There have been fairly a number of rumblings currently of a next-generation Nintendo console within the works and nearing launch within the not-too-distant future, and amongst these reviews, Microsoft has hinted that the console will launch in 2024.
In court docket paperwork lately filed in a lawsuit in opposition to the FTC concerning Activision Blizzard’s proposal, whereas explaining why it solely sees PlayStation as direct competitors for Xbox and never Nintendo, the corporate talked about a launch “as early as subsequent 12 months” for Swap successor.
“Microsoft tracks Xbox versus PlayStation efficiency not as a result of these two consoles present a whole aggressive panorama, however relatively as a result of they have been launched on the similar time,” the doc reads (web page 92). “Swap was launched three years earlier and Nintendo is predicted to launch the Swap successor as early as subsequent 12 months, whereas PlayStation 5 and Xbox Collection X|S are at completely different phases of the console lifecycle.”
Having entered the seventh 12 months of its life cycle, it is no shock that the Nintendo Swap is seemingly headed for its twilight period, and so deep into its life, it would not be in any respect shocking to see Nintendo launch a comparatively near-future successor.
Earlier this 12 months, reviews claimed that growth on the Swap’s successor was progressing effectively, however that it would not be releasing till spring 2024 on the earliest. In the meantime, newer reviews have claimed that Nintendo’s subsequent console may launch within the first quarter of 2024, though Nintendo has beforehand stated it has no new {hardware} releases deliberate for the present fiscal 12 months (which ends March 31, 2024).
