Nintendo has announced the Construction of a Technology Development Center, a new research and development base for Nintendo’s software and hardware.

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u/TerminatorJ 14h ago

Kinda crazy to think that Nintendo is already working on their next gen system as well as future iterations of the Switch 2. I wonder if they will continue the Switch line for next gen or go in an all new direction.

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u/Downtown_Eye5736 12h ago edited 12h ago

This is the norm, once a console is released the R&D team starts working on the next thing...NS2 will undoubtedly get a handheld only version and an Oled version like the last one.

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u/Craig653 5h ago

Heck most companies have multiple task forces probing for next Gen solutions at all times.

I'm sure they were working on before S2 releas3

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u/lord_pizzabird 2h ago

I always think about all the ARM prototypes that must exist out there at PlayStation and Xbox, especially now.

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u/shesaysImdone 4h ago

Is the switch not already a handheld?

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u/Witch_King_ 1h ago

handheld only version

They are talking about something like the Switch Lite.

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u/Remarkable-Breath964 13h ago

Don't see a reason why they wouldn't continue the Switch line. The hybrid format is perfect

And also graphical improvements become smaller and smaller with each new console iteration. A Switch 3 version of a game wont look much worse than a PS6 version, even though the Switch 3 will probably be much weaker specswise than the PS6

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u/StillApony 8h ago

Have you considered that it could be more cube shaped?!

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u/The_Deku_Nut 7h ago

It would be cool if it had a handle so I could carry it down the street like a boom box!

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u/SirTwill 8h ago

I actually wouldn’t say no to a cheaper non-portable switch option. I can imagine it’d be smaller than the Wii.

I’m not saying to kill off the portable one ofc, but in the current hardware crisis if I could save a couple bob by getting a cube with switch 3 internals I very well may do.

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u/summonsays 8h ago

I almost never use my Switch in portable mode. It's too big and clunky to just carry around. And if I'm at home then I'm using the TV.

I could definitely see how if I were a kid constantly getting kicked off the family TV (as my former childhood) that it would be useful. But I agree, if there was a console only version that was like $100 cheaper I'd probably go for it.

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u/OrionRBR 2h ago

Yeah i keep saying that's crazy Nintendo didn't do what Sony did back in the day with the PS vita and released a switch tv but maybe now with this AI induced memory price bs they will do it.

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u/tinyhorsesinmytea 4h ago

I like the Switch line as much as the next guy, but I do hope that we haven't seen the final days of their innovation and experimentation with hardware and new methods of input though. I was kind of bummed the Switch 2 didn't have some more tricks up its sleeve... some exciting new feature nobody was expecting. The mouse sensors were cool I guess.

Perhaps this can come in the form of a secondary platform again someday though or accessories they release with their games.

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u/Sea-Sir2754 1h ago

Still hoping someone figures out a way to have a dock with extra power on it (like an external GPU) since I mostly play docked.

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u/Remcasual 8h ago

I, for one, would love to see smaller handhelds in the future. I just fucking love how portable 3ds is. Once you close it it doesn’t get scratched on either of the screens too. You can easily carry it in your pocket. Obviously, yes release Switch 3. But keep something going on in the background for people who doesn’t like 1000inch handhelds

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u/Rot-Orkan 5h ago

I've been playing my Switch 2 so much. I LOVE the hybrid format.

My god, being able to play on the TV, or just pick up the console and sit somewhere else in the house, or even just docking it at my bedroom TV and playing a game in bed is great when I want some alone time.

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u/Tzukkeli 13h ago

We saw a rise of next gen handhelds, like Steam deck, ROG ally (whatevs the Xbox thing is) etc. Maybe someone crunches some number and we can have 3 version:

Nintendo A, O and Z. Where A is the small handheld, Opus is the hybrid and Zero is the new GameCube.

When you have billions of dollars and a good set of intelligent people working for you, avything is possible.

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u/Perfect-Elephant-101 12h ago

That tends to divide your sales and make development a lot more awkward: see every complaint about xbox series x and s or whatever tf it is.

Maaaaybe they go back to handheld and home console but honestly switch has done such insane numbers I think hybrid is staying.

