Nintendo has been fined a whopping €35 million (just over $40 million) thanks to the widespread drifting defects that plagued the original Switch.
As reported by Le Monde (thanks, Games Industry), an investigation by France’s General Directorate for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control (DGCCRF) found that Nintendo may have been aware of Joy-Con defects as early as 2018, but failed to properly notify consumers until 2020.
It’s been deemed that Nintendo effectively misled its customers, forcing many to purchase replacement Joy-Con controllers. French consumer association UFC-Que Choisir filed a complaint in 2019 regarding the issue, stating that Nintendo had engaged in “planned obsolescence”, which is when products are produced with a deliberately limited lifespan.
Nintendo remains stubborn over the issue, however, stating that it did not mislead customers and that paying the €35 million fine “does not constitute an admission of guilt and reflects only the amicable resolution of legal proceedings.”
Meanwhile, a social media post from Nintendo Patents Watch notes that a ¥6.4B “loss on litigation” was highlighted on the company’s latest balance sheet. The figure more or less aligns with the fine, and so this is likely what it’s referencing.
What are your thoughts on this whole debacle? Leave a comment in the usual place and let us know.
A Nintendo Direct? In June? Who could have possibly guessed!?
Yes, Nintendo has announced its next presentation, promising 50-ish minutes of full-fat Direct goodness followed by an hour and a half of Nintendo Treehouse.
Following hot on the heels of a Summer Game Fest packed with Switch announcements, a proper summer Nintendo Direct is a thing to savour. Let’s see what Team NL is hoping to get from this not-E3 blowout…
The one last thing – Gavin Lane, Editor
Image: Nintendo
First-party-wise, it’s time for the big guns, Timmy.
Or at least one big gun. As much as I’m a Rhythm Heaven fan, the chance of this particular Switch 1 game making a Tomodachi Life-style dent on the collective consciousness is slim, and Nintendo must know that. I expect it to feature, but it’s not going to be a pillar of the presentation.
Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Wrath Weave is without a release date, so that’s a gimme, and we really haven’t seen much of Splatoon Raiders, so that’s another obvious pick, plus some Switch Online features and a token Nintendo Switch 2 Edition. And the recent Persona stuff, which conspicuously wasn’t announced for Switch 2.
Now is the time to tee up the big September/October/November slate and really flesh out the year, though. Whether it’s a Zelda remake or a Mario, I’m expecting the heavy artillery with some light anniversary theming.
Dusting off something dormant – Matthew Reynolds, Acting Deputy Editor
Image: FromSoftware
It’s about time we heard about whatever Mario or Zelda has in store for Switch 2, and with the rumours of an Ocarina of Time remake, that feels like that’s a pretty safe bet to keep us going until the next full iteration.
I’m otherwise hoping we’ll see a ‘dormant’ franchise getting dusted off and making a comeback. Golden Sun? Wave Race? Wario Land? Maybe F-Zero?
I feel like third-party studios have been shouldering the weight of the Switch 2 during its first year of sale, so I really want Nintendo to come out and basically say “Oh, you’re worried about the lack of major first-party games? No worries”. Then BOOM – it’s banger after banger after banger.
I’d love to see my beloved Star Fox Adventures added to NSO to complement the upcoming remake, but I fear that might be wishful thinking at this relatively early stage. I do, however, think we’re due a peek at Luigi’s Mansion 4, or whatever it’s going to be called. And do I dare wish for a look at the next 3D Mario..? Yes, I do.
Finally, a proper trailer and release date for the much-rumoured Ocarina of Time remake would be absolutely delicious.
Pulling into port – Jim Norman, Features Editor
Image: Nintendo
I totally agree with my esteemed friends above, and I have high hopes for a first-party blowout tomorrow. I’ll go out on a limb and say that the rumours have misunderstood the assignment, and it’s actually that forgotten Twilight Princess port that’s coming to S2 instead of OOT — gosh, that would be a bummer, wouldn’t it?
