Nintendo is arguably taking the protected path with the identify of its Transfer “successor” – confirming at first of this 12 months it might be formally referred to as the ‘Transfer 2’.
In case you are nonetheless questioning why it is known as this, or why Nintendo did not pass with a extra thrilling identify, ex-PlayStation boss Shawn Layden has now shared his ideas right through an interview with the ‘Kiwi Talkz’ hosted by means of Reece Reilly.
When it used to be said how Nintendo took a web page out of PlayStation’s naming conventions with the usage of numbers, Layden famous the way it merely comes all the way down to “logo price”:
Shawn Layden: “They have got [Nintendo] created such a lot logo price within the phrase Transfer, why would you mess with that?”
The Transfer has now shifted over 146 million gadgets globally as of September 2024, so it is simple to look simply how a lot “logo price” there’s within the phrase ‘Transfer’.
When additionally queried about Nintendo’s present place throughout the gaming panorama, Layden reiterated how Nintendo has “created its personal lane” (or “Non-public Idaho”, as he up to now put it) and its long run seems to be vibrant:
“Everybody respects Nintendo, they are a competitor however you recognize the entirety they have finished to create this trade that now all of us revel in and love, so I feel they’re going to stay on retaining on and the way in which they do it, they have were given the correct other folks round it, the correct angle round it.”
“…they have been on this industry a very long time, they have noticed all of the peaks and valleys…they are going to proceed to achieve success”
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer additionally just lately commented at the Transfer 2, bringing up he thinks the machine can be a “large good fortune” and the way you do not wager in opposition to Nintendo.