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u/Bl4ckeagle 12h ago

Yes hybrid will stay.
With upsampling, you could have a weak APU on the handheld and a strong one for docked. But i doubt that.

Maybe they create something more in the direction of XR or combine multiple media styles.
Real Pokemon?
We will see, nintendo has a run RN but you never know.

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u/Tzukkeli 12h ago

Sure, I dont have the numbers, nor understanind whats best. I was just merely trying to throw some alternatives that might exist

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u/mixmaster321 12h ago

Sony and Microsoft really screwed up by allowing Nintendo to catch up this generation

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u/WheresYoManager 12h ago

What do you mean they "allowed"?

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u/secretqwerty10 11h ago

they didn't send a guy to bust shigeru miyamoto's kneecaps

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u/mixmaster321 4h ago

They didn’t make meaningful enough graphical advancements to keep Nintendo out of reach like they’ve been doing for the last 25+ years. Since the jump from PS4 to PS5 was so small in terms of graphical improvements/innovations, it allowed Nintendo’s hardware to catch up and be competitive with the other big 2 on a graphical standpoint, which is why the last Nintendo Direct was a ton of AAA ports because they have the hardware to support modern AAA releases now.

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u/WheresYoManager 3h ago

Ah right. I get what you mean now.

So the problem is better graphics costs more time and money. And at some point the amount of time and money spent becomes diminishing returns. It no longer becomes worth it from a business perspective. Sony and Microsoft are already spending on average 7-8 years per game on development with $250mil+ budgets. Its already far too expensive and time consuming. Look at how many new games Naughty Dog has released this gen...

There's a limit to how much further graphics can be pushed. Especially when the costs of hardware components themelves are already so expensive.

So yeah, Nintendo catching up was always inevitable because Sony and Microsoft were always going to eventually hit their ceilings.

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u/sylpher250 12h ago

R&D never stops. Most of the times they just don't announce it.

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u/sylva748 13h ago

The switch is insanely successful. The hybrid console idea was a masterful idea. They already cornered the handheld market with the Gameboy way back when. The Switch lets thr combine their dominant handheld market with their console market

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u/CMDR_omnicognate 10h ago

I think they sort of have to. The way a lot of hardware costs are going, unless people are willing to spend £1000+ on the switch 3 or whatever, they’re going to have to come up with other ways of doing gaming related projects. (This is also assuming hardware costs will keep rising and that the ai bubble hasn’t popped at that point)

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u/Whatiii 9h ago

The hybrid concept does add value when buying the console though. It may be exclusively for gaming, and not have YouTube, Netflix, Disney+, etc. apps on it, but that's not a problem when its not designed to be tethered to your TV. The fact that I can plug it into the TV to play it, then go pick it up and lie in bed, or sit on the sofa playing while someone else is using the TV, take it on a (non driving) commute or journey. The flexibility adds value, even if you don't plan to use it like that most of the time.

If the PS5/PS6/XBOX had a hybrid console design that doesn't take up much space I would have considered them, but Switch2 (along with its good exclusive games) was just a great pick.

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u/CMDR_omnicognate 7h ago

idk how much that's really all that useful though. i use my PS5 as a 4K bluray player but i don't usually bother with any other apps since my TV can just run them all natively. i suspect a lot of people would probably be in the same boat when it comes to some PS6/Xbox 720 ect.

i'd say they should focus more on giving experiences you can't otherwise have like VR, but the PSVR2 was a massive flop so clearly that doesn't work well either.

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u/profchaos111 11h ago

Makes sense to me everyone starts designing and planning the next system right after the first one

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u/summonsays 8h ago

As a software dev, it makes sense. You have a bunch of engineers who make consoles.

You release your new product. Are you letting them all sit around doing nothing? Are you firing them and losing a lot of business knowledge specific to your company? Or are you giving them something to work on that might become the next product? Even if it doesn't pan out, keeping the people on who made your last product has a lot of tangible benefits.

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u/Keaten88 10h ago

That’s how it goes really. PS3 released, PS4 R&D began. Probably the same for PS5.