But I must admit, I don’t think this’ll be a wall-to-wall Nintendo Fest. Some Elden Ring footage feels about right, an eventual Marvel Rivals reveal, and perhaps that Metaphor: ReFantazio port we’ve long been waiting for. Dare I mention Baldur’s Gate 3? Ooh, the nerve!
If I’m going from the heart, though, I’d love to see a 3D Mario, some Tomodachi Life DLC, and the first rumblings of a Pikmin 5.
So there we are – all aboard the not-E3 hype train! Let us know below what you’re hoping to see from Nintendo’s summer (well, in the Northern Hemisphere) Direct.
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Sabotage Studio has today announced that 2023’s wonderful RPG, Sea of Stars, is getting its final update, with a Switch 2 version launching to mark the occasion.
The Sea of Stars: Sunset Edition — to give the update its official name — is all about bidding farewell to the project that the studio has worked on for the last seven years. It adds a new opening cutscene of the past Solstice Warriors, tweaks the balancing in the game’s Normal and Hard modes, and throws in yet another gorgeous piece of key art by Bryce Kho.
The Switch 2 port will arrive on the eShop today, complete with GameShare for some sweet three-player co-op. What’s more, it’ll be available as a free upgrade to all those with the Switch 1 version, with save data being carried over.
For those after something for the shelf, Sabotage has announced that it is working on a new Collector’s Sunset Edition physical release with iam8bit, set to be shipped later this year.
While we’re sad to see Sea of Stars come to an end, it has been a hell of a ride. Sabotage has teased that it is now full steam ahead on its third game, “Project Sparrow,” so we’ll have that to look forward to down the line.
Will you be checking out this final update? Let us know in the comments.
Nintendo has announced that a long-awaited (and much-rumoured) Nintendo Direct is coming our way tomorrow, 9th June.
As revealed on the Nintendo Today! app, the showcase is set to get underway from 3pm BST / 7am PT / 10am ET, offering up 50 minutes of news and announcements about games coming to Switch 1 and 2.
If that wasn’t enough, the Direct will be followed by a 90-minute Nintendo Treehouse: Live, “showcasing gameplay of select titles featured during the Nintendo Direct”. One of the surprise announcements? Let’s hope so!
Here’s the exact time that the show will kick off in your region:
Asia/Oceania: 11pm JST / 10pm AWST / 12am (Wed) AEST
As for what’ll make an appearance in the showcase, your guess is as good as ours. Nintendo’s first-party release schedule is looking pretty light for the rest of 2026 as it stands, with Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave as the last project still shrouded in mystery. Some big releases to prop up the second half of the year would be nice, then. An Ocarina of Time remake, perhaps? We’ll see…
What are you hoping to see in tomorrow’s Direct? Let us know in the comments.
The recent Xbox showcase contained not one, but two trailers for the Persona franchise. We already knew about Persona 4 Revival, but the new glimpse showcased some proper gameplay for the first time along with confirmation that it will launch on 18th February 2027.
Meanwhile, the much-rumoured (and leaked) Persona 6 was also officially revealed with little more than a logo and a few vague, abstract clips. It wasn’t much, but it was enough for fans who have been waiting for years for some information since the release of Persona 5 back in 2017.
The problem, however, is that neither Switch or Switch 2 have been mentioned as target platforms for either titles. That seems… insane, right? Considering how popular the games are in Japan and how much Nintendo consoles dominate in the region, you’d assume these would be an instant lock. Not to mention the persistent requests from Switch fans to release legacy Persona titles on the Switch, which Atlus eventually delivered over the course of 2022 and 2023.
Of course, it’s possible that Sega and Atlus may have carved out some dedicated space in the much-rumoured upcoming Nintendo Direct, which maywill take place later this week. After all, fans were similarly dismayed at the lack of Persona 3 Reload on the Switch 2, but it eventually wound up on the console in October 2025 following its initial release in February 2024.
