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After many rumors about Switch 2, Nintendo has given its clearest signal yet that another console is coming. The company has promised to announce its sequel to the 7-year-old Nintendo Switch next year.
The news comes after Nintendo released financial results for its latest fiscal year, which ended March 31 post on X, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa confirmed that the company will introduce the Switch’s successor within the next fiscal year — in other words, between now and the end of March 2025.
Nintendo hasn’t released any further details about the console or even whether it will keep the Switch branding. The only hint of a timeline was in the rest of Furukawa’s post, which noted that nine years had passed since March 2015 and the original reveal of the original Switch, which was then released two years later.
Furukawa also noted that there won’t be more details at the next Nintendo Direct product showcase, which is scheduled for June and will cover some games coming to the Switch in the second half of 2024.
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Nor were there any details about the new console hidden in the fiscal earnings report, which nonetheless paints a picture of the Switch in its sunset days. Although hardware sales were down 12.6% from the previous year, it still resulted in 15.7 million units sold and “sales are solid for a platform in its eighth year since launch,” the report said.
It’s also interesting to note that Nintendo’s intellectual property business saw a whopping 81.6% growth, thanks mainly to the success of the Super Mario Bros Movie. That being said Nintendo confirmed back in November that a live-action Legend of Zelda movie is in the works, this looks like a growth area for the company.
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