I'd expect the system to hit the shelves during summer at the latest. It gives them time to get the enthusiasts out of the way before Christmas sales and anyway as soon as that announcement makes...
Nintendo President Shinto Furukawa shared on social media that "we will make an announcement about the successor to Nintendo Switch within this fiscal year," which ends on March 31, 2025.
I'd expect the system to hit the shelves during summer at the latest. It gives them time to get the enthusiasts out of the way before Christmas sales and anyway as soon as that announcement makes "Switch 2" official, it'll start cannibalizing the sales of Switch.
Edit. Summer next year, I mean. But what do I know, I'm less sure with my guess now that I realized summer's not even here yet.
I doubt it would be summer since it would be pretty soon, or at least this summer. So it'd have to be summer 2025. I still doubt it though because Nintendo has a history of releasing new consoles...
I doubt it would be summer since it would be pretty soon, or at least this summer. So it'd have to be summer 2025. I still doubt it though because Nintendo has a history of releasing new consoles in either spring (Nintendo 3DS and Switch) or autumn/winter (usually September, November or December). Looking at the release dates, the last consoles with a summer release was the Gameboy Advance with June 2001 release dates for America, Australia and Europe (but March in Japan). The DS Lite had summer releases, and the 3DS XL had July and August releases, but those are both just new versions of their base consoles so I wouldn't count them as new consoles.
I personally predict a spring 2025 release to capitalize on console sales before summer vacation. Kids will have more free time in summer, so a February or March release provides time for them to get the console and start saving for individual games over summer. Then by the time Christmas rolls around there's a decent library of games already released, meaning even more potential sales.
Side-note I found interesting, the Nintendo DS had one of the more staggered release dates of the consoles. Released first in America on November 21, 2004, Japan on December 2, Australia on February 24, 2005, and Europe on March 11, 2005. The New Nintendo 3DS also had a pretty staggered release starting with Japan getting it in October 2014 and South Korea being the last region to get it in May 2015. Then in September both South Korea and NA got the standard-size release since they originally had the XL, so Nintendo still skipped a summer release for that. Not sure I'd count the New 3DS as a fully new console like the DS since it had very few exclusives, but still interesting to see the trends!
Yeah, I realized that my comment read as if I meant summer this year, when I meant the next. I guess you didn't catch my edit. Why I don't think (like you don't seem to either) it won't be this...
Yeah, I realized that my comment read as if I meant summer this year, when I meant the next. I guess you didn't catch my edit.
Why I don't think (like you don't seem to either) it won't be this year, is that I don't believe they have games ready for the launch. It's not like Switch's release was stacked though I suppose there's a new Mario in the pipeline, as well as Smash and Mario Kart.
Now that I think about it, it's been ages since those series had new entries so they might aim for a fall release after all? Weren't there rumors that the system was ready but they had manufacturing problems? So maybe Christmas rush makes sense after all?
While an announcement about an eventual announcement sounds kinda dumb, it's necessary here. This puts an end to speculation about releasing this year and any possible announcements. It will be...
While an announcement about an eventual announcement sounds kinda dumb, it's necessary here. This puts an end to speculation about releasing this year and any possible announcements. It will be better for the expectations of the rest of the year's Nintendo Directs. I am curious what else they have coming for the Switch this year though
Apple does an announcement for an announcement twice a year: I had an email in my inbox at least a month ago about today's product announcement, which they live-streamed. The only difference is...
Apple does an announcement for an announcement twice a year: I had an email in my inbox at least a month ago about today's product announcement, which they live-streamed.
The only difference is Nintendo isn't being cagey about what's being announced; the actual details are still forthcoming, and now buyers and investors know to expect it.
Yep, that was my biggest takeaway. I've gotten quite annoyed with the influx of news and speculation. I've even seen people talk about "this month's Direct will totally announce the Switch 2" when...
Yep, that was my biggest takeaway. I've gotten quite annoyed with the influx of news and speculation. I've even seen people talk about "this month's Direct will totally announce the Switch 2" when there isn't even a Direct announced for that month. It's easy to ignore, but still pretty tedious to constantly see "BIG NEWS ABOUT SWITCH 2" show up on my feed when there's no actual substance. At least this way, articles can focus on whatever games are announced at the next Direct instead of the lack of news.
I know, the constant "Switch 2" speculation was so tiring. It was so clear that everyone was reading into it what they wanted to hear and ignoring how improbable it was to happen. Everyone was...
I know, the constant "Switch 2" speculation was so tiring. It was so clear that everyone was reading into it what they wanted to hear and ignoring how improbable it was to happen. Everyone was going crazy about how Nvidia was going to make a new Tegra for Nintendo when they were clear years ago that they had gotten out of the mobile space and were going full speed towards AI applications.
The interesting thing about the amount of time between Switch 1 and Switch 2 is that it seems like exactly enough time for a slow-moving company like Nintendo to plan out a major change in...
