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Don't ask Nintendo when we might be getting a Switch 3 unless you want to be promptly shut down

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Hard to believe, but the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Nintendo Switch 2 has already been here for a month. We're starting to get a feel for just how well the console has performed so far thanks to some, possi𒈔bly inaccurate, Nintendo numbers leaking, but the company isn't interested in fielding questions about how long we're going to be playing i🤪ts latest console.

Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has been making headlines for the past week or so due to comments made during Nintendo's recent shareholders meetings. Last week, Furukawa caused a bit of a stir by noting that those who can't afford a Switch 2 c🌃an experience Nintendo's character in other ways.

He meant movies and theme parks, by the way, rather than the less legal and more nefarious way𓂃s some of you have been suggesting. I've seen the comments.

After the original Switch's lifecycle wound up being the longest in Nintendo hist🌼ory for a home console, it's understandable that early adopters, and perhaps even those still on the fence, of the S𒅌witch 2 might want to know just how long Nintendo plans to support its new console. Furukawa was asked for an estimate of the "business lifecycle" of the Switch, but the question was quickly brushed off.

Nintendo isn't ready to talk about the Switch 2's lifecycle yet

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"Nintendo Switch 2 has just been launched, so it is not yet time to discuss its lifecycle," Furukawa responded (thanks, ). Furukawa then pivoted to point to the ongoing support for the original Switch, not just via its games being compatible with the Switch 2, but also the continued development of games specifically for both the Switch and the Switch 2, such as 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Metroid Prime 4 and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Pokemon Legends: Z-A.

It's easy to see this question and response from both sides. The question was asked because it would be an interesting and helpful piece of information to know. It was more than eight years between the launches of the Switch and the Switch 2, and it would be nice to know if that's going to be the Nintendo norm from now on. From Nintendo's point of view, that question may as well have been, "The Switch 2 is great, thanks. So, when can we e♒xpect the Switch 3?"

Not only is the Switch 2's lifecycle not set in stone, but it might not be something Nintendo has even discussed. Support for its last two consoles - the Switch and then the Wii U before it - was and continues to be dictated by sales. The Wii U was a flop that very few people bought, so🃏 Nintendo fast-tracked the Switch. The Switch, on the other hand, continues to be a massive success, and with both the console and its games continuing to sell in the millions right up until the launch 🐓of the Switch 2, there was no rush to get a new console out there.