Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 finally officially revealed

MisterNeon@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• CosmoNova@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I‘m assuming they debated about it until the very last second until they settled with the safest option. The leaks probably accelerated things a lot towards the end and it might’ve been called something different entirely if they had more time to agree on a name.

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  • mosiacmango@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Its been what, 8 years since the original switch was released?

    They had plenty of time to decide on a better name.

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    • CosmoNova@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      That‘s not how projects or marketing work most of the time, however. Nintendo is known to use project names throughout development. They have a schedule for each and every step and the recent leaks have turned things upside down for sure.

      The reveal itself looks incredibly rushed. I suspect they hastily whipped up a quick animation in Blender by using some simple modifiers and clever editing. It has “Make a product animation in Blender” Youtube tutorial written all over it, if that makes sense. I kind of love it, but it’s not very Nintendo-like and neither is the name.

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