Not a week goes by without rumors or leaks circulating about the highly anticipated Nintendo Switch 2. This time, it concerns its release date. Here’s what we can learn from it.
The Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo’s next console, is reportedly targeting a launch in March 2025. This is what we can learn according to a new report from the Japanese daily Nikkei. This confirms information previously reported by videogameschronicle and other sources earlier this month. This delay, compared to a release initially planned for the end of 2024, would aim to avoid potential problems with material shortages. Which can be understood…
The Nintendo Switch 2, a launch later than expected?
In fact, Nintendo would have favored the assurance of having a substantial initial stock for the console as well as a rich selection of games available from its launch, in order to avoid an intensive resale market. Nintendo’s future console is expected to retain the hybrid portable/living room concept that contributed to the success of the Switch. While offering a screen larger than the 6.2 inches of the original device.
According to Nikkei, the launch of the Nintendo Switch could be postponed until after March 2025. This all depends on the progress of manufacturing and the preparation of the games for launch. This additional delay would give Nintendo the opportunity to enrich its offering of first-party games for the release of the console on the market.
Following these revelations, Nintendo’s stock suffered a notable drop on the Tokyo stock market. Recording a fall of up to 8.8%, before stabilizing at a total depreciation of 5.8%. This episode recalls the launch of the first Switch in March 2017, previously announced in October 2016, suggesting that Nintendo could consider a similar schedule for the announcement and release of its new console.
Even if this postponement could be poorly received by players, it is ultimately undoubtedly a very good choice to avoid having a console only half available. As was the case with the launch of the PS5. Because we suspect that a console available on paper but in fact impossible to buy due to lack of sufficient stock could ultimately further damage Nintendo’s image.