The Nintendo Switch 2 orNintendo Switch Pro – or whatever the follow - up console will be called – wo n’t be along until at least April 2024 .
Nintendo says it is go to work hard to sustain sales for the forthcoming financial twelvemonth and admits it could accrue short of the target .
“ confirm the Switch ’s sale impulse will be difficult in its 7th yr , ” said Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa told investor ( viaBloombergandIGN ) .
“ Our goal of selling 15 million whole this financial yr is a bit of a stretching , but we will do our best to pad demand go into the holiday season so that we can reach the goal . ”
So , if you ’re thinking of buy a electric switch so you’re able to play The Legend of Zelda : Tears of the Kingdom , you may probably do so without the risk of being gazumped in the next 12 month .
Of naturally , there ’s a caveat to that . There ’s nothing to say Nintendo wo n’t denote the Switch ’s heir at some full point in the next 12 months and release it once fiscal year 2023 is over .
The first Switch console was released in 2017 . While there has been a hardware refresh with theSwitch OLEDoffering a big , better showing . There ’s also the true handheldSwitch Lite .
However , for age rumor have circulated about a much more substantial raise under the Switch 2 or Switch Pro or Switch U ( although the latter would be a surprisal throw the Wii U was n’t precisely a roaring success ) .
With a major newfangled Zelda game on the style for the first time since 2017 , many observers might have expected it to be accompany by young ironware , as was the case with Breath of the Wild .
It ’s not often in the New era that Nintendo solace get more than one major game from the first party staple like Mario , Mario Kart , Super Smash Bros. and Zelda . However , here we are .
What the grasp up from Nintendo ’s perspective is , is ill-defined . It may be a case of constrict as much life as potential out of the current genesis Switch before set up a replacement . Either direction , the Switch will be 7 years one-time in April 2024 .
