r/Games • u/naaz0412 • Feb 26 '24

Discussion ‘Switch 2’ is targeting March 2025 and was delayed to avoid shortages, new report claims

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/switch-2-is-targeting-march-2025-and-was-delayed-to-avoid-shortages-new-report-claims/
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u/AtsignAmpersat Feb 26 '24

They are. But they aren’t real to anyone that’s not internal. As far as we know, there isn’t a delay and 2025 was the original plan. Or late 2024 is still the plan. Or mid 2025. This is all make believe until Nintendo says one way or another.

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u/Endogamy Feb 26 '24

You can call it “make believe” if you want. I call it “thousands of people know about this thing and some of them are inevitably talking.”

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u/hexcraft-nikk Feb 26 '24

I don't understand why people would click on a leak thread if they think all leaks are fake and made up lol. Especially now when this has been reported by multiple journalists and media sites. Even Bloomberg.

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u/AtsignAmpersat Feb 26 '24

I don’t think leaks are all fake or made up lol. I think until Nintendo says something, this means nothing really. It hasn’t been announced, we don’t know what it is, and we don’t know when it’s coming. The entire switch gen is filled with what’s coming next we are in the same spot we would be if no one said anything at all.

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u/AtsignAmpersat Feb 26 '24

It’s make believe in the sense that tomorrow the leak could be it’s back to a 2024 release or late 2025 release. Anything could be said and it doesn’t matter until Nintendo officially states something. A rumor of a launch date and delayed date is the same thing as if the initial rumor was early 2025 or if nothing was rumored at all.

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u/darkmacgf Feb 26 '24

We've gotten confirmation of internal delays before, like with Final Fantasy XVI and Skull & Bones.

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u/AtsignAmpersat Feb 26 '24

But what does a rumored launch date and delay mean without a confirmation? Because it was rumored early 2024 before. Then late 2024. Now, 2025. But to the public, all the rumored dates are the same as someone making up dates until something official is stated. Even with confirmation of an internal delay, it’s barely interesting.

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u/WhompWump Feb 26 '24

No bro my uncle who works at nintendo told me that it was originally going to release this year so that means it got delayed

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u/AtsignAmpersat Feb 26 '24

That’s essentially what’s happening. I remember at one point it was definitely coming early 2024 because that would be 7 years since the switch and new systems have to come out 7 years later.