Nintendo Reportedly Plans to Release Next-Gen Console During Second Half of 2024 - IGN
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Nintendo will release its next-gen console during the second half of 2024, according to a new report.

Nintendo Reportedly Plans to Release Next-Gen Console During Second Half of 2024::Nintendo will release its next-gen console during the second half of 2024, according to a new report.

  • garretble@lemmy.worldEnglish
    53·
    1 year ago

    It seems like a no-brainer to just make a better Switch, so I’m hoping for the same things as you. I really hope they see that the best thing they can do is the most “boring” thing: just make it more powerful. Give it maybe a better screen and more battery life. Maybe update the joycons (but still use the form factor because people have multiple joycons and wouldn’t it be nice to just use the things you already have?). But also let me play all my switch games. And maybe recent releases (uhh Zelda) could easily work on this system with better framerates.

    Stuff like that is all I need. We tried the Wii, and it was fun for a time. The Wii U was interesting but obviously not the right choice. But the Switch idea is so excellent it just seems like they’d be fools to try and change it up significantly.

    • Techmaster@lemmy.worldEnglish
      40·
      1 year ago

      It seems like a no-brainer to just make a better Switch

      so Nintendo’s next console will be a fishing rod with 3 buttons that uses a smart watch as its display.

    • sk1nnyjeans@lemmy.worldEnglish
      26·
      1 year ago

      Especially when the Steam Deck also exists now, it seems important for nintendo to stay in that area now that they’ve entered it.

    • Electricblush@lemmy.worldEnglish
      211·
      1 year ago

      This is what scares me the most.

      I absolutely agree that they need to “play it safe” this time.

      But for their consoles they have had a “it’s not worth launching something unless it’s really innovative” philosophy for quite some time. And if they decide on some bonkers idea that screws with my simple wish, a better switch, I think I’m going to be disappointed.

      And I say this as a guy who has loved Nintendo and their products since I got my NES back in the 90s. I stood in line to get the Wii at launch, heck I even liked my Wii U. (Even if it was under powered and confusingly marketed, I liked that they tried to do something new…)

      But this time Nintendo, just stick to a good, solid, backwards compatible , iteration on your original idea.

      • garretble@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        I loved my Wii U. I was actually skeptical of the Switch initially, and for the first time didn’t buy a day-one Nintendo console. I played BotW on my Wii U and waited for that Splatoon 2 bundle for the Switch before I bought one. Of course, now I love the Switch.

      • AnotherOne@feddit.deEnglish
        51·
        1 year ago

        I think it will definitely ve backwards compatible(the wii could play gamecube games, the wiiu could play wii games, the 3ds could play ds games etc.) Nintendo has always supported at least one system jump except for wiiu to switch (for formfactor reasons) but switchgames are so small i dont think fitting them into their next console would be as challenging/impossible as shoving a disc drive into the switch.

        • Redditiscancer789@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          …what are you talking about. Nes wasn’t compatible with snes, snes not compatible with N64, N64 not compatible with GameCube. GameCube was compatible with wii/Wii u but Wii u wasn’t compatible with the switch. Their track record shows they are very hit and miss, especially since they have the new mentality of porting games to their online service.