News Following reports indicating a Q1 2025 Nintendo Switch 2 release, Nintendo's JP stock drops by over 5 percent

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Following reports of a Switch 2 delay to Q1 next year instead of later this year, Nintendo's JP stock sees a reported 5.84% drop. We also discuss likelihood of the Switch 2 delay rumors based on Nintendo's past behavior regarding delays for console, game releases, or both.

Following reports indicating a Q1 2025 Nintendo Switch 2 release, Nintendo's JP stock drops by over 5 percent : Read more

 

[Giroro]

If a Switch 2 was coming this year, Nintendo would have announced it last July.
That's just how Nintendo always works. So I'm not sure why any reasonable investor would have thought otherwise.

A Q1 release would only happen if Nintendo decided that Switch 2 qualifies as a gameboy/DS. So far the Switch has been following the home console playbook. I don't see why they would change how they classify the next console, unless it's a substantially different device than what we expect.
Which, I mean, Nintendo might be making something weird again (good or bad).

 

[TheyCallMeContra]

If a Switch 2 was coming this year, Nintendo would have announced it last July.
That's just how Nintendo always works. So I'm not sure why any reasonable investor would have thought otherwise.

A Q1 release would only happen if Nintendo decided that Switch 2 qualifies as a gameboy/DS. So far the Switch has been following the home console playbook. I don't see why they would change how they classify the next console, unless it's a substantially different device than what we expect.
Which, I mean, Nintendo might be making something weird again (good or bad).

curious why you say a Q1 Switch 2 release would be Nintendo deciding it "qualifies as gameboy/DS" when the original Switch also released in Q1 and Nintendo's only handheld-only system since is Switch Lite— do you mind elaborating?

 

[JTWrenn]

If a Switch 2 was coming this year, Nintendo would have announced it last July.
That's just how Nintendo always works. So I'm not sure why any reasonable investor would have thought otherwise.

A Q1 release would only happen if Nintendo decided that Switch 2 qualifies as a gameboy/DS. So far the Switch has been following the home console playbook. I don't see why they would change how they classify the next console, unless it's a substantially different device than what we expect.
Which, I mean, Nintendo might be making something weird again (good or bad).

What are you talking about? Switch one was announced in November of 2016 and released in march of 2017. So a 5 month window. That same cadence could be a July announce and December release. They more often do this than what you said for their main systems, with the wii u being the exception and the gamecube falling in between.

switch announce oct 2016, release march 2017
wii u announce april 2011 release nov 2012
wii announce april 2006 release nov 2006
gamecube announce aug 2000 release sept 2001
n64 announced nov 1995 june 1996

So they do it faster than you said more often than not and that is not even looking at the handhelds.

 

[Alvar "Miles" Udell]

The global economy is in shambles right now, with inflation and cost of living skyrocketing, and Japan and the UK entering a recession. Launching a new game console this year would be a disaster,

 

[oofdragon]

Nintendo should have stopped making consoles long ago, they went from power house to mobile that even smart phones perform better

Palworld came to show Nintendo famboys how much the pokemon franchise has been lacking, wait till the same happens to Zelda

 

[oofdragon]

7 years ago Nintendo released a console that was already underpowered by that era standards, now they r pushing to 2025 a hardware that maybe won't even match the standard of that same 7 years ago? I really wonder how they didn't went bankrupt already.. but then I remember apple fanboys

 

[George³]

and Japan and the UK entering a recession.

Germany too. It's a big economic and market and have influence in decision of Nintendo.

 

[TerryLaze]

Nintendo should have stopped making consoles long ago, they went from power house to mobile that even smart phones perform better

Palworld came to show Nintendo famboys how much the pokemon franchise has been lacking, wait till the same happens to Zelda

7 years ago Nintendo released a console that was already underpowered by that era standards, now they r pushing to 2025 a hardware that maybe won't even match the standard of that same 7 years ago? I really wonder how they didn't went bankrupt already.. but then I remember apple fanboys

Nintendo is the only gaming/console company to survive from the very beginning...
They didn't do that by making games for YOU, they did that by making games for their target audience.
They never had better hardware and they never needed it to flash people into thinking they were playing good games, they just made good games and they keep making good games.