Fans are definitely concerned though, and here’s just a few of the initial reactions over on social media:
Our own community on Nintendo Life is similarly disappointed at the lack of a Switch 2 confirmation, with user HubbaHunt stating “I was really hoping Atlus was going to announce day in date release for Persona 6 and 4 Revival on Switch 2”.
For now, we’d advise patience. We think it highly unlikely that these games will never come to the Switch 2, and we reckon there are two likely possibilities for the time being: the first being that confirmation will come during a Nintendo Direct, and the second being that Revival and 6 will simply arrive on Switch 2 at a later date.
Would you like to see Persona 4 Revival and Persona 6 on the Switch 2? Let us know your thoughts with a comment down below.
Reading the description for Kabuto Park, I imagined it would be like Animal Crossing’s Bug-Off. But this quick, cosy beetle-collecting game from French developer Doot Tiny Games presents a concept that’s closer to another Nintendo series: Pokémon.
The story is pretty light. Your character, Hana, visits the eponymous park for a month to catch bugs and catch up with friends. It’s played through menus, where you select areas rather than explore them – you’ll unlock four throughout. But the gameplay loop is where Kabuto Park really flies: an addictive combination of catching and battling. Capturing bugs takes the form of a minigame inspired by another very cosy title, Gears of War’s Active Reload.
Its speed scales with area and rarity. You can use Joy-Con, too, and swinging them like a net is fun and responsive. There are three levels of difficulty, from a casual easy mode to a hard mode that demands insect-like reflexes. Watching your collection fill out is satisfying, especially when you get rare bugs or Shinies.
The bug battles take inspiration from sumo fights. Teams of three bugs take turns to ‘PUSH or ‘HOLD’ against each other on a platform, until one team falls off. You and your opponent have sets of cards determined by the bugs in your colony. Beetles have cards like ‘Beetles Kick’, while butterflies have ‘Strong Wind’, and the Energy bar is a timer that determines when you can play a card. Each card is assigned a number – gustier attacks have higher numbers, so you wait longer to play them. The higher your combined Energy, the faster your timer.
Early game, you can flap into battle without much prep, but you’ll soon need to develop stat-based strategies. It’s not too intense on the (hive)mind, though using the Battle menu isn’t all smooth snailing. Selecting a bug from the menu puts them in the team automatically; I wanted to view their stats before I chose them – like seeing your Pokémon’s summary in the PC before adding them to your party. Battle opponents named Ash and Satoshi are also present, for those counting the Pokémon references.
This game has plenty of bugs (insects), yet no bugs (imperfections) that I encountered. Touchscreen controls are there if you’re playing handheld. It looks great too: everything is coloured with a storybook art style, with block-coloured backgrounds, and crayon-texture details that have been carefully considered right down to your creatures’ cute bug-eyes. That’s all set to earworm-worthy music that strikes the balance between catchy and relaxing, complete with nature and insect sound effects.
Kabuto Park’s runtime is less than a day (that oft-misquoted lifespan of a fly), but for a low price, it’s worth it. The cycle between catching and battling is simple yet variegated and captivating. And if you’re a completionist, capturing all the bugs and exploring their various battle tactics — not to mention post-game content that ups the ante — could have you coming back like a moth to a flame.
The big weekend of Summer Game Fest 2026 is behind us, and it sure was a stacked one.
While showcases and streams were gradually trickling out over the last week, this weekend was when most of the biggies came out to play, many of which came loaded with their fair share of Switch news.
To make sure that you don’t miss anything heading to a Nintendo platform, we’ve assembled the following round-up, detailing every Switch-relevant announcement from the last weekend (basically, anything from Geoff’s Opening Show onwards).
Note. With so many showcases to get through, this roundup is a work in progress, and we will be adding to it as soon as possible.
We’ve broken down the announcements by the shows they cropped up in, so let’s start with Mr. Keighley himself, and everything coming our way from the big opening showcase.