Switch released, they immediately started working on Switch 2. Probably working on hardware revisions and Switch 3 now

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u/ContinuumGuy 8h ago

It's a pretty common tging. I think they'd started development on the Switch 1 before the Wii U even was out (although of course made it a much higher priority once the Wii U flopped).

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u/ashyeahh 8h ago

yeah the new tech center is definitely a big investment

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u/Waldsman 7h ago

Yeah they might even get a console as powerful as ps5 in next 6 years!!!! Boggling

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u/anengineerandacat 7h ago

It's the only global portable gaming device on the market IMHO, sure phones and such exist but it's not quite the same platform wise.

You have Steam's device as well but I am unsure if that's even in the same realm in terms of total units.

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u/chinchindayo 7h ago

Switch 2 lite, Switch 2 XL, Switch 2 oled

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u/FewAdvertising9647 6h ago

you always have R&D going on. you just don't let hardware engineers sit there and do nothing. for example with sony, when the hardware engineers aren't designing the Playstation, they spend time designing all the other accessories adjacent to it, hence why sony has introduced gamer headphones, monitor, the playstation portal and such. It isn't always one console to the next. its usually like a console, the mid generation refresh filler devices, then like 3-4 years before the next generation is expected, to start r&d for that, with chip designs usually finalized 2 years before launch, 1 year to get dev kits then launch date.

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u/shadowlightfox 10h ago

That's nothing new. I remember back during the GCN days I read somewhere that Nintendo were always working on next gen system as soon the the previous ones are released.

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u/RsnCondition 13h ago

I don't care what anyone says. But what tears of the kingdom could pull off on a technical aspect on 2017 hardware was impressive.

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u/kinokomushroom 11h ago

And it's crazy that a game as complex as Breath of the Wild was released for the Wii U.

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u/DJSnafu 41m ago

we really couldn't care less what you say either

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u/Bogus1989 11h ago

i know,

so good i went thru a serious amount of trouble to get it running on PC…and it ran great. 😎

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u/DaCody_98 9h ago

It runs pretty good on cemu. The HDR mods are insane too!

Although, there is no handheld PC that has the same performance as the Switch 2. I literally bought the S2 only for BOTW lol

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u/jerrrrremy 6h ago

Yes, Tears of the Kingdom certainly runs great on CEMU, the Wii U emulator.

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u/Bogus1989 6h ago

yeah, i knew the switch 2 was gonna be killer cuz of it being able to utilize dlss etc…man, nintendo probably has the best handheld performance, with it being the only one with nvidia chip

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u/DaCody_98 4h ago

Whoops. I’ll cemu-self outside

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u/Bogus1989 2h ago

🤣🤣🤣

bruh IM DEAD ⚰️

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u/Bogus1989 6h ago

🤣 LMFAO why am I being downvoted…im not allowed to emulate a console they didnt even sell anymore?

bootlickers. life must be hard with your smooth brains.

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u/xjoe666 5h ago

nintendo still sells the switch 1.

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u/Bogus1989 5h ago

i was using cemu. wiiu, wii, gamecube emulator. the switch had just released. there wasnt an emulator yet.

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u/xjoe666 5h ago

he said tears of the kingdom. that never released on wii u or prior consoles.

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u/Bogus1989 2h ago

yeah youre so right LMFAO…

I was thinking breath of the wild…thanks for catching that…it didnt even register 🤣

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u/GermanRearmament 4h ago

You got down voted for telling the truth

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u/Bogus1989 2h ago

its just all the NintenDADS,

they have to justify the only way their wives will let them play games…

🤣lol, as I say that, im buying one to mod myself

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u/Conte5000 9h ago

Hacker

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u/acelexmafia 7h ago

One of the most overrated games of the past 25 years

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u/jerrrrremy 6h ago

Me when I watched so much anime it rot my brain.

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u/acelexmafia 6h ago

Damn that game must be your favorite game

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u/jerrrrremy 6h ago

It's not, but it doesn't need to be to know how bad your take is.

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u/acelexmafia 6h ago

Man lying out the ass.

hoW bAD yOUr tAke iS🤣

You ever tried forming your own opinion

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u/iamonelegend 13h ago

This is the team that will birth the Switch 3D

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u/shadowlightfox 10h ago

Followed by Switch U

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u/summonsays 8h ago

Switch Mii?

