In the most anticlimactic way possible, Nintendo on Tuesday confirmed a long-standing rumor: a Nintendo Switch 2 console is in the works.
Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa wrote in X that, “We will announce a successor to the Nintendo Switch within the fiscal year.”
This is not an actual announcement of the console. Rather, Furukawa wanted to warn users not to expect an actual announcement during next month’s Nintendo Direct livestream.
“We will be holding a Nintendo Direct in June of this year regarding the Nintendo Switch software lineup for the second half of 2024, but please note that the Nintendo Switch successor will not be mentioned in that presentation,” the post reads. .
Nintendo’s fiscal year ends in March, so we may have to wait until spring 2025 to find out what’s next for the nine-year-old Switch.
Released in 2015, the Nintendo Switch was a huge success for the Japanese gaming company.Nintendo has exceeded sales numbers to date 141 million unitsThis made the Switch the third best-selling game console of all time, behind the Nintendo DS and PlayStation 2.
The Switch became so popular because it was the first commercially successful gaming hardware that could be played both as a handheld device and as a desktop console connected to an external display. Animal Crossing: New Horizons also happened to be released at the start of the global coronavirus lockdown. Benefits for Nintendo. Between March and November 2020, Nintendo sold 12 million Switch consoles. This was a 73% increase compared to the same period last year. The company even had to revise its financial forecast for the year 50% higher than expected.
Nintendo’s clever announcement came alongside its quarterly earnings report. The company’s hardware sales fell 12.6% year-on-year, which is not surprising given that the company’s flagship game console has been on the market for nearly a decade. Still, the Switch remains hugely popular thanks to blockbuster exclusive titles like .The Legend of Zelda: Kingdom of Tears” long-awaited sequel “Masterpiece”Breath of the Wild”
“Tears of the Kingdom” is sold Last year, 20.6 million copies were sold, and “Super Mario Bros. Wonder” sold 13.44 million copies. Indie developers continue to release games for Switch, which players can download through the Nintendo eShop. That and the fact that Nintendo allowed users to play older consoles. Switch games still feel fresh on the console, even after nine years.
So which comes first, the Nintendo Switch 2? silk song?
