Nintendo has announced that the successor to the popular Switch console will be revealed by April 2025. The revelation was made at the same time as the company’s year-end financial results were published. Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa confirmed that the announcement of the next-generation console will happen within the current fiscal year, setting a deadline of March 31, 2025.
While discussing financial results, Furukawa stated that it will have been almost ten years since the Nintendo Switch was announced in March 2015. He also mentioned that there will be a Nintendo Direct in June 2024 to discuss the Switch software lineup for the second half of the year, but there will be no news regarding the new model during that presentation.
Despite a forecast for a slowdown in Switch console sales, with an estimated 13.5 million units sold this year compared to 15.7 million in the previous fiscal year, Nintendo noted an increase in the number of active players on the platform. Between April 2023 and March 2024, Nintendo recorded 123 million annual players, the highest number since the console’s launch.
Nintendo has no plans to abandon the current generation of the Switch console. The company’s goal is to have not only one console for each home but several for each home, or even one for each person. This strategic approach aims to maintain a strong presence in the gaming market and cater to a wide range of players.