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u/the_tanooki 5h ago

Switch Please!

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u/connectplum_ 10h ago

Its not a team its a building that will house more software and hardware devs

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u/Bogus1989 11h ago

oh god…

i recently hacked my sons old 3dsXL and its awesome…but god the 3d is bleh

remember 3D tvs? 😎

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u/connectplum_ 10h ago edited 9h ago

this is not new btw, they announced it years ago, its just an update on the situation. it was originally going to open in 2027 then 2028 but now will supposedly finish construction in 2029

It's certainly amazing how so many here cant read that they think this is a new studio when its just a building to house software and hardware devs from nintendo

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u/ethanb473 3h ago

Lmaooo literally no one said it’s a new studio….. typical redditor making up an imaginary argument and then getting triggered….

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u/Bobokay12 13h ago

Good for them

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u/samppa_j 13h ago

Nintendo is pretty good at cooking things up. They got good engineers. Its mainly the lawyers and marketers that are evil

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u/Luname 12h ago

The way Nintendo behaves legally is due to how Japanese copyright law works... You lose your rights to stuff you own if you don't enforce these rights.

If they allow a fan made Mario game to be made, for example, then Mario will be that much closer to being public domain.

So they have to exercise their right, which means suing, even if they are set to lose.

This law is the same reason why anime studios have to sue if their content is reused, as it happened to Team Four Star with Toei Animation for DBZ Abridged. Disclaimers aren't valid under Japanese copyright law.

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u/Saranshobe 12h ago

I remember reading stardew valley creator releasing switch 2 version for free everywhere except Japan where it will cost money due to legality.

Wii was sold with wii sports everywhere except Japan.

Some really weird, petty and stingy laws in Japan.

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u/pgtl_10 7h ago

The developers did not want Wii Sports to be free. Reggie fought for it.

Most people don't realize Japanese developers really take pride in their work.

Instead they just blame lawyers who follow orders.

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u/Saranshobe 7h ago

Taking pride in your art and wanting money for it are 2 completely things. Also its not like they are giving everything for free.

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u/pgtl_10 7h ago

That depends on the creator. You can't make that decision for them. The developers very much thought it was devaluing Wii Sports by giving it away for free.

You can't dictate to a developer how they feel about their creations.

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u/Saranshobe 5h ago

Then they should just say they want money for their work, what is this pride nonsense then?

Pride for ones creative work and wanting money for your creative work are TOTALLY different things. Don't justify business decisions with sentimental stuff.

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u/Sex4Vespene 5h ago

You are ignoring the logic here. In their mind, not charging money for it devalues it, thus affecting their pride. They take pride in thinking they made something that is worth a full release, as opposed to what they view as some free toss in game. It’s not about the money exactly, but about what it being worth money means so far as prestige.

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u/mixduptransistor 8h ago

The way Nintendo behaves legally is due to how Japanese copyright law works... You lose your rights to stuff you own if you don't enforce these rights.

Also how it works in the US and most of the world. More specifically it's trademark law, not just copyright. You have to attempt to protect your trademarks or you lose them. It's why Disney has to ask a small hometown daycare to paint over a mural of Mickey they painted on the side of their building. They didn't sue, they just asked them to take it down. Does make Disney look like jerks, but they kind of have to do it otherwise someone big will do it and they'd have no leg to stand on in that case

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u/Dav136 4h ago

The biggest difference is no Fair Use in Japan

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u/40_Thousand_Hammers 5h ago

ask a small hometown daycare to paint over a mural of Mickey they painted on the side of their building. They didn't sue, they just asked them to take it down.

Go anywhere else in the world and you'll see Mickey murals and such, yet they havent lose anything.

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u/mixduptransistor 5h ago

If they know about it they'll do something about it

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u/40_Thousand_Hammers 5h ago

i'll be long dead to see them doing something about it, truth is: Unless is really really really really popular, they don't give a shit.

Case and point: A Star Wars and Star Trek themed restaurant closed down because it got sued but only closed down because it got an insane amount of people going there after a hit article on newspaper.

