Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has confirmed that a new console is on its way, although the company still has no idea when. In the slide presented (but already seen in the past), it shows a question mark in place of the image and a “20XX” as the date. So we’re just certain it will be in this century.
Nintendo will present a new console (within this century)
Like any publicly traded company, Nintendo must regularly hold briefings in which it tells the progress of the company, also announcing possible future developments to give an account to investors. President Shuntaro Furukawa has just presented one, which you can read in detail at this address. But it certainly didn’t show great details.
In his speech to investors, he explained that he wanted to continue expanding the Nintendo brand, creating new intellectual properties (games and hardware). Part of these efforts will be the launch of a new “game system”, which will continue to have the hardware-software integration approach seen so far: hence a console with a proprietary operating system. But when it came to revealing the date of a possible launch, this was the slide presented.
“Nintendo intends to continue expanding its business around the concept of creating unique products with hardware and software integration,” said president Shuntaro Furukawa. Then he continued: “We seek a virtuous circle with our integrated hardware-software systems and the provision of services and content based on Nintendo Accounts. In which we create points of contact with more and more customers and strengthen long-term and mutually positive relationships “.
In essence, Nintendo will continue to build consoles and produce games and services. Something we suspected even before. It therefore seems that the Japanese company wants to take its time before launching a console totally, having so far limited itself to presenting the OLED version of the Nintendo Switch. But we know that when they arrive, the consoles leave a mark (for better or for worse). We will keep you updated if there are any news, perhaps replacing those two Xs with numbers.