The Nintendo chipmaker says the new platform will hit stores in the “next quarters,” clearly hinting at the Switch 2.
Macronix is one of Nintendo’s main partners when it comes to producing components for its consoles, from the 3DS to the Switch, and it looks like they have some “hints” about the launch of the new platform.
new Nintendo console remains a mystery. We all expected the announcement to happen in October 2024, but unless there’s a last-minute twist, it won’t happen. Instead, we have new features like Sound Clock Alarmo or Xenoblade Chronicles X Definitive Edition.
Even the first games for the new Nintendo platform have been announced, such as My Time At Evershine and Yooka-Replaylee, not forgetting the port of Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope.
Also leaked are supposed renders of the Switch 2, with a sketch of a possible dock (or dock). magnetic joy-con what will be on the Nintendo console.
There is nothing official on the table at the moment. We must be patient because President Shuntaro Furukawa said that The announcement of new equipment can occur until March 31, 2025.that is, when the current financial year ends.
However, the Big N’s major hardware partners are already moving the needle and preparing the ground for their new console.
This happened with Sharp, and now we are going to Taiwan to analyze financial report third quarter (third quarter) Macronix in 2024.
Decline in sales due to the proximity of the “new site”
Macronix International Co.one of Nintendo’s main partners, shared financial results for the third quarter of 2024giving small clues as to when the Nintendo Switch 2 could be announced.
This Taiwanese company has been making memory chips for Nintendo since the days of the 3DS, so they have inside information about the Japanese company’s plans.
Without mentioning anything directly, Macronix’s report did not fail to hint the emergence of a new Nintendo platform, thereby justifying low sales of memory chips for the manufacturer.
Peak sales (i.e. sales of replacement cartridges) was achieved in the third quarter of 2023 (April to June)likely due to the launch of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom in stores.
However, since then a significant decrease will occur in the last period of 2023 and in the first half of 2024.. The information corresponds to Switch sales worldwide, excluding Japan.
Macronix mentions that “customers expect the launch of the new platform in the coming quarters”, as an excuse for reducing chip sales to its partners (including Nintendo).
Certainly, the “next quarters” passage is very ambiguousalthough some users believe that we will learn something until June 2025 (be it an announcement or even a spring launch).
The arrival of the Nintendo Switch 2 is not only a wish from players, the press and companies, but also a desire. also “necessity” in some cases. For example, the developer company TOSE, which is pinning its hopes on the new Nintendo console to improve its performance.
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