Nintendo Will Not Launch New Hardware Before Spring 2023

In latest information, the Nintendo Switch has formally surpassed 111 million units sold! This beats the file for Wii gross sales (101.63 million) and Game Boy Advance gross sales (81.51 million). However, total Switch gross sales are at the moment down by 22.9% because of a worldwide scarcity of semiconductors. Gaming fans who’re trying ahead to the discharge of the Nintendo Switch Pro might be disillusioned to seek out out that’s not occurring quickly. It has been reported by Bloomberg journalist Takashi Mochizuki that Nintendo is not going to reveal any new {hardware} by March 2023, the tip of this fiscal yr.

Nikkei: there might be no new Nintendo {hardware} this fiscal yr, which ends in March 2023. Not instantly clear whether or not that a part of the article is from Nikkei’s personal reporting or what Nintendo President, who Nikkei interviewed for the story, mentioned. https://t.co/HJVqk9Kbef

— Takashi Mochizuki (@6d6f636869) August 4, 2022

The semiconductor scarcity has been a worldwide subject for over a yr now, affecting many online game firms alike. Japanese outlet Nikkei has interviewed Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa on the matter; it’s unclear if the latest {hardware} announcement was confirmed by Furukawa himself or if it was only a report from Nikkei. Furukawa has said that “in order to create a single piece of hardware, we have to do a lot of preparation several years in advance, so we are working without stopping.” Instead of pushing out a brand new gaming console, Nintendo is at the moment engaged on constructing sufficient Switch items with the elements they’ve already secured.

On the intense aspect, followers of the Nintendo Switch should not have to fret in regards to the system changing into out of date within the foreseeable future. Nintendo consoles normally keep related for round six to seven years, with the GameDice lasting from 2001 to 2007 and the Wii from 2006 to 2013. The Switch will attain its sixth anniversary subsequent March, however the firm believes that the console is “still in the middle phase of its lifestyle.” Plus, many anticipated titles reminiscent of Splatoon 3 and Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope have but to be launched.

The Nintendo Switch Pro might not have an official launch date, however that doesn’t imply this beloved enterprise will stop to amaze its followers.