After there was increasing evidence of a possible launch of the Switch successor this year, Nintendo’s share price climbed to an all-time high. In the last few days, however, rumors of a market launch next year have caused a noticeable price decline.
After several analysts pointed out in recent weeks that Nintendo was targeting a launch for the successor to the Switch in the second half of 2024, rumors have recently been circulating about a possible market launch in 2025.
The whole thing was started by the Brazilian journalist Pedro Henrique Lutti Lippe, who is with his information cited several anonymous developers. These are said to have confirmed to him that Nintendo is now planning a release in early 2025.
The business magazine Forbes followed a short time later and pointed out that Nintendo had indeed advised the developers and publishers of a postponement to 2025. Bloomberg even says that the system will not be launched on the market until March 2025 at the earliest.
As a look at Nintendo’s share price makes clear, the reports surrounding the later launch caused skepticism among investors. Shortly after there were increasing indications that the Switch successor would be launched in 2025, Nintendo’s share price on the Tokyo Stock Exchange collapsed by 8.8 percent.
Although the price stabilized slightly in the following hours, it ended the trading day with a loss of 5.8 percent at 8,356 Japanese yen.
Rumors caused a temporary record high
It became clear last week that the reports and rumors about the successor to the Switch are having a noticeable impact on Nintendo’s share price. The reports of a possible launch in the second half of the year caused a record price of 8,874 Japanese yen.
However, according to Mio Kato, an analyst at LightStream Research, Nintendo’s share price is likely to move further away from this value in the coming weeks as the Switch now enters its eighth year, which is reflected in both hardware and software sales of the console makes noticeable.
“There seem to be a lot of new Nintendo buyers who are less familiar with the name and more likely to wait for the company to release visible numbers. “Nintendo’s March 2025 fiscal year numbers could look pretty ugly if key software is delayed while current hardware has aged so badly,” the analyst said.
Nintendo itself has not yet commented on the reports about the successor to the Switch. It therefore remains to be seen to what extent the current rumors about the new console from the traditional Japanese manufacturer correspond to the facts. Most recently, unconfirmed reports said that Nintendo could rely on a custom chip solution from Nvidia, just like with the Switch.
An insider also wanted to find out that the successor to the Switch has full backwards compatibility and supports both download titles and the original Switch cartridges.
What: Bloomberg
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