Summary

  • Rumors of a new Nintendo Switch release in 2025 have fans excited, but developers aren't expecting it before April 2025.
  • Gamesindustry.biz reporter Christopher Dring has actually claimed that devs have been told not to expect the system to launch this financial year.
  • Developers are hoping for an April/May release though, possibly to avoid competition with big game releases like GTA 6.

Nintendo has been content with the performance of the Nintendo Switch for a number of years now, and has been sitting on the system's successor for so long that the Switch recently broke the record for the longest time pe☂riod between Nintendo home console launches. A lot of that is reportedly due to a mixture of impressive sales and Nintendo being worri꧑ed about potentially screwing up its sustained success, but fans have been getting antsy about a new console for quite a while.

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Earlier this year, Niꦯntendo itself casually confirmed that a new Switch is on the way, and that an announcement would be made at some point within the fiscal year, and rumors have been flying about release dates ever since. There was a small amount of hope that we may see the system launch at some point in early 2025, making 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Pokemon Legends: Z-A and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Metroid Prime 4: Beyond possible launch t🐈itles, but those hopes now appear to hav☂e been dashed.

In a new episode of , reporter Christopher Dring claims that he hasn't spoken to a single developer recently that expects the Switch 2 (or whatever Nintendo ends up calling it) to launch within this financial year. In fact, many have told him that they've been explicitly told - presumably by Nintendo - not to expect it to launch before April 2025.

"No developer I've spoken to expects it to launch in this financial year, in fact they've been told not to expect it in this financial year."

Developers Are Hoping The Nintendo Switch 2 Launches In April Or May

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Dring goes on to claim that the developers he's spoken to are all hoping that the Switch 2 launches in April or May and avoids a late release. We know that 2025 is going to be a pretty big year for video game releases, and even though the crossover won't be that large, Nintendo probably won't want its next system to release alongside GTA 6, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:a title which is coming out this Fall and is looking like it'll be one of the biggest game launches in the industry's history.

All we can do right now is sit tight and wait for the console's announcement, which will almost certainly take place during a Nintendo Direct. Given we had one not long ago, we can probably assume the next big Direct will take place in early 2025, and a Switch 2 reveal at the beginning of 2025 would make sense if Nintendo is targeting a Spring or Summer release. For our wallet's sakes, let's hope this is the case.

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