Developers working on Nintendo Switch 2 games have reportedly been told not to expect the console before April 2025
Aug. 14, 2024The Nintendo Switch successor is apparently not coming out within this fiscal year
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The tidbit comes from Gameindustry.biz’s Microcast podcast, where the publication’s head of games, Christopher Dring, says developers had been briefed on the console’s later-than-expected launch plans.
“No developer I’ve spoken to expects it to be launching this financial year,” Dring says around the 10-minute mark in thepodcast’s latest episode. “In fact, they’ve been told not to expect it in the [current] financial year. A bunch of people I spoke to hope it’s out in April or May time, still early next year, not late.”
Bloomberg’s Takashi Mochizuki later corroborated the news andtweetedthat “recently fewer people are considering March as a possibility” for the Switch 2’s launch.
Other rumors claimed that theNintendo Switch 2 would have physical and digital backward compatibility, plus “enhanced” older games.
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