On the other hand though, wasn’t it the same situation with the original headset? It didn’t have the bad timing problem but it was super expensive and not exactly essential. It’s hideously expensive at a time when most people are not looking to spend large amounts of money on unnecessary luxuries. We’ll have to wait and see, but I feel this year is going to be filled with some very important reveals.Ī friend of mine is convinced the PlayStation VR2 is going to be a massive flop and on the face of it it’s hard to argue with him. I guess they could announce it next year and release it a few months later but while that may work with some games, I don’t think it’s a good idea for a whole console. Obviously, predicting Nintendo is madness but if they don’t announce it this year then I think they are going to be missing a beat. I increasingly hold with the theory that Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom is the last big Switch game and that everything else will be for its successor or at least cross-gen. I would be very surprised though if it wasn’t announced this year, probably at E3 in June. It’s not surprising it’s peaked, given how old it is now, but I think in an ideal world its successor would’ve been announced by now and yet the rumours suggest there’s no chance of it coming out this year. The real issue though is for Nintendo, since the falling sales of the Switch are not primarily down to stock. I know it was bad for most of last year but surely it was better than 2021 and pretty much no problem by Christmas? Seems to me that people are just tightening their belts and the lack of news games is not tempting them to do otherwise. I guess I would’ve expected things to be down given the cost of living crisis but to see console sales down by a third… that is a lot more than I would’ve thought. Interesting breakdown of 2022 sales in the UK. To join in with the discussions yourself email or later The Friday letters page celebrates the life and works of the late Archer Maclean, as one reader wonders why Oxenfree 2 isn’t on Xbox. Will there be some big news this year? (pic: Nintendo)
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