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No Nintendo Switch 2 before 2025, scalpers to blame: Report
Nintendo is apparently targeting a launch window no earlier than March 2025.
Signage for the Nintendo Switch is seen in Manhattan, New York, U.S., Dec. 7, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File PhotoThe highly anticipated successor to Nintendo’s popular Switch console likely won’t arrive until 2025 at the earliest, according to a new report from Nikkei.
According to the report, the company wants to ensure it can manufacture enough units to meet demand and avoid the supply constraints that plagued the original Switch at launch in 2017. The supply constraints led to a blooming scalping market. Nintendo clearly wants to avoid that from happening again.
This projected timeframe means the Switch 2 may miss Nintendo’s next fiscal year, which would surely disappoint fans eagerly awaiting an upgrade. But Nintendo seems willing to take its time and get the launch right, rather than rush a new product to market.
The original Switch is still going strong six years after launch, with Nintendo recently revising its hardware sales forecast for the current fiscal year upwards to 15.5 million units. Lifetime sales now stand at 139 million, making it one of the most successful consoles ever behind only the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo’s own DS handheld.
With over 122 million active Switch players in 2023, the user base is larger than ever. So while an upgraded Switch is inevitable at some point, Nintendo can afford to wait until the timing and supply chain logistics are optimal. Whenever it arrives, the Switch 2 will have big shoes to fill.
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