Nintendo simply confirmed one of many first options for the Swap 2

The Nintendo Switch’s successor, generally known as the Switch 2, hasn’t been formally revealed but, however that does not imply Nintendo is not speaking about it is highly-anticipated console. The corporate has revealed one element that I feel will make many Nintendo fans much more enthusiastic about it than they already are.

Nintendo has confirmed that the Swap 2 will have the ability to play present Swap video games. That is nice information for present Swap homeowners, because it means all their video games and their Nintendo Swap On-line account shall be carried over to the brand new console. Nintendo introduced the information throughout its midyear coverage briefing, and likewise posted the information on X.

The information concerning the Swap 2’s backwards compatibility comes as the corporate reviews a drop in revenue and net profit on account of curiosity within the seven-year-old Nintendo Swap console waning.

The Swap 2 is anticipated to launch subsequent yr

Nintendo says extra information concerning the console “shall be introduced at a later date”

Whereas details about the Swap 2 is sparse, rumors and speculation level to the console getting an early 2025 launch.

The official reveal of the console not being till subsequent yr can be trying more and more probably. Chatting with Reuters, Toyo Securities analyst Hideki Yasuda mentioned saying a brand new console this yr could be tough.

“Making an announcement this yr has gotten fairly tough […] You wouldn’t wish to divert consideration to an upcoming console in the course of the vital year-end buying season,” Yasuda mentioned, chatting with Reuters.

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This evaluation and sentiment is sensible to me. That is more likely to be the Nintendo Swap’s final vacation season as Nintendo’s flagship system, and the corporate probably needs to promote as a lot stock as they will earlier than it reveals and ultimately launches the Swap 2. The second the general public catch a glimpse of the brand new Swap console, demand for the outdated one will definitely fall off much more than it already is.

The Nintendo Swap has had an incredible life-cycle although, with a whole bunch of unimaginable and memorable video games launched on it, like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Nintendo says the Swap has bought 146 million models because it first launched in March 2017.

The corporate additionally says cumulative software program gross sales have reached 1.3 billion models. “Extra software program has been performed on Nintendo Swap than on every other Nintendo {hardware},” Nintendo mentioned in its Q2 briefing. Fortunately, with immediately’s information, which means all that software program customers have purchased over time for the Swap will carry over to the brand new Swap 2.

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