Switch 2 on the horizon: Nintendo confirms new console but saves reveals for later as June Direct will focus on 2024 Switch games

Will discuss Switch's successor during this fiscal year.

Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa finally admitted there is a Switch 2 in the works today, but the firm has no plans to discuss the new console anytime soon.

While Furukawa only referred to the console as the “successor to Nintendo Switch”, we’ll keep calling it Switch 2, for now, until the platform’s actual title is revealed.

The company president also stated that Nintendo will “make an announcement” about “the successor to Nintendo Switch within this fiscal year.” Just today, the firm released its fiscal results for the year ending March 31, 2024, so “this fiscal year” could mean an announcement anytime between now and March 31. 2025 - so don’t get too excited.

It was also announced a Nintendo Direct will take place in June, but the upcoming console will not be discussed. Instead, games coming to the current Switch for the latter half of 2024 will be the focus of the Direct.

When Nintendo finally announces Switch 2, or whatever it will be called, it will have been over nine years since the existence of Nintendo Switch was shared back in March 2015.

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