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    What’s that, only nine months away? Seems pretty soon. How long do consoles usually get hyped up before they release?

    I’m guessing it’ll have a Zelda TotK port, and dare I say Prime 4 as the big launch game? Probably new 3D Mario too.

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      1 year ago

      Usually a consoles life time is 5-7 years

      In 2024 the switch will be 7 years old

      Its about time.

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        1 year ago

        I meant from hype to release, not the console life span.

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        I doubt they’ll announce and release Prime 4 within the next 9 months. It would be a smart system seller for them.

        But it’s Nintendo. Who knows what they’ll do.

        Edit: that’s all saying if these rumors are even true.

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          Unfortunately Metroid is not really a system seller for Nintendo. Is always Mario or Zelda

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            In the past maybe. Dread sold record numbers and the Prime remake was huge. If they can have all three series for launch that’d be right up their ally.

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              Dread sold 3 million copies. Mario Odyssey sold 25 million copies. BotW sold 31 million. MK8 sold 58 million copies (just the Switch version). Metroid is absolutely not a system seller, and they will not push it as such.

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                We’ll see. It’s Nintendo. They could say fuck it and use Kirby as the launch title lol

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      Switch was announced as NX in October 2016, first trailer with the official name dropped in January 2017 and then it was released in March 2017

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      Typically it seems a console wants to be hyped first before the competition. I recall the next PlayStation got revealed in a court case discovery that it plans to announce 2025, so if I were Nintendo maybe June 2024 for a November 2024 release.