Xbox head Phil Spencer reaffirms the company's desire to release more multiplatform games while maintaining a hardware platform.

Xbox has mixed up its strategy over the past year - releasing four titles across Sony and Nintendo's platforms, and pushing a new marketing campaign making pretty much every device an Xbox. Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has also mentioned how there are "no red lines" in terms of the software Xbox releases on other platforms going forward.

Nintendo has an opportunity to avoid the pitfalls Sony and Microsoft wen through launching their current consoles.

Hosting and presenting the award was former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé who paid tribute to Team Asobi's charming little title. "So I have to admit it, Astro Bot almost outdid Nintendo at its own game," Fils-Aimé said, which drew some laughs to the people in attendance.

However, when you play the same game on your own PC or phone, using an emulator that Nintendo doesn’t own, would it still be legal? The Sony v. Connectix case created a precedent that makes emulation of video game consoles is legal, including copying its copyrighted BIOS.

The new console looks physically similar to the popular Switch system, which has sold more than 146 million units in seven years.

Despite approaching eight years since it launched, analysis of Nintendo’s financial data and weekly Famitsu sales shows that Switch sold just over 3 million units in Japan last year. That compares to over 4 million in 2023, and nearly 5 million in 2022.

While there’s no firm release date, fans may have a chance to go hands-in with the Switch 2 itself as soon as April. In a second post on X, Nintendo announced a series of demo experiences taking place throughout that month in New York, Los Angeles, and Dallas. Users can register for a tickets via a raffle at the company’s website.

Video game consoles used to be as fun as the games that could run them, but th Switch 2 signals that the era of hardware experimentation is ending.

If you missed it, Nintendo finally unveiled the Switch 2 this morning. It looks pretty much exactly like what the leaks said it would. It’s a bigger, presumably more powerful version of the beloved console/handheld hybrid that has magnetic Joy-Cons and can play your old Switch games,

The Switch 2 is unlikely to be priced any lower than $349, the current cost of an OLED Switch model. $399 seems like a safe bet — the same price as the base Steam Deck. Any more than this and Nintendo will face uncomfortable comparisons to the new wave of PC handhelds.

The Nintendo Switch 2 was revealed just this morning, and while we got a lot of confirmed details about what it would look like and even a brief look at a new game, there's still some pretty critical pieces of information missing.