The Nintendo Switch 2 mystery is coming to an end
Nintendo still hasn’t acknowledged the existence of the Switch 2 or the new console, but the mystery is already visible: according to Furukawa, they will reveal their plans for the fiscal year in three months… and the truth will come to light.
Nintendo today presented financial results for the last quarter, updating sales data for the Nintendo Switch console and games for it (139 million consoles, 12 million Mario Wonder…).
Shuntaro FurukawaPresident of Nintendo, has dodged all questions about the Switch 2 or a possible successor to the Nintendo Switch, which many believe will be released this year or within the next twelve months, but which Nintendo never acknowledged its existence.
Instead, he stated that Nintendo Switch will be a priority in 2024their “core business”, so much so that they have increased their sales forecast until 15.5 million switches during the current financial year (ending March 31, 2024).
However, he said something very revealing: plans for the next financial year will be made public at the next quarterly meeting based on the results (before Beginning of May), as reported by Bloomberg.
Switch 2 announcement between March and May?
Furukawa promised that in three months, at the next financial meeting, Nintendo will reveal its plans for the next fiscal year, FY25. That is, from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025 (all this according to Bloomberg).
They haven’t said anything about the Switch 2 or any other console… but if the new console does come out in late 2024 or even early 2025 (like the Switch released on March 3, 2017), then Nintendo will have to mention this at said meeting..
Even indirectly, talking about his equipment sales forecast, which would be much higher if the console had come out during this period. Even if its actual presentation with games came later (like No-E3 in June), Nintendo couldn’t continue to ignore its existence.
On the other hand, if that meeting had taken place and Nintendo hadn’t said anything concrete, and its sales forecast had only talked about the Switch and its games, then… maybe we’d all gotten our hopes up too high, and the successor to the Switch It will take a little longer to pray, until 2025..
It is clear that this meeting Maybe will be much more interesting than a routine sales review switch and their games. Although much earlier, already next week, we expect NintendoDirect. Don’t wait for news Switch 2 here… but when the financial year ends, starting in April, it will be something else.