The Nintendo Switch 2 is certainly happening, but Nintendo fans won’t be able to get their hands on the new system until next year at the earliest, according to Pedro Henrique Lutti, a Brazilian journalist who claims to have heard from multiple sources that the new system won’t be out until 2025. This report has since been corroborated by various outlets, with some sources saying that the delay stems from Nintendo wanting to deliver a stronger lineup of first-party titles for the Switch 2’s launch.
Rumored release windows:
- Original: 2024
- New: Q1 2025
Eurogamer reports:
- “Eurogamer sources can now corroboate the earlier reports that the Switch 2, once destined for release later in 2024, is now set for Q1 2025.”
- “The console’s launch moving into early next year…is designed to ensure Switch 2’s launch line-up features as many titles as possible, Eurogamer understands.”
VGC reports:
- “…third-party game companies were recently briefed on an internal delay in Nintendo’s next-gen launch timing, from late 2024 to early the following year.”
- “It’s possible the next-gen Nintendo console will now follow a similar timeline to the Switch, which was released in March but announced the previous year.”
Bloomberg reports:
- “Nintendo has told some publishing executives not to expect the console until March 2025 at the earliest.”
- “…the next console would miss the key holiday shopping period, which is usually the ideal timing for new console debuts.”
- “A Nintendo spokesperson said the company has nothing to comment on.”
Lutti’s tweet from last week:
Ninguém quer ouvir isso, mas essa aqui é bem intensa.
— PH (@phluttilippe) February 16, 2024
Após consultar 5 fontes de 3 continentes diferentes, todos ecoando basicamente a mesma coisa, O X do Controle hoje revela: o lançamento do sucessor do Switch só deve acontecer em 2025.
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