Nintendo Repeats Plans for Switch 2 Announcement Window

Key Takeaways

Nintendo has reaffirmed its plans to release the Switch 2 within the current fiscal year.
With the ongoing fiscal period running until the end of March 2025, the company has less than five months left to fulfill its commitments.
More Switch 2 information could arrive soon after Nintendo posts a transcript of its investor Q&A session on November 5. This is where shareholders will ask questions about the highly anticipated console.

nintendo It reiterated its plans for the Switch 2 announcement window, stating that the console will be revealed during the current fiscal year. But the company is still keeping other details about the Switch successor close to the vest.

According to a mid-February report, Switch 2 was initially scheduled to hit the market in 2024, but was eventually delayed to 2025. The exact reason for this delay is unclear, although some industry observers have speculated that Nintendo wants more time to work on it. It's in the launch library for the upcoming console.

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On November 5, the Japanese gaming giant released its latest consolidated financial report for the six months to September 30. In a follow-up earnings call, Nintendo President Suntaro Furukawa said the company plans to announce its next console during the current fiscal year. This will last until the end of March 2025. With this, the official reiterated the position he had been taking since May 2024, when the Switch 2 announcement window was originally released. Furukawa did not elaborate further on the matter in either case.

Nintendo is less than five months away from announcing the Switch 2.

Nintendo is now less than five months away from meeting its previously promised Switch 2 reveal window. To be exact, 4 months and 26 days. According to a late February 2024 report from Nikkei, Nintendo wants to do everything it can to avoid a Switch 2 launch shortage like the one that hindered the console's launch in 2017. Considering the company's current production capabilities, this claim suggests that the upcoming device could take more than six months to mass-produce before it becomes available. So if Switch 2 isn't announced in 2024, it's unlikely it will hit the market before the third quarter of 2025.

More Official Switch 2 Information Could Arrive Soon

Nintendo plans to post a transcript of its latest Q&A with investors within 24 hours, no later than November 6. This release may include some additional information about the next console, as shareholders will almost certainly have questions. This is how fans learned that the Switch 2 might look similar to its predecessor, when Furukawa was asked about the console during Nintendo's previous investor Q&A session in May 2024.

According to the company's latest financial report, it cut its full-year revenue forecast by 10%, citing low console sales. Nintendo sold 4.7 million Switch units during the first half of this fiscal year, a 30% decrease compared to the same period last year.