Opening Show
While mostly focused on the beefier consoles, Geoff’s opening showcase featured a couple of big hitters heading to Switch 1 and 2. Here they all are, in the order we saw them.
Resident Evil Veronica
Cuphead
Alien: Isolation 2
Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 3
The Zero Point has cracked the sky open, transforming the Island into a warped new reality. Get in, grab power-packing Sprites, and extract them for the next match. Welcome to Fortnite: Runners!
007 First Light – Bawma Will Return
Armatus
“This is it, Warrior. Wake up.” Battle demonic creatures and master fast-paced combat in the apocalyptic ruins of Paris. The veil is broken, and you are humanity’s last hope.
Armatus launches this winter
Hotwheels Infinite Rush
Sonic Racing CrossWorlds & Pico Park
Attack On Titan 3
Street Fighter 6 – Year 4
Final Fantasy VII Revelation
Day of the Devs
For something with a little more of an indie flair, the Day of the Devs SGF showcase brought all the following Switch announcements.
Super Yooka-Laylee Kart
Trine 6: Together in Time
Trine 6: Together in Time is a co-op puzzle platformer for 1–4 players. Wit, timing, and teamwork collide as you solve perplexing puzzles, engage cunning creatures, and traverse perilous paths in the next adventure through Trine’s iconic fantasy world.
Southeast Asian Games Showcase
The Southeast Asian Games Showcase had a few more upcoming Switch (2) games for us. Here are all the ones that cropped up in this year’s show.
TCG Card Shop Simulator
TCG Card Shop Simulator is a Management Sim game where you run your own card shop. Stock shelves with the latest booster packs, or crack them and collect the cards for yourself. Set your own prices, hire staff, host events, and expand your card shop.
Nightmare Circus
Nightmare Circus is a collision-driven action adventure indie game where you play as a Puppeteer trapped inside the Nightmare Realm. Use momentum-based combat, enhanced magic abilities, and precision positioning to defeat enemies and survive a twisted dark fantasy world.
KuloNiku: Bowl Up!
Utilize long-honed recipes as you prepare unique meals for quirky small-town locals, upgrade and customize your shop, compete in thrilling cooking battles to become top chef, and protect your family’s long-running restaurant!
GigaBash DLC
A battle of cosmic proportions is coming to #GigaBash! The Son of Seven joins the roster, but he isn’t alone. A corrupt, tyrannical force of pure malice has followed him to claim an ancient vengeance. Keep your eyes on the skies. The light reveals all soon.
Kidbash: Super Legend
Building Relationships
First announced in 2024, Building Relationships is returning to SGF with a console release trailer showcasing the romantic dating gameplay and a glimpse behind the world of building
Memoirium
Traverse a chaotic and crumbling realm of dreams composed of liminal spaces. Adapt to the world’s odd rules as a Dreamer, and defy others like you to escape the strange and eclectic subconscious landscape.
Table Flip Simulator
Had a stressful day? Blow off some steam in Table Flip Simulator! This physics-based puzzler allows you to unwind as you throw or smash items with hilarious effects. From working as a barista to becoming the President of Antarctica, you can go beyond flipping the table – the world is yours to wreck!
Mirth Island
Discover Mirth Island, a charming rhythm game where music, friendship, and community take center stage. Join Dodo on a heartwarming adventure to rebuild the local theater, meet unforgettable residents, and prepare for a spectacular grand performance. Sing, dance, and play through a colorful world filled with musical moments and wholesome vibes. Watch the official Mirth Island announcement trailer and get your first look at this cozy rhythm game experience coming soon.
Until Then DLC
Award-winning narrative adventure Until Then brings two new riveting chapters following our beloved characters. Sofia returns home to memories she left behind. Mark meets a new lover and an old friend. On their own, they explore what it means to carry on living in the presence of absence.
