Nintendo's next console would be released in early 2025 - News

2024-02-16 22:45:00

Launched by the Brazilian journalist Pedro Henrique Lutti Lippethe rumor then made its way to the sites Eurogamer et VGC which support the thesis of a launch in early 2025. According to the sources of Andy Robinson, editor-in-chief of VGC, Nintendo has therefore recently informed the publishers of an internal postponement of the launch date of the console from the end of 2024 to the beginning 2025. A source suggests that Nintendo has postponed the release of its console in order to present a richer range of games at launch.

One thing is certain, Nintendo finds itself in a very different situation than at the time of its previous generation change. As early as March 2015, a struggling Nintendo rushed to announce its future platform under the code name NX. Because the Wii U was a failure of rare violence, certainly, but also to reassure everyone when Satoru Iwata had just announced his partnership with DeNA with a view to developing mobile games. And then an endless wait: we had to wait for the October 20, 2016 to attend the very first presentation of the one which will be released in March 2017 under the name Nintendo Switch.

A small craftsman without pressure

A generation later, after merging its home and portable production lines into a single platform, Nintendo seems more solid and influential than it has ever been in its history, so that there is no hurry for the manufacturer whose Switch still has some in the engine. As it enters the 7th year of the machine, Nintendo has a string of incredible results and has just revised upwards its forecasts for the current fiscal year.

10 days ago, a shareholder asked Shuntaro Furukawa if the endurance of the Switch would have an impact on the launch window of its replacement. here is answer you PDG :

« Regarding the next console, we cannot make any comments, except that our company is constantly conducting research and development on new hardware and software. As we’ve already mentioned, articles purporting to reference information released by Nintendo and other speculations have been appearing mostly on the internet lately. Information that has not been officially announced by Nintendo may mislead consumers and investors. We encourage you to use your own judgment based on the information we provide on our official websites and social media accounts. It takes a lot of time and careful planning to prepare a new console, and these plans are not influenced by the latest business conditions. »

A persistent rumor mentions an 8-inch LCD screen for the Switch 2, which is reminiscent of the PlayStation Portal screen.

In the immediate future, a Nintendo Direct is taking shape for next week, according to a insider reputed, but it would be a Partner Showcase during which Nintendo should therefore not reveal new cartridges, instead leaving room for a festival of ports and independent games, if we rely on the previous edition. Nintendo’s catalog for the coming months only includes Princess Peach Showtime (March 22), Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD (summer) and Paper Mario: The Millennium Door (2024), but Pokémon will undoubtedly come out of its box to bring the Switch one last time times during the end-of-year holidays.