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Nintendo Will Continue to Support Switch 'As Long as There is Demand' After Switch 2 Launch

Nintendo Will Continue to Support Switch 'As Long as There is Demand' After Switch 2 Launch - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 04 February 2025 / 2,057 Views

Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has stated the company will continue to support the original Nintendo Switch "as long as there is demand" even after the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2.

He does not believe the announcement of the Switch 2 will have a significant impact on the current sales of the original Switch.

"We don't think the impact of refraining from purchasing is that great," said Furukawa (via Sankei). Sales of the original Switch "will continue as long as there is demand."

The company did lower its forecast for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025 once again. This time by 1.5 million units to 11.00 million units. If Nintendo is able to hit its forecast that would mean another 1.46 million Switch units shipped for the rest of the fiscal year for a lifetime shipment total of 152.32 million units.

The Nintendo Switch 2 will be backwards compatible with the original Switch and it is set to launch later this year.


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 Bluesky.


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21 Comments
Ninten78 (on 04 February 2025)

I think the Switch will be on the market till at least summer 2026

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killer7 Ninten78 (on 05 February 2025)

March 2027!😎

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eddy7eddy (on 04 February 2025)

Switch Lite 5 years from now still selling:
-I'm tired Boss

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Wman1996 eddy7eddy (on 04 February 2025)

You know, more insane things have happened.
Famicom and Super Famicom apparently weren't discontinued until 2003. Game Boy wasn't discontinued until the Game Boy Color was in 2003. Atari 2600 wasn't discontinued until 1992, nearly a decade after the North American video game crash.
Switch Lite not getting discontinued until 2030 is a possibility, though not overly likely.
If Nintendo keeps making them, the last year for Switch in a few years could still sell over 1 million units which is crazy for a console that is getting old and reached a relative saturation point.

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eddy7eddy Wman1996 (on 05 February 2025)

Yeah, I remember people getting Game Boys very late, I can see Lite selling more than 5 years, can't say the same for OLED and V2; And we could get those juicy Switch 1 extra sales as you say.

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killer7 Wman1996 (on 05 February 2025)

I know that with the Game Boy. But i never really found a source where Nintendo officially said: Game Boy production discontinued. How do we know it lasted till 2003? I mean the last game was Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in 2002 if i am not mistaken?!

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Nuvendil (on 04 February 2025)

Yeah, I'm pressing X to doubt on that one.

Even the DS was quickly abandoned outside Pokemon. There will be some cross gen games, some remasters or such. But otherwise, support will drop precipitously

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Slownenberg Nuvendil (on 04 February 2025)

agreed

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killer7 Nuvendil (on 05 February 2025)

The DS got 2 years of first party software and got a 10 years lifespan. It even got a game in 2015!

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Nuvendil killer7 (on 05 February 2025)

A little less than 2 years. And in 2012, it was just Pokemon. Which I mentioned. The total games released by Nintendo themselves in 2011 and 2012 for the DS was 5.

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eddy7eddy Nuvendil (on 05 February 2025)

Are you pressing the Playstation, Xbox, Switch or Phone button? This will change the outcome a lot hehe

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fedfed (on 05 February 2025)

until Ps2 is buried in the ground and they can stop....

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Slownenberg (on 04 February 2025)

I'm pretty sure they always say that lol. I expect support to quickly drop off in the months after Switch 2 comes out. Basically just games that they happened to not finish up for Switch yet before next gen starts. Otherwise it's gonna be 100% focus on Switch 2.

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killer7 Slownenberg (on 05 February 2025)

Metroid Prime 4, Pokémon ZA and Professor Layton say NO!

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Darwinianevolution (5 days ago)

I'm still waiting for that budget Switch TV option for 100€.

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KratosLives (on 05 February 2025)

I say 3 yrs from launch, so 2028

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killer7 (on 05 February 2025)

Maybe Nintendo will tell us how often the A button was pressed and how many subscribers played their games. Because THIS is it what counts!! Who is interested in hardwarenumbers anyway?!🤣😂 if 400.000 players play Mario Kart 8 DX and 77.000 players play Super Smash Bros. worldwide it can be considered a "success"🤣😂 This was sarcasm of course. To need for minus😎

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Hardstuck-Platinum (on 04 February 2025)
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