Hoa 2
Hoa 2 will transport you to a beautiful world. Explore, interact with nature, solve puzzles and seek to bring life back to a special friend. Continuing the story from the first part, this sequel sees our little fairy return in an amazing new style. In Hoa 2, our courageous protagonist sets forth in a vibrant 3D world, interacting with nature, partnering with fascinating creatures and discovering new secrets and abilities in their quest to aid an old friend.
Wholesome Direct
As ever, the Wholesome Direct had a bunch of Switch (2) titles to its name. Here are all the ones we spotted in this year’s SGF showcase:
Moonlight Peaks
In this heartwarming, supernatural life-sim, you set out to show your skeptical father that a life of compassion is possible – even for the undead. Make friends with local creatures of the night and perhaps find eternal love. Settle down in your family’s haunted cottage, customizing it to suit your own gothic style. And unlock mystical abilities, potions, and spells, all in the name of a bountiful harvest.
Discounty DLC
Will you help Blomkest thrive as a sustainable community or chase endless profits at any cost? Every business owner must eventually answer one important question: People or Profit?
Lou’s Lagoon
Lou’s Lagoon is a cozy exploration and crafting adventure that sees you take to the skies across the Limbo Archipelago in search of your missing Uncle Lou who is missing after a storm. Harness your collection of trusty gadgets to collect resources, clean up the storm damaged islands and unravel the mystery surrounding Lou’s disappearance.
The Wondering Village DLC
The Wandering Village: The Last Leviathan will feature a new giant players can befriend and learn to live on. Levi, a distant relative of Onbu, is a marine creature that feels right at home in the ocean. In addition to keeping Levi fed and free of poison, you also have to make sure to always keep it well hydrated.
Deer and Boy
Deer & Boy is a narrative cinematic adventure that tells a silent story through stunning visuals and evocative music. In this poetic cinematic platformer, a runaway boy meets a fawn. As their bond grows, so do their abilities and the emotional weight of their journey, where silence speaks louder than words.
Momento
Momento is a cozy room decorator with a twist: the choices you make play out over the course of a lifetime.
Froggy Brews
Froggy Brews is a cozy narrative adventure game, where every cup of tea tells a story. Play as a tea-loving frog returning to your old neighborhood that has changed over time. Brew tea for villagers, uncover heartfelt stories, and rediscover your place in this world.
Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit
All those who are lost deserve kindness. Especially these cute ghost bears! Help these creatures find peace in this relaxing sequel to the beloved life-sim game Cozy Grove, where new crafting, building, and camping island adventures await.
Go-Go Town
Step into the role of a hands-on mayor and build your town from the ground up. Plan neighborhoods, automate logistics and grow your community—all while juggling workers, infrastructure, and day-to-day chaos to create your dream town. Play solo for total control, or bring friends for co-op mayhem.
Loftia
Loftia is a cozy MMO world where you can build towards a brighter, more sustainable future. Connect with friends both new and old to farm, craft, explore, decorate and build your dream life in a vibrant solarpunk world. Work together on community projects that evolve the game over time, and create a meaningful impact, together!
Moomin: Midsummer Madness
Moomin: Midsummer Madness is a beautifully illustrated point-and-click adventure! Join the Moominfamily in a delightfully playful tale of curiosity, sympathy, and the small wonders around us.
Hela: Of Mice and Magic
In Hela: Of Mice & Magic, you take on the role of tiny mouse familiars helping restore harmony to a world that is slowly falling out of balance. Journey through a living natural world, meet its animal inhabitants, solve puzzles through cooperation, brew magical potions, and discover a Nordic-inspired tale where kindness, curiosity, and exploration guide the adventure.
Toem 2
Step back into the shoes of a curious photographer and set off on a brand new adventure all about uncovering hidden details, helping friends along the way, and documenting the world’s little wonders in TOEM 2, the sequel to the acclaimed TOEM.
Walk the Frog
Step into the cozy narrative puzzle game where every level is built from hand drawn sticky notes. Rebuild Froggo’s world, solve relaxing drag and drop puzzles and guide him back home to meet his best friend buddy.
