nintendo said there's no new hardware to announce, in July they announced Switch Lite and in September they released it. So a new model is still something which could happen this year.
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