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Sources: Nintendo targets 2024 with next-gen console | VGC (www.videogameschronicle.com)
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According to multiple people with knowledge of Nintendo’s next-gen console plans, the company is likely to release new hardware during the second half of 2024, to ensure that it has ample stock available on day one and to avoid the kind of shortages seen with PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.

Although specific details on the console are being kept closely guarded, those VGC spoke to indicated that the next-gen console would be able to be used in portable mode, similar to the Nintendo Switch.

Two sources VGC spoke to suggested that the console could launch with an LCD screen, instead of the more premium OLED, in order to bring down costs, especially considering the increased storage needed for higher fidelity games. The current Switch comes with just 32GB of internal memory, while many current-gen PlayStation and Xbox games are over 100GB.

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[-] Thebazilly@pathfinder.social 19 points 1 year ago

It feels like game development timelines are so long these days that there's very few games per hardware generation. I look back at the PS2's library (to be fair, it was enormous even for its own time) and everything on the Switch feels tiny in comparison.

Also, even if the "new Nintendo Switch(i)" or whatever is backwards compatible, the rise of digital sales means I can't play my switch games on the new console anyway.

I'm just tired of having to buy new crap.

[-] DarthYoshiBoy@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

I look back at the PS2’s library (to be fair, it was enormous even for its own time) and everything on the Switch feels tiny in comparison.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_2_games_(A%E2%80%93K) vs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nintendo_Switch_games

If there aren't legit more Nintendo Switch games than there were PS2 games right now, I imagine that the Switch will just trample the PS2 before its end.

[-] TwilightVulpine@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Indie games really skew that count, though to be fair they weren't really a thing back then. But speaking of major triple-A and mid-sized double-A studios, they have released games much more slowly compared to previous generations, and that's even easier to see in more powerful consoles like the PS5.

[-] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 19 points 1 year ago

Sure, but why does that matter? Saying "indie games skew the count" implies that you don't feel that indie games are "real" games. The big devs and publishers may have slowed down, but that's because the games they wanted to make got bigger with more art, more music, bigger worlds, etc. Nowadays, the biggest "indie" dev teams are about the same size as the mid-size developers in the PS2 days.

[-] TwilightVulpine@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Nah, that's definitely not what I meant. It's great that we get so many indie games. But if anything I feel like, other than Nintendo, the large studios are not making the most out of each generation before the next console is released.

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