 

[bigdragon]

2024 always felt too soon to me. 2025 seems like a better fit for a Switch replacement. Nintendo really needs to bring their best with launch games. Competition from smaller developers launching games on Steam is very strong right now. Hopefully the economic environment will be more stable in 2025 too. I'm not liking the signs that inflation may be ramping up again for 2024.

 

[artk2219]

Nintendo should have stopped making consoles long ago, they went from power house to mobile that even smart phones perform better

Palworld came to show Nintendo famboys how much the pokemon franchise has been lacking, wait till the same happens to Zelda

7 years ago Nintendo released a console that was already underpowered by that era standards, now they r pushing to 2025 a hardware that maybe won't even match the standard of that same 7 years ago? I really wonder how they didn't went bankrupt already.. but then I remember apple fanboys

Its not always about having the most powerful system, and its foolish to say that they should be out of the hardware business when they're still clearly making money in it. Besides, the last time Nintendo was truly a powerhouse with the most powerful console would have to be the Nintendo 64 days, and it was absolutely destroyed by the original PS1 in sales. The Gamecube was the most second powerful console of its generation behind the Xbox, and it was similarly creamed by the PS2 and Xbox in sales. With this being the case twice in a row, why would they not focus on something that would bring you more sales instead of worrying about being the most powerful. Especially when their previous big sellers, the original NES and SNES were not the most powerful consoles, yet they sold very well.

That's why we got the Wii, a bit more powerful than the Gamecube, but not a generation leader, and it sold incredibly well because it was priced well and had something that the competition didn't. Unfortunately they relied on that too long and while the Wii-u did have a neat new feature with a tablet as a second controller, it didn't really get used in the ways it could have been. Similar to after the Gamecube they looked at what worked, figured hey lets cram it all into the tablet portion of the Wii-u, and see how that does. Now the switch is very long in the tooth, and its not the only handheld game in town anymore, but I don't see Nintendo getting out of the hardware game, even if the switch 2 doesn't perform as well as they'd like. This is mainly due to something else Nintendo has made a priority that hasn't always been the case for the competition. They try not to sell their consoles at a loss, at worst its at cost, but generally they try to make a profit on the hardware from the get go, so they're never losing out on money if they're making sales. Don't get me wrong, im no Nintendo fan boy, but they're a smart company thats been around for a while, they're not going anywhere just yet.

 

[JTWrenn]

Nintendo should have stopped making consoles long ago, they went from power house to mobile that even smart phones perform better

Palworld came to show Nintendo famboys how much the pokemon franchise has been lacking, wait till the same happens to Zelda

7 years ago Nintendo released a console that was already underpowered by that era standards, now they r pushing to 2025 a hardware that maybe won't even match the standard of that same 7 years ago? I really wonder how they didn't went bankrupt already.. but then I remember apple fanboys

They absolutely had the most powerful portable system 7 years ago. Steamdeck got pc's into it and phone power grew massively in the last 7 years. Saying they were underpowered is ignoring that they were a portable 7 years ago when nobody else was playing in that market and phone gaming was just on the rise.

 

[Marnad]

From a business perspective, it's good that the Switch has been a solid performer for Nintendo.

On the personal side, I wish Nintendo was forced to abandoned the hardware market and bring all of their first party titles to PS5, XSX, and PC.

I often wonder of the fidelity that a Zelda game could have on PS5 (4k, 60 fps, RT effects, high-res textures, particle effects, etc.) 😛

 

[Deleted member 2969713]

Which, I mean, Nintendo might be making something weird again (good or bad).

I hope they do something weird. A mere boring spec increase to the Switch would be so... boring.