A second component manufacturer claims to be working on a ‘new Japanese console’ that’s set to launch next spring.
If there’s one thing Nintendo hates more than pirates and modders it’s leaks and right about now they must be furious with both Microsoft and two of China’s biggest component manufacturers.
During their court battle earlier in the month, Microsoft made reference to a new ‘in-development Switch model’, while only days before Chinese company Hongzhun Industry straight up said they were making parts for a new Nintendo console – due out before April next year.
They quickly redacted that, to make only vague references to their revenues getting a major boost in the second quarter of next year, but now SoC (system on a chip) manufacturer PixArt has revealed they’re providing components for a new Japanese console due early next year.
They’re sensible enough not to mention Nintendo by name but they state the company in question hasn’t launched a new system in years, so unless Sega is finally gearing up for the Dreamcast 2 they can only be talking about Nintendo.
To make it even more obvious, PixArt has already provided components for the current Switch’s Joy-Cons, as well as for the Wii U and Wii. So Nintendo clearly considers them a trusted partner.
As a cherry on top, in terms of believability, the information comes via Chinese website MoneyDJ, which accurately leaked information of the Switch a year before it was announced.
If you assume that a spring release is what Nintendo is aiming for (the Switch came out in early March, so they clearly don’t mind launching new consoles then) the next question is when it’ll be officially announced.
Conventional logic suggests not to do so in the run-up to Christmas, or you risk putting everyone off from buying your current console in the meantime.
Nintendo did reveal the Switch in the autumn, but the Wii U was selling so badly at the time that hardly counts. And yet to launch the Switch 2 in, say, March 2024 but only announce it in January doesn’t seem quite enough time to get the hype flowing fast enough.
With Nintendo all you can do is wait and see but at the moment all signs point towards a Switch 2 launch sooner rather than later.
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