The interesting thing about the amount of time between Switch 1 and Switch 2 is that it seems like exactly enough time for a slow-moving company like Nintendo to plan out a major change in architecture and to map out ways to transition their developers (a lot of whom are either first-party or strongly Nintendo-affiliated) to a custom architecture that's substantially different from other products on the market (i.e. ARM + some nifty features), similar to Apple with their M-series CPUs.
On the other hand, I wouldn't discount that Nintendo could use the successor to Tegra, which is Orin. Orin is relatively inexpensive and its lowest-power variant is exactly the same TDP as the stock Tegra X1 -- a customized version was used in the Switch and it's not farfetched to think a customized Orin will show up in automotive applications, much less a handheld one. It's not impossible that Nintendo chooses to stay with Nvidia and have the added benefit of Nvidia's proven product stack, documentation, and tensor cores. Plus, it looks like Orin is manufactured by Samsung, and that might suit Nintendo just fine right now.
I'll throw my speculation out there. Nintendo will strategically announce the Switch 2 about two to four weeks prior to release-date announcements by Sony and MS ("Brooklin?") about "Pro"...
I'll throw my speculation out there.
Nintendo will strategically announce the Switch 2 about two to four weeks prior to release-date announcements by Sony and MS ("Brooklin?") about "Pro" version(s) of their console(s). Barring any unusual delays, Sony will release the PS5 Pro on or just before November 15[1] in time for the holiday season. TI think a Switch 2 release in February or March 2025[2] is the most reasonable.
[1] This is Halo 1's 23rd anniversary. MS sometimes holds their big game announcements for a similar time-frame because it's "their" date now. Sony has attempted to get ahead of this date in the past since it's so easy to plan for. Meanwhile Nintendo has gone full Gendo Ikari.
[2] Nintendo knows they have a winner with the Switch 1's design and games. Whatever they do with Switch 2, its sales are going to strain their suppliers, so this is my most optimistic date. I think it would be best to release the Switch 2, even if it were just 15M units initially, in spring 2025 (and to make sure their FY24 ends with huge revenue numbers). Fall 2025 is my less optimistic date, but then Nintendo's sales seem disconnected from the home console market (and have been for a while) and it doesn't really matter whether they release against other pressures. I just don't see it happening in the summer.
While the past few months have included plenty of informed speculation about the so-called Switch 2, Nintendo hasn't given even a bare hint that the system is in the works. That changed at least somewhat last night, as Nintendo President Shinto Furukawa shared on social media that "we will make an announcement about the successor to Nintendo Switch within this fiscal year," which ends on March 31, 2025.
In his pre-announcement announcement, Furukawa warned that an upcoming Nintendo Direct presentation planned for June would include "no mention of the Nintendo Switch successor," suggesting more information may be coming closer to the end of the fiscal year than the beginning.
This is a rumor and so I don't think it deserves to be a separate submission, but it's interesting food for thought: Switch 2 specs leak: 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. Certainly plausible as...
Certainly plausible as well. You can find this level of RAM and storage in mid-range laptips that lack the economy of scale that Nintendo would be targeting.
"This information comes from official sources that are tracking shipments happening between component supplies, NVIDIA and Nintendo. This is very likely accurate," the leaker states. Another post claims the "RAM is specifically LPDDR5X" and "Yes, this will be considerably more powerful than a PS4," Centro LEAKS wrote.
Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass, chapter VIII.
"You are sad," the Knight said in an anxious tone: "let me sing you a song to comfort you."
"Is it very long?" Alice asked, for she had heard a good deal of poetry that day.
"It's long," said the Knight, "but very, very beautiful. Everybody that hears me sing it—either it brings the tears into their eyes, or else—"
"Or else what?" said Alice, for the Knight had made a sudden pause.
"Or else it doesn't, you know. The name of the song is called 'Haddocks' Eyes'."
"Oh, that's the name of the song, is it?" Alice said, trying to feel interested.
"No, you don't understand," the Knight said, looking a little vexed.
"That's what the name is called. The name really is 'The Aged Aged Man'."
"Then I ought to have said 'That's what the song is called'?" Alice corrected herself.
"No, you oughtn't: that's quite another thing! The song is called 'Ways And Means': but that's only what it's called, you know!"
"Well, what is the song, then?" said Alice, who was by this time completely bewildered.
"I was coming to that," the Knight said. "The song really is 'A-sitting On A Gate': and the tune's my own invention."
Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass, chapter VIII.
I'd expect the system to hit the shelves during summer at the latest. It gives them time to get the enthusiasts out of the way before Christmas sales and anyway as soon as that announcement makes "Switch 2" official, it'll start cannibalizing the sales of Switch.
Edit. Summer next year, I mean. But what do I know, I'm less sure with my guess now that I realized summer's not even here yet.
I doubt it would be summer since it would be pretty soon, or at least this summer. So it'd have to be summer 2025. I still doubt it though because Nintendo has a history of releasing new consoles in either spring (Nintendo 3DS and Switch) or autumn/winter (usually September, November or December). Looking at the release dates, the last consoles with a summer release was the Gameboy Advance with June 2001 release dates for America, Australia and Europe (but March in Japan). The DS Lite had summer releases, and the 3DS XL had July and August releases, but those are both just new versions of their base consoles so I wouldn't count them as new consoles.
