Will TotK be a launch title for the next Nintendo system?

[thePlinko]

They’d have to announce, market, and launch an entire system within 5 months if they wanted TotK to remain relevant enough to justify it being a launch title. Otherwise they would have to port the game, which would probably hamper sales.

I do think that a new console is coming much sooner than people realize, but not soon enough that TotK is going to be a launch title. A new 3D Mario is much more likely for a launch title seeing as how we haven’t had one in 6 years and they still haven’t announced a new one. Metroid Prime 4 is also a reasonable possibility, though it might not be a heavy enough hitter to be the headline title and could be pushed back to a month or so later.

 

[Bowsette Plus-Ultra]

They’d have to announce, market, and launch an entire system within 5 months if they wanted TotK to remain relevant enough to justify it being a launch title. Otherwise they would have to port the game, which would probably hamper sales.

I do think that a new console is coming much sooner than people realize, but not soon enough that TotK is going to be a launch title. A new 3D Mario is much more likely for a launch title seeing as how we haven’t had one in 6 years and they still haven’t announced a new one. Metroid Prime 4 is also a reasonable possibility, though it might not be a heavy enough hitter to be the headline title and could be pushed back to a month or so later.

Honestly, I'd prefer that. I detest the hype cycle of deliberate withholding of information. If a console manufacturer announced a system five months before release, I'd think more of them then the same manufacturer waxing vague rumors of "pro" consoles over a two year period.

 

[thePlinko]

Honestly, I'd prefer that. I detest the hype cycle of deliberate withholding of information. If a console manufacturer announced a system five months before release, I'd think more of them then the same manufacturer waxing vague rumors of "pro" consoles over a two year period.

Marketing a product as major as a game console is a process that absolutely takes more than 5 months. There are a ton of necessary things that they can’t or at the very least probably shouldn’t do before they actually announce the thing. Marketing campaigns, retailer deals, shipping to said retailers, third party developers, most of this pretty much has to be done in the time frame from reveal to a few days before launch, and while that’s technically possible I don’t fault console manufacturers for taking longer as it’s certainly not a simple task. As nice as it would be, it’s not going to happen nor should it.

 

[Vanessa28]

There is a leak about a Switch OLED ( Az posted it a few replies back as well) so we might be in for a surprise if it's real and not fanmade.

 

[mαrkαsscoρ]

There is a leak about a Switch OLED ( Az posted it a few replies back as well) so we might be in for a surprise if it's real and not fanmade.

I think the surprise would be that it's not real if people are believing the leak

 

[Vanessa28]

I think the surprise would be that it's not real if people are believing the leak

Personally I think it’s fake. I don't think Nintendo will keep quiet about this with only 5 months left. But who knows...

 

[CynicalSquid]

Personally I think it’s fake. I don't think Nintendo will keep quiet about this with only 5 months left. But who knows...

I’m willing to believe the leaks of the Zelda oled because weren’t the pokemon and Splatoon oleds announced only a couple months before the game came out?

 

[mαrkαsscoρ]

god dang it, beat me to it, I couldn't remember the splatoon one

 

[Vanessa28]

Yeah but the OLED isn't that long on the market. I don't know if Nintendo would release another OLED so soon already. But hey, we'll see. Only a few months left

 

[mαrkαsscoρ]

Yeah but the OLED isn't that long on the market. I don't know if Nintendo would release another OLED so soon already. But hey, we'll see. Only a few months left

we're talking about special editions, like squid mentioned, we got two of them last year close to when their games came out

 

[Bowsette Plus-Ultra]

Marketing a product as major as a game console is a process that absolutely takes more than 5 months. There are a ton of necessary things that they can’t or at the very least probably shouldn’t do before they actually announce the thing. Marketing campaigns, retailer deals, shipping to said retailers, third party developers, most of this pretty much has to be done in the time frame from reveal to a few days before launch, and while that’s technically possible I don’t fault console manufacturers for taking longer as it’s certainly not a simple task. As nice as it would be, it’s not going to happen nor should it.

You're right, but it's a cycle I hate. I'm detached from those hype cycles and jaded from disappointment, so the months of hype and teaser trailers mean nothing to me. I see them as the equivalent of a pre-rendered teaser trailer for a game: a trailer for nothing.

 

[Vanessa28]

we're talking about special editions, like squid mentioned, we got two of them last year close to when their games came out

May will come soon enough and with a special edition they'll going to sell fast I bet. This edition has silver colors according to the pics

 

[RamboBambiBambo]

Welp
*leans back and pours myself a glass of peanut-butter whiskey mixed with vanilla cream soda*
I may have been 'partially' correct because reportedly the Switch Pro development has been cancelled and a new console may be in production soon.

According to John Lineman a new system may be starting development.
(~linked above~)

However he also states that 2023 may not be the release window.
So perhaps 2024 will mark another roughly 7-year gap between consoles like we had seen between the Famicom and Super Famicom?

 

[Bowsette Plus-Ultra]

I do think that the Switch missing out on a dedicated Legend of Zelda game would be a bit of a morale hit. Age of Calamity hits exactly where I'd want a new Zelda game to hit, but with the sort of Warriors gameplay that I find kind of bland. Making BotW2 another inter-generational game would hammer in how big the gap between releases is.

 

[Azure Sage]

Honestly, I think it would be really, really funny if they released a TotK switch model and then released a new console a year later. Can you imagine buying a 300 dollar console only to have the next gen hardware come out right after you do? Can you imagine?

Just doesn't seem practical, is all I'm sayin'. I dunno if there's a precedent for that or not. I know I would be kinda pissed and it'd probably make me wait a few years to buy the new console.