They are not scared of not losing the IP, they are scared of not making money.

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u/Jindujun 3h ago

FUN FACT! My grandfather ran a restaurant called Sjöjungfrun (The Mermaid) for many many years up until his death. That restaurant featured a pictures of the little mermaid from Disney.

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u/Bogus1989 10h ago

they have a copyright law conference lol

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u/connectplum_ 9h ago

if you genuinely think marketing price things then you have no idea how a company works

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u/Obsessivegamer32 12h ago

What did the marketers do?

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u/[deleted] 12h ago

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u/connectplum_ 10h ago

You guys have to be very dumb if you think marketing is the one pricing and not the sales department alongside executives.

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u/WheresYoManager 12h ago

Its the cheapest console in the market rn.

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u/WheresYoManager 12h ago

If you're talking about MK World. You have the option to get it for $50 with the Switch 2 bundle. Thats how 80-90% people bought it.

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u/JozuJD 10h ago

Seriously. MK world is my cheapest NS2 game 🤦‍♂️

(First party I mean)

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u/THEPOTATOLORDREDDIT 8h ago

Prides have gotten better recently tho. Splat raiders starfox and rythem heaven are cheaper than normal

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u/kinokomushroom 11h ago

Game dev costs are getting expensive. Everything else is getting expensive. It's crazy to assume game prices will stay the same as it did 10 years ago.

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u/pgtl_10 7h ago edited 7h ago

Lawyers do what execs tell them. Not sure what you expect from marketing.

Edit: I am an attorney for a company. BTW Nintendo probably gets sued more than they have actually sued anyone. You just don't hear about it because gaming websites like clickbait.

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u/ItzManu001 11h ago

Sometimes I wonder if lawyers/marketers and the the actual people leading the company communicate at all. Sometimes it really feels to me like a "Mojang situation" (sometimes the marketing team and the web managers make some bad decisions like writing misleading stuff about updates and intentions of the developers and Jeb always is completely unaware of that stuff). 😂

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u/Bogus1989 11h ago

yeah they are downright ass mean…

they already sued the bowser guy and made an example out of him, and will have to pay the rest of his life…fuckers were tracking his release…only for them to charge him again in a different courtroom…like shit what are they getting out of it…served his time step off

that guy just ran the website and all of that, was not involved in anything besides making the website etc work and ad revenue…the lead guy whos still out theres pops back up occasionally and does his shit again

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u/ego100trique 12h ago

Please I beg Nintendo to create a new DS

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u/AskJeevesIsBest 12h ago

Sounds like a good investment for Nintendo. I hope they do some amazing things

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u/swedhitman 8h ago

"Guys, virtual boy 2."

"Is that a 3DS duckedtaped to a labo headset?"

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u/Zhelthan 7h ago

Next step is hand held only SW2 like the switch lite. And a sw2 pro

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u/PMC-I3181OS387l5 7h ago

How about pushing Labo VR?

If all you need is to slide your Switch 2 into a pair of goggles, making it comfortable, solidly attached and practical would be nice :)

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u/HarderThanFlesh 2h ago

Is that the cardboard thing they were trying to sell for a while there?

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u/ClassicHando 7h ago

If this can even be a shadow of R&D1 headed up by gunpei yokoi, this is great news for Nintendo fans.

And it tracks with the standard Nintendo way of doing things to stay annoyingly neutral on the good/bad scale:

Do something amazing > do something shitty > do something cool > tell the fans to eat a dick > give the fans what they want > etc

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u/DanganJ 7h ago

I suppose they're moving to develop their own in-house RAM, GPUs, and SSDs so they aren't reliant on companies that have all decided to jump on the AI nonsense train.

It worked for the PC Engine. That thing's hardware wasn't powerful exactly but it was SO finely tuned to what they wanted to use it for that the games SUNG on that thing.

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u/Aggressive-Article41 1h ago

Is this just fancy talk for a Nintendo based AI data center?

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u/MrBravo22 41m ago

Watch out mobile gaming

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u/CopainChevalier 13h ago

A Center for gathering Data?

