We don't know if the so-called Switch 2 will be a revolution or an evolution, but the original still has time left: to the new batch of announced releases and promised titles is added a new report that leaves little room for the imagination: there is more left a year ahead until the next Nintendo console comes out. Being optimistic.
The Nikkei medium corroborates through its own sources the information previously provided by The Verge or VGC and assures that the Nintendo Switch 2 (or Super Nintendo Switch) will be released at the earliest in March 2025. And not only that, since it ventures to offer details such as that the idea of offering a portable and desktop console will be maintained or that its screen will be larger. However, the question it raises is another: why so late?
Last year there was open talk of a Nintendo Switch 2 launch planned for the second half of this year. In any case, the new information offered establishes that the Big N wants to be able to face the launch without being overwhelmed by the demand for consoles and with a limited catalog of games. Something that affected both the original Switch in 2017 and the ninth generation of PlayStation and Xbox consoles.
In other words, and according to Nikkei, Nintendo's priority is not in launching its new console as soon as possible, but in ensure the initial stock of this and, furthermore, that there is really attractive content at launch and during its initial stage. Something that in many ways would explain the amount of its own content on Switch that Nintendo has confirmed so far in 2024.
In a very narrow window of time, talk of three new consoles has begun. In theory, soon we should have official information regarding the rumored PS5 Pro and even a leaked new Xbox Series X model that is committed to the digital format. Which does not close the door for The Big N to begin preparing the ground for the successor to a Nintendo Switch that only knows success.
Switch is on track not only to become the best-selling console in history, but also aspires to be Nintendo's longest-lived system, reaching the NES itself. And although the Japanese division of Nintendo has not wanted to offer statements on the matter to Nikkei itself, the only thing we know for sure is that the eShop catalog will continue to grow throughout 2024.
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