I personally predict a spring 2025 release to capitalize on console sales before summer vacation. Kids will have more free time in summer, so a February or March release provides time for them to get the console and start saving for individual games over summer. Then by the time Christmas rolls around there's a decent library of games already released, meaning even more potential sales.
Side-note I found interesting, the Nintendo DS had one of the more staggered release dates of the consoles. Released first in America on November 21, 2004, Japan on December 2, Australia on February 24, 2005, and Europe on March 11, 2005. The New Nintendo 3DS also had a pretty staggered release starting with Japan getting it in October 2014 and South Korea being the last region to get it in May 2015. Then in September both South Korea and NA got the standard-size release since they originally had the XL, so Nintendo still skipped a summer release for that. Not sure I'd count the New 3DS as a fully new console like the DS since it had very few exclusives, but still interesting to see the trends!
Yeah, I realized that my comment read as if I meant summer this year, when I meant the next. I guess you didn't catch my edit.
Why I don't think (like you don't seem to either) it won't be this year, is that I don't believe they have games ready for the launch. It's not like Switch's release was stacked though I suppose there's a new Mario in the pipeline, as well as Smash and Mario Kart.
Now that I think about it, it's been ages since those series had new entries so they might aim for a fall release after all? Weren't there rumors that the system was ready but they had manufacturing problems? So maybe Christmas rush makes sense after all?
While an announcement about an eventual announcement sounds kinda dumb, it's necessary here. This puts an end to speculation about releasing this year and any possible announcements. It will be better for the expectations of the rest of the year's Nintendo Directs. I am curious what else they have coming for the Switch this year though
Apple does an announcement for an announcement twice a year: I had an email in my inbox at least a month ago about today's product announcement, which they live-streamed.
The only difference is Nintendo isn't being cagey about what's being announced; the actual details are still forthcoming, and now buyers and investors know to expect it.
Yep, that was my biggest takeaway. I've gotten quite annoyed with the influx of news and speculation. I've even seen people talk about "this month's Direct will totally announce the Switch 2" when there isn't even a Direct announced for that month. It's easy to ignore, but still pretty tedious to constantly see "BIG NEWS ABOUT SWITCH 2" show up on my feed when there's no actual substance. At least this way, articles can focus on whatever games are announced at the next Direct instead of the lack of news.
I know, the constant "Switch 2" speculation was so tiring. It was so clear that everyone was reading into it what they wanted to hear and ignoring how improbable it was to happen. Everyone was going crazy about how Nvidia was going to make a new Tegra for Nintendo when they were clear years ago that they had gotten out of the mobile space and were going full speed towards AI applications.
The interesting thing about the amount of time between Switch 1 and Switch 2 is that it seems like exactly enough time for a slow-moving company like Nintendo to plan out a major change in architecture and to map out ways to transition their developers (a lot of whom are either first-party or strongly Nintendo-affiliated) to a custom architecture that's substantially different from other products on the market (i.e. ARM + some nifty features), similar to Apple with their M-series CPUs.
On the other hand, I wouldn't discount that Nintendo could use the successor to Tegra, which is Orin. Orin is relatively inexpensive and its lowest-power variant is exactly the same TDP as the stock Tegra X1 -- a customized version was used in the Switch and it's not farfetched to think a customized Orin will show up in automotive applications, much less a handheld one. It's not impossible that Nintendo chooses to stay with Nvidia and have the added benefit of Nvidia's proven product stack, documentation, and tensor cores. Plus, it looks like Orin is manufactured by Samsung, and that might suit Nintendo just fine right now.
I'll throw my speculation out there.
Nintendo will strategically announce the Switch 2 about two to four weeks prior to release-date announcements by Sony and MS ("Brooklin?") about "Pro" version(s) of their console(s). Barring any unusual delays, Sony will release the PS5 Pro on or just before November 15[1] in time for the holiday season. TI think a Switch 2 release in February or March 2025[2] is the most reasonable.
[1] This is Halo 1's 23rd anniversary. MS sometimes holds their big game announcements for a similar time-frame because it's "their" date now. Sony has attempted to get ahead of this date in the past since it's so easy to plan for. Meanwhile Nintendo has gone full Gendo Ikari.
[2] Nintendo knows they have a winner with the Switch 1's design and games. Whatever they do with Switch 2, its sales are going to strain their suppliers, so this is my most optimistic date. I think it would be best to release the Switch 2, even if it were just 15M units initially, in spring 2025 (and to make sure their FY24 ends with huge revenue numbers). Fall 2025 is my less optimistic date, but then Nintendo's sales seem disconnected from the home console market (and have been for a while) and it doesn't really matter whether they release against other pressures. I just don't see it happening in the summer.
This is a rumor and so I don't think it deserves to be a separate submission, but it's interesting food for thought: Switch 2 specs leak: 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage.
Certainly plausible as well. You can find this level of RAM and storage in mid-range laptips that lack the economy of scale that Nintendo would be targeting.
Isn't announcement about an announcement just an announcement?
Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass, chapter VIII.