Nintendo President: Switch 2 Will Still be Announced by March 31, 2025 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 December 2024 / 3,717 Views
Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa earlier this year announced the Nintendo Switch successor will officially be announced in the current fiscal year, which ends on March 31, 2025.
Furukawa in Nintendo's latest earnings call with investors said there is "no change" in the company's plans to announce the Switch 2 by the end of the fiscal year.
Nintendo's earnings report revealed Nintendo shipped 2.62 million Switch units and 39.64 million Switch games for the quarter ending September 30, 2024.
Lifetime shipment figures for the Switch are now at 146.04 million units, while 1,306.10 million Switch games have been shipped.
Nintendo did lower its forecast for the full fiscal year for the Switch by one million units to 12.50 million units. If Nintendo is able to hit its forecast, it would bring the lifetime shipment total for the Switch to 153.82 million units.
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After the holidays makes sense since it's not laucnhing this year; revealing it this side of the holidays would only hurt Switch sales.
Feel bad for the kids/parents who get a Switch this year when a new system is right around the corner. Because most parents aren't going to spend launch prices on an old console, just to turn around and spend launch prices on a new console. So the kid is gonna get screwed.
I mean they are gonna have 8 years of games to play, so I wouldn't exactly call it screwed haha. And these kids can always just wait a year and ask for Switch 2 next christmas if they would rather wait. Anyway, it's the same situation every single time a new system comes out.
If Nintendo launches the Nintendo Selects games afterwards, any new Switch user will have access to a wide library for a decent discount. Then again, the Switch 2 is probably going to be backwards compatible, so any Switch 2 user will be able to enjoy those regardless. Yeah, any parent who buys a Switch now is getting a raw deal.
From a business POV it makes sense to wait til 2025 to announce it so as not to kill holiday sales.
As a gamer though I want it yesterday lmao
Metroid prime 4 launch title?
Furukawa just confirmed backward compatibility for Switch 2.
@Pemalite
They are at 146 million. Not 150 million (now).😉
But it will be by the end of the year.
@Slowenberg Seriously? Who was expecting any earlier date than march 2025 from 2019 onwards (expect me)? I never made a prediction more prezise than that. When Nintendo said in 2019 (before covid and well before Ukraine, te semiconductor shortage, inflation...) that the Switch will last longer without a sucessor than previous Nintendo systems, i knew 2025 was the earliest date and that was logical. And i was right. The same way i expect a production lifecycle of 10 years and first party at least till 2026. (Pokémon Gaia in late 2026 is rumored to be cross gen, did you knew that?) You have to admit: These predictions does not seem to be so outlandish anymore especially as time passes without even the announcement of Switch Up?
Yup, as expected. Early 2025 reveal, most likely late Spring launch. Reveal should happen within 90 days from now.
After i've been laughed off for my original 2019 prediction of march 2025 ("Nintendo always replaces its systems after 6 years blablabla...") even that date could walk the way of Marie Antoinette. What would you have said, people if i told you this in 2019?🤣
What I found crazy is that people in 2020 and 2021 and some people still in 2022 on here were saying the Switch will surely be replaced in 2022, or 2023 at the absolute latest. By 2019 or 2020 always said 2024 made the most sense, with a small chance of 2025.
Will residual sales of the Switch be enough to push it past DS and PS2?
Only if Nintendo starts permanently dropping the price of all Switch models. At some point before their fiscal year ends (which hopefully they'll meet their target) they'll announce the successor which will inevitably drop sales even further. Permanently drop the price of the Switch, Lite, and OLED this holiday season or even right after announcing the successor.
Depends on when Switch 2 launches. Many expect a quick launch, but if Nintendo spends more time hyping up the system to a holiday launch or even fiscal year Q4 2026, Switch should be able to pass them both with relative ease.
Just look at that picture of the Switch. Those face buttons/d-pad directly above the analog sticks is really bad design.
Can’t believe nobody is demanding better controls for the Switch 2.
Also the analog sticks themselves are bad, No analog triggers is laughable, & the bumpers are not much better.
Imagine suffering through the switch controls for this long and still not demanding better controls, there’s something seriously wrong.
I Just use a Hori Split Pad Pro.
They have obviously done something right to hit 150~ million consoles sold.
Lol what does NSW LTD have anything to do with controller design complaints?
Everything?
fair enough
Essay Pro