Japanese Rural Life Adventure
A relaxing slow-life sim. Experience the charm of Japanese countryside living in a beautifully crafted pixel-art world.
Hokko Spaces
Introducing Hokko Spaces, a gentle, creative sandbox experience where you can design beautifully detailed miniature diorama-style worlds, set in the cosy world of Hokko Life!
Wild Chorus
A hand-illustrated musical exploration game where you charm Sound Sprites and protect them from Silence, combine them into Melodies and fix the world (and the soundtrack), in whatever way you choose. No musical ability required!
Colorbound
In Colorbound, color is more than just hue. As Anku, an Aymara boy with a unique gift, you’ll harness the power of color to shape the environment itself, uncovering hidden paths to navigate challenging and complex puzzles.
Story Rich Showcase
Coming soon!
Green Games Showcase
Coming soon!
Pride Parade
Coming soon!
Future Games Show – Summer Showcase
Coming soon!
Frosty Games Fest
Coming soon!
Xbox Games Showcase
Coming soon!
PC Gaming Show
Coming soon!
Deutsche Indie Showcase
Coming soon!
We’ll be adding more Switch 1 & 2 announcements soon, so watch this space!
Nightdive Studios has shown off its latest upcoming remaster, and it’s a doozy. Thief: The Dark Project, originally released back in 1998 from Looking Glass Studios and Eidos Interactive, is making a comeback later this year on Switch and Switch 2.
Visuals, textures, animations, and more have all been given some TLC for the new release, and those on Switch can also rest easy in the knowledge that the upgrade to Switch 2 will be completely free. We don’t have word on exactly when Thief will launch, but it’s looking like it will arrive quite late in the year, with Nightdive quoting a ‘Winter’ release window.
Thief will also come packed with all additional content and updates included in the 1999 Thief Gold release. For now, let’s check out the key features:
– Advanced NPC AI: A dynamic visibility system and sound simulation allows both players and enemies to detect movement realistically; NPCs will dynamically adapt to sounds the player makes, investigate, and even raising alarms
– Keep to the Shadows: Experience one of the first games to use light and sound as core gameplay mechanics; use fire arrows to extinguish torches and moss arrows to dampen loud surfaces
– Stealth-Based Combat: Strike unseen from the shadows using Garrett’s blackjack to incapacitate enemies from behind or specialized gas mines and arrows to take them down from range
– Misdirection: Flashbombs will temporarily blind and disorient enemies and Noisemaker arrows will distract and draw away guards.
– Tools of a Master Thief: amass a full array of specialized tools including lockpicks, remote cameras, and even rope arrows to access out-of-reach locations
Will you be picking up Thief: The Dark Project later this year? Share your thoughts with a comment down below.
Flock to Fedora is more than a conference – it’s where the Fedora community comes alive. As part of the CommitHistory campaign, we sat down with confirmed Flock 2026 speakers to hear their stories: what brought them to Fedora, what Flock means to them personally, and what they’re hoping for in Prague this June. This is one of those conversations.
Jona Azizaj’s first Flock was ten years ago in Kraków, Poland. What struck her most was how approachable everyone was. In a community full of experienced contributors, people made space for new voices, listened to her experiences building the local community in Albania, and made her feel like her perspective genuinely mattered. Those small moments, she says, are what made her feel like she truly belonged.
A decade on, Jona sees Flock as one of the most powerful tools for growing the next generation of Fedora contributors. Online mentorship happens asynchronously and at a distance. Flock, however, creates something different: the chance to sit down with someone, share experiences, and build real trust. Flock is where contributors grow more confident, find their place, and realise that open source is about far more than technical work.
For Flock 2026, Jona and the Fedora Mentor Summit team are bringing three initiatives, now in their 5th edition.
A Lunch and Learn session creating a relaxed space for people to connect beyond their usual circles.
A sticker matching icebreaker providing first-time attendees an easy, low-pressure way to start conversations.
A successful Flock, for Jona, is one where people leave feeling more confident than when they arrived. It is an event where the connections built there carry on long after the event ends.
