Time Between Switch’s Announcement And Launch Was A “Special Case”, Says Nintendo

The official translation of Nintendo’s monetary Q&A for the recently-released figures is now out there to view on-line, during which the corporate’s president, Shuntaro Furukawa, discusses the time between the Switch’s announcement and its launch, hinting that the identical is probably not utilized to future consoles.

This comes from the ultimate query within the briefing, the place Furukawa was requested whether or not he deems the hole between the Switch’s announcement and launch as a hit by way of the console’s advertising and marketing. In response, Furukawa describes the time between the 2 as a “special case”, earlier than suggesting that this isn’t essentially the timeframe that the corporate might be making use of sooner or later.

When we introduced our entry into the cell enterprise at the moment, we wanted to let folks know that Nintendo can be persevering with to give attention to the devoted online game platform enterprise as our core
enterprise. So, I consider that the timing of the Nintendo Switch announcement was a particular case.

We will present details about {hardware} and software program on the acceptable time for every product and attempt to achieve a variety of customers.

To be clear, this isn’t a affirmation of when the subsequent Nintendo console might be launched, nor the size of time that we will count on to be ready between its announcement and launch. Nonetheless, it’s fascinating that the corporate seems to not view the Switch’s early timeline as the technique for advertising and marketing new {hardware} going ahead.

Elsewhere, the Nintendo president was requested whether or not he views the Switch’s rising variety of annual enjoying customers as a motive to not launch a brand new console. While Furukawa said that the numbers is not going to sway the corporate’s choice to launch new {hardware}, its focus stays on “maintaining and expanding the utilization of Nintendo Switch”:

We don’t consider that reaching a sure variety of annual enjoying customers implies that there is no such thing as a must launch a next-generation platform. I can’t say something particular a couple of next-generation platform at the moment, however we’re all the time engaged on varied initiatives aimed on the future by asking ourselves what sort of enjoyable proposal we will make which might presumably present new and distinctive leisure.

Expectedly, no information about what’s subsequent by way of consoles got here from the Q&A, however the above trace in the direction of “new and unique entertainment” has us speculating about what may probably be within the works nonetheless.

Be certain to take a look at the total Q&A on the Nintendo web site to see Furukawa’s ideas on the above subjects in addition to the Mario Movie, increasing the corporate’s IP attain, and extra.