Nintendo Switch successor looks unlikely to launch before April 2025
May. 9, 2024Nintendo’s president has spoken
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In short, Furukawa tells investors that Nintendo’s current outlook for the ongoing fiscal year doesn’t include the Switch’s eventual successor. That could suggest Nintendo doesn’t expect theSwitch 2to factor into the current fiscal year because it won’t have launched within the time period. It is worth noting, though, that Furukawa says Nintendo hasn’t “yet discussed launch timing.”
Furukawa’s new comments would appear to dispel the latter report. So far, all we know of the Switch 2 is that Nintendo plans to officially announce the new hardware in the current fiscal year. There isn’t a timetable for the Switch successor’s launch, so it’s clearly happening later rather than sooner.
Until then, though, we’ve got anew Nintendo Direct to look forward to next month in June. Don’t expect any console news there, though - Nintendo previously stated this showcase would be focused purely on games coming to the current Switch.
Check out ourupcoming Switch gamesguide for a look over all the new Nintendo games set to launch this year and beyond.
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