Flock to Fedora 2026 takes place June 14–16 in Prague. Registration is at capacity but you can join the waitlist. Can’t make it in person? Follow along live on the Fedora YouTube channel.We hope to see you there!
Note: AI (Google Gemini) was used in drafting this article. The content was reviewed and verified before publishing.
Apple’s Home Hub could arrive in late 2026, smart glasses in late 2027, and a tabletop robotic arm sometime in 2028. These were all expected sooner, but Apple’s delayed AI upgrades created roadblocks.
In the Apple leaks world, unannounced products that get release windows pushed internally still get labeled as “delayed.” Apple engineers clearly had a release date in mind, and even had a target set, but other product divisions can get in the way.
According to the latest “Power On” newsletter from Bloomberg, three unannounced products waiting on AI upgrades equate to “so many Apple product delays.” These unreleased, unannounced products include the rumored Home Hub, smart glasses, and a robotic arm upgrade to the Home Hub.
Had Apple Intelligence performed as expected and rolled out completely through 2025, the report suggests that the Home Hub would have arrived sooner, the glasses would have been released in early 2027, and the robotic arm could have arrived in 2026 or 2027.
This lines up with previous reporting, however, it is amusing how it is being pitched in this newsletter. Since the robotic arm is technically an accessory or second iteration of the Home Hub, we’re only talking about two product lines affected by AI delays.
The line between being wrong and delay
Just to break down this bit of data further, the rumored Meta Ray-Ban glasses being “delayed” from early 2027 to late 2027 may not even be a delay. Leaker Ming-Chi Kuo was first to say that late 2027 was the goal, and it wasn’t until more recently that Gurman switched to that timeline.
Apple Glasses are coming, just later than what was previously reported
As I’ve reported previously, whatever source Gurman has for the Vision Products Group seems to be a rather poor one. He has consistently missed on nearly every product scheduling leak about Apple Vision Pro and other details relating to the team.
So, this second of two “delays” is actually a course correction. That means the “so many Apple product delays” is actually just one delay — the Apple Home Hub tablet.
That product has reportedly been ready to go for some time, but it makes sense that Apple wants its AI to be better before launch. It can’t afford to have another product built around Siri to be perceived as bad simply because Siri is bad.
There is no mention of Apple’s work on an AI pendant here, which theoretically is also waiting on Apple’s better AI tools to progress. However, it may be too early in development for even Gurman to claim it was delayed.
Apple’s busiest release cycle yet
Apple is clearly building up to enter the smart home market in force with its own product lines. They’ll include the Home Hub tablet, security camera, and doorbell.
That launch could occur at any time, really.
iPhone Fold could arrive as Apple’s most expensive handset yet even as the world struggles with pricing and supplies
The more interesting story is the one that wasn’t printed here because it can’t be used to suggest some kind of Apple failure. The market for memory and computer parts has become overrun with AI company demand, which means we may not see the remainder of M5 upgrades this summer.
While WWDC is a software-focused event, the company hasn’t shied away from revealing product upgrades and even chipsets at the event. However, the supply chain is so depleted that even Apple has to take a back seat.
Each year we get new advanced pieces of Apple Silicon like the M5 family, five new iPhone models, multiple Mac laptops and desktops, AirPods, Apple Watch, iPads, and sometimes even Apple TV and HomePods. Then there’s the routine upgrades to every operating system Apple develops each year.
We should all be critical of Apple when necessary. But taking a reader question like “Why are there so many Apple product delays lately?” and producing one actual delay in the response is a bit much.
Apple Intelligence was unfortunately delayed in its fullest realized form in early 2025. That created a ripple effect across other potential releases and product strategies.
But this idea that keeps getting pushed of an Apple in conflict, struggling to get products out of the door, directly contradicts the results we can see with our eyes. In a world where consumers have been beaten down with AI at every turn, Apple is thriving with almost zero presence in the space.
