Nintendo Switch 2 Is Coming Later Than You Thought

Rumors about the Nintendo Switch 2 are growing as we approach Gamescom. The latest report is all about its possible launch, which is scheduled for the current financial year. Some developers have claimed that Nintendo’s next console could be delayed even further.

In accordance with GamesIndustry.biz, Nintendo Switch 2 won’t be released until April 2025.Christopher Dring, the environment’s director, mentioned in his podcast that the developers don’t believe the launch will happen during the current fiscal year, which ends on March 31, 2025.

“No developer I’ve spoken to expects [la Nintendo Switch 2] launch this fiscal year,” Dring said. “In fact, they were told not to expect it in the fiscal year. [actual]”A bunch of people I talked to were expecting it to come out in April or May, but still early in the year, not late.”

The report repeats Nintendo President’s StatementsShuntaro Furukawa. The head of the company confirmed the existence of Switch 2 several months ago and assured that its presentation will take place in the coming months.Furukawa set the deadline for March 31, 2025.although he referred to the ad.

“This is Furukawa, the president of Nintendo. We will be announcing the successor to the Nintendo Switch this fiscal year,” he said on Nintendo’s official X (Twitter) account. “It has been more than nine years since we announced the existence of the Nintendo Switch in March 2015,” he added.

Nintendo Switch 2 to launch ‘in April or May’ 2025

Some developers have stated that Switch 2 will be released in April or May 2025.which makes sense. The console is almost ready, however, Nintendo wants to squeeze every last drop out of the Switch during the holidays, so the ad will be kept for several months.

Let’s remember this. President of Nintendo said that the Switch 2 presentation will take place before April, but He meant the console announcement, not the launch.. However, the Japanese giant will not wait many months to put it up for sale, as the holiday season is set aside for Grand Craft Auto VI.

The strongest rumors about the Nintendo Switch 2 claim that the console will be larger than its predecessor and will have a magnetic Joy-Con. The hardware will be based on the NVIDIA Tegra T239 processor and will offer AI upscaling similar to DLSS. As for games, the leak claims that the Switch 2 will have a new cartridge format, but the console will support Switch games via backward compatibility.

Other rumors, such as a console with three screens or a supposed presentation to developers at Gamescom 2023, were denied by Furukawa himself. The Nintendo president stated that They never offered Activision Blizzard any information about the Nintendo Switch 2.as Bobby Kotick mentioned under oath during the Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit against Microsoft.