Rumor: Switch 2 to be Announced This Month, to Have Backwards Compatibility Support - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 04 September 2024 / 4,858 Views
Nintendo is set to unveil its next console, the successor to the Nintendo Switch, in its current fiscal year, which ends March 31, 2025. There was a report developer were told not to expect the Switch 2 until Nintendo's next fiscal year, which starts in April 2025.
Senior Analyst at MST Financial David Gibson is suggesting the Switch 2 could launch sooner than previously reported and it could be announced later this month or in early October.
"Think it might be Sept 18-26 or in early Oct," said Gibson on when he thinks the Switch 2 could be announced.
He added, "No-one seems to have noticed the Nintendo assembler- Hosiden is spending ¥2bn on production equipment and ¥1bn on automation in FY3/25 for its major customer in amusement (Nintendo). I still expect Sept news and March 2025 release for next device."
No-one seems to have noticed the Nintendo assembler- Hosiden is spending ¥2bn on production equipment and ¥1bn on automation in FY3/25 for its major customer in amusement (Nintendo). I still expect Sept news and March 2025 release for next device. pic.twitter.com/APGEGGSyS8
— David Gibson (@gibbogame) September 4, 2024
Industry insider Nate the Hate via Reddit has claimed the Switch 2 will have support for backwards compatibility.
"It has backwards compatibility support," said the insider.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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With nearly 1.3 billion games sold on the Switch, would be a terrible idea to not have BC lol
The only time a platform that sold over a 100 million units did not have its library carry over to the next system was most models of the PS3 lacking PS2 support (though they had a selection of digital emulated PS2 games on the PS Store).
Switch is good for the future. Even if Nintendo does something like only supporting 25-50 percent of the Switch library physically and digitally, it's going to happen.
And PS4 completely dropped BC for the same reason.
And proved that BC is not required for a successful console lol
it would be an absolute gamechanger if the switch 2 could play GTA6
I've collected a lot of carts, it better have BC.
The actual official way to play Hyrule Warriors Age of Calamity in true 30 fps !
SHOW THIS THING ALREADY
I've had my switch for a year and lo ving it. Pairs greatly with a ps5 as a side companion. Looking forward to what they do next.
Switch with a PS5 or Gaming PC is like the 1-2 Combo.
I feel bad for my series s. The little thing gets neglected too much
Well, at least you can say it'll be the cheapest way to play GTA 6 lol
Nah i won't dare run gta6 on it lol.
I'm not sure if they'll announce it this month, but it would be great if it has backward compatibility support!
As of right now, I'm more excited for the announcement of Nintendo Selects than for the Switch 2. It feels like I could go on with my Switch for another decade, considering the amount of games I have yet to play.
Nintendo finally announcing Nintendo Selects?? That huge news for me as I refuse to pay full price on Nintendo games! My Switch been collecting dust for the last year....
No, they haven't announced it yet. I'm just assuming that a Switch 2 announcement will eventually lead to it.
Oh damn, had my hope up for nothing!
Is Switch the first time that doesn't have Selects/ Players choice since SNES?
Yeah while I'm excited to see what the next system is gonna be like, and get a look at launch games especially the next 3D Mario, I have sooooo much more to play on Switch I could easily stick with the Switch until end of the decade. Obviously next gen will be backwards compatible with the Switch so I could just use Switch 2 to keep playing Switch games for years, but I'm going to TRY to wait until they do an upgrade revision like they did with the Switch original model a couple years after launch if they do a similar thing of initial release being fairly short battery life and then replacing that with a longer battery life model. Still using my Switch from 2017, so next gen I wouldn't mind waiting for some sort of upgraded model.
No mention of Nintendo Selects yet but I sure hope that they do continue that. Although I've ended up just buying most first party games I've wanted at full price or when they get a small sale, but definite possibility I would eventually pick up a few more if they were $30 instead of $60.
Backwards compatibility only makes sense.
If it is this month and that is a big IF. I expect it would be announced at or right before TGS and shown off at TGS
I wonder whether they would announce it right before/after Zelda releasing (26.9.); granted, it's a small Zelda title and not BotW or TotK, but still it's one of their biggest IP's and will sell millions, why steal the spotlight from that? They can drop the Switch2 announce trailer or -direct any time they want and be sure they'll reach a huge audience, they don't have to rely on TGS.
Why would they announce it before the holidays if it's not releasing this fiscal year? That would only hurt Switch sales.
mass production started according to some rumors. they have to announce it soon otherwise it's going to leak from the factories
Mass production already started? I thought it was only rumored to begin in September/October?
Well, it's already september. And I guess we'll see pretty soon if the rumor is true or not; if mass production started there's probably going to be a announcement before TGS.
In other words…where are you hearing this? I didn’t think mass production had already started. I suspect reveal is imminent, but just wanna make sure you aren’t spread any misinfo.
Maybe they are producing a new "last effort" Switch model which should squeeze the last bit of possible sales out of it (like they did with the GBA micro or the Wii mini). That they could announce around TGS.
Switch specs and form factor leaked early 2016, way before the Oct 2016 debut trailer. So I don't know if Nintendo cares that much about hardware leaks as it does software leaks. I still think they'll hold off till January for a reveal, with a press hands-on a month or two later and then a May/June release
that’s unrealistic. Nintendo needs to produce at least 3mil NSW successor units by launch. They could barely hit 2mil with five months for NSW.
You're missing the point. A January reveal doesn't preclude them from beginning a Sept/Oct mass production. My point about highlighting how Switch 1 leaks came so long before the reveal was to highlight Nintendos attitude and that hardware leaks demonstrably don't force their hand. So mass production now doesn't necessarily equate to an imminent reveal or make a January reveal unlikely. Lets see what happens
Nintendo is absolutely not starting mass production until reveal. That would break all precedent not just for Nintendo, but literally any console manufacturer. With how aggressive Nintendo has been on cracking down against leaks as of recent, it is extremely unlikely to expect Nintendo to start mass producing a system several months prior to reveal.
Fair enough. If thats a known industry practice as opposed to an assumption then I wont argue differently. Im just really hoping Switch 1 gets the chance it deserves to best the PS2. What a run its had!
I think NSW should have a good chance at surpassing NDS at the very least. Passing PS2 might be a challenge if reveal is as soon as many sources suggest it as being. (also, this precedent is one which actly exists. Not just pure assumption lol. PS5/NSW started mass production during the same month as reveal. No system after the year 2001 has started mass production more than a month prior to reveal.)
They could also announce a Switch price cut and a Nintendo Selects line at the same time. Besides that, people who buy a console in its first year, are not the same people who buy a console at the end of year seven.
Eh there are rumors aplenty, I doubt it will be this early.
Me too, I think its goin to be revealed early next year, then be released around 2nd half of 2025. Facts.
We'll see. I wouldn't expect a reveal until January. But if they end up launching it a bit sooner than they made us think, like if it is coming in March or April, then they'd have to do a reveal before the holidays, even if that means hurting Switch holiday sales a bit. I'm eager to see what next gen is gonna be like, but I'm in no rush for next gen cuz too damn many games still to play on Switch.
I hope this is true. To this day I haven't bought a Switch just cause I'm waiting for the next Nintendo console to have BC.
yep. It's happening.
Sony waited too long to launch the Pro...
Why would I spend 500+ dollars to play the games I already have when I can spend the same or less for access to a whole new ecosystem?
If this is true, that would be a teraton announcement.