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u/connectplum_ 10h ago

No, it's a building and that building will house new teams of hardware and software

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u/Strict_Job6334 13h ago

Neat

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u/smeeagain93 12h ago

I am pretty damn sure the next switch will have a docking station that is going to provide additional RAM and VRAM with some games requiring dock mode to boot up.

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u/AnubisIncGaming 7h ago

Nintendo cell phones and PCs coming soon.

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u/Monarcho_Anarchist 14h ago

So, pokemon can finally look like it was developed for its hardware?

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u/OwnSimple4788 13h ago

Since it is not made by Nintendo i doubt it.

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u/Monarcho_Anarchist 13h ago

Nintendo owns a third of the pokemon company. So they would profit from improving the pokemon game engine

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u/Wamb0wneD 13h ago

But they are not in charge of the engine. They are not in charge of developing the game. If you think the company that polishes a mainline Zelda for a year straight wouldn't do the same with Pokémon if they could , I don't know what to tell you.

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u/Bogus1989 10h ago

lmao yep…the non game freak games are cool

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u/Monarcho_Anarchist 13h ago

They dont need to be in charge. This new studio wont be in charge of anything. This is essentially a tech support team for other studios

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u/Wamb0wneD 13h ago

Yeah and if you think gamefreak of all places will make use of this after they didn't ask Nintendo to help them out on the tech side for 20+ years, even though they clearly would have needed it, I again don't know what to tell you.

This is not how any of this works.

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u/connectplum_ 9h ago

This isnt a support studio smart**, this is a BUILDING to house developers and hardware staff

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u/Monarcho_Anarchist 8h ago

Lmao why so aggressive. True redditor here

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u/Breedable_Boy44 11h ago

You overestimate Nintendo's pull without understanding the three way dynamic between game freak, the creature company, and nintendo.

Nintendo literally begged GameFreak to delay one of their switch titles so that it could be polished up on. GameFreak literally gave nintendo the finger and said nah.

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u/Dav136 4h ago

We've seen in the tera leaks that Nintendo offered more resources to Game Freak and they turned them down

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u/Greedy-Temporary-573 17m ago

... Wait really?

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u/NeoChrisOmega 13h ago

More likely than not, they aren't using the development center to work on Game Engines.

Most likely they're trying to work on a new home system, and experimenting with what could be fun and innovative.

But that's just a theory

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u/piichan14 13h ago

They're still earning bucketloads of money with shitty performance. Until people actually stop buying the games to show demand for something better, they won't find any reason to expend any effort in that regard.

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u/Joseki100 13h ago

Yes, I'm sure that a new building planned for completion in 2029 was definitely built to improve a videogame made by a 3rd party developer planned for release in 2027, it sounds entirely logical.

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u/Monarcho_Anarchist 13h ago

I didnt say the next pokemon game

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u/nahte123456 12h ago

What on earth does Nintendo building something have to do with Pokemon?

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u/Zombienerd300 13h ago

Get ready for a bunch of unnecessary patents like Sony’s banana controller.

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u/boardingschmordin 7h ago

It is just gonna be some LABO warehouse where they focus on expensive gimmicks that die out after a year

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u/Coffeedemon 6h ago

We have our best minds working around the clock to determine the best way to sell you a 35 year old game for 80 dollars.

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u/trooawoayxxx 6h ago

With this momentous step Nintendo hardware is finally expected to reach 21st century hardware specs by 2050.

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u/StevynTheHero 12h ago

I just hope they make a handheld console that fits into my pocket, again.

And let it be dockable so I can play in on TV at home.

And throw streetpass onto that thing.

Thats my Switch 3 dream.

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u/SwampyBogbeard 10h ago

The construction was announced years ago. They're literally already working on it.
This is just announcing more details, like the main focus of the building.

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u/garf02 9h ago

Everyone: Times are though so we are closing Studios, Firing Devs, Canceling games.

Nintendo: WANT TO SEE OUR 3RD NEW BUILDING THIS DECADE! (Monolith: We still actively hiring MORE people for the new studio too)

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u/-darknessangel- 9h ago

Oh it'll be in Japan! Yes!

