This means that upcoming console will likely be the successor of the Switch, but Linneman said he thinks it won’t hit stores in 2023 and that the company may be afraid to make the transition given what has happened in the past. In fact there’s a very clear alternation: GameCube was a flop, Wii was a success, Wii U was a flop, Switch was a success. Normally in Kyoto, they’re a little nervous: making something new, as per tradition, may be risky and dissatisfy the enormous user base built so far. Moreover, Linneman fears that Nintendo can simply opt for a Switch 2, keeping the current idea and making a hardware upgrade to meet the current standard of the platform. For example, with the new consoles being replaced by a small update, fans are mistakenly making a choice with such a choice, but instead it could be a result of the fact that the new console would have to be redesigned. In short, that isn’t easy: we’ll see how they will proceed.