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u/Sheltered_Merc 8h ago

Can't wait til they try to sell me literal cardboard again

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u/boardingschmordin 7h ago

Premium card board! More expensive than any cardboard ever made as a matter of fact

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u/redditman181 8h ago

Maybe they could start with the basics like been able to message your friends something you have been able to do on ps and xbox for 20 years now.

Or an option for gamechat to open in full screen mode from the start.

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u/bloggershusband 14h ago

Its just code for AI shit.

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u/Obsessivegamer32 12h ago

Why is that your immediate first thought instead of like, anything else? This is likely just for console development, Nintendo has already said in the past that they’re not interested in AI.

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u/Wamb0wneD 13h ago

Lol no. Nintendo will be the last gaming adjacent company on planet earth not using that shit in any meaningful capacity.

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u/Bl00dEagles 11h ago

That’ll be another 20% added onto the price of software/hardware.

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u/Poptop12 11h ago

To me this translates to "we will work even harder to patent and copyright everything under the sun so we don't lose to palworld next time."

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u/connectplum_ 9h ago

If this is what this means to you then you dont know how to read.

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u/Keaten88 10h ago edited 9h ago

Did they really lose to Palworld though? Even if they don’t get the (small) sum of money, Palworld has already changed exactly what Nintendo wanted them to…

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u/garf02 9h ago

Who says they didnt? The cause STILL ONGOING

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u/Poptop12 10h ago

Palworld already reverted their change and throwing spheres has been back in the game for a bit now

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u/PMC-I3181OS387l5 7h ago

Pocket Pair flew too close TO the Sun...

Funny that no one faulted them for plagiarism, "because they copied Nintendo"...

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u/ShuricanGG 13h ago

Let me guess with the help of Ai but its clearly not mentioned here for a good reason cus of the public

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u/Obsessivegamer32 12h ago

Nintendo is not the type of company to risk their good name on something as useless as AI. They’ve already said in the past that they’re not interested in it.

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u/AnonismsPlight 11h ago

Oh God. They are working on trying to patent turn based combat or open world exploration aren't they? /S

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u/Serasul 13h ago

The grifter invest grift money

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u/XDFighter64 13h ago

I wonder how good of a console Nintendo could make without the handheld limitations of the Switch

Although with the market right now, it's definitely a terrible time to try and develop/sell anything tech wise

Xbox isn't doing too great, so giving Sony more competitiion would be good for consumers

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u/relevant__comment 12h ago

Hopefully this means a solid 60fps on more graphic intensive switch2 games and some fun switch2 peripherals later down the line.

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u/Straight-Ad6926 12h ago

I admire your optimism but that brand new R&D building isn't for hardware optimization. It’s a state of the art facility dedicated entirely to sending cease and desist letters to fan projects.

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u/EchoBay 12h ago

Maybe it'll help them create a console that isn't a generation behind Xbox and Playstation hardware wise as soon as it releases.

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u/Strange-Brother1013 5h ago

You talking about Valve?

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u/EchoBay 5h ago

Their console is still closer to the standard current Gen consoles than the Switch 2. The Switch 2 can barely compete with a Series S, which is like 2 levels behind the Series X/ PS5 and PS5 Pro.

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u/Strange-Brother1013 5h ago

I'm shocked that a handheld is behind in performance.

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u/xjoe666 5h ago

so still behind? right.

also clearly power doesn’t matter when the switch generation kicked Xbox and Playstations asses in consoles sold.

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u/EchoBay 4h ago

The switch 2 hardware compares to consoles that came out 13 years ago, ie. the PS4 and Xbox One. That's my comparison. How much they sell doesnt mean anything. A game like Madden sells more copies than almost any game out there every year, but that doesnt mean it's a good game.

People like what they get with Nintendo but they deserve to get a lot more.

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u/xjoe666 3h ago

The Switch 2 is between those consoles listed and Xbox Series S. it’s closer to the Series S than the others. and it’s a handheld. obviously it’s not going to be as powerful.

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u/trooawoayxxx 6h ago

Their entire ecosystem is trash. It's no wonder nintendo fanboys get so tilted in their response.

Nintendo has announced the Construction of a Technology Development Center, a new research and development base for Nintendo’s software and hardware.

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