Switch 2 Could be Announced Closer to Launch Than the Switch Was, Nintendo Suggests

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If recent reports are to be believed, development on the Nintendo Switch successor is seemingly “progressing well” behind the scenes, and even though the new console is said to be unlikely to launch before Spring 2024 at the earliest, given the fact that the Switch itself is over six years old now, it’s no surprise that many are beginning to wonder when Nintendo will officially unveil its successor.

Of course, those who’ll remember the Switch’s own pre-launch cycle will be a tad concerned about whether the next Nintendo console also ends up taking as long to release after its initial confirmation as the Switch itself did- though Nintendo has suggested that that might not necessarily be the case.

The Switch was confirmed to be in development by Nintendo under the codename NX in early 2015 and only came out a couple of years later, and during a recent Q&A session with investors, president Shuntarow Furukawa was asked if the interval between the announcement and launch of Nintendo’s next platform will be in line with what it was for the Switch. Interestingly, Furukawa explained that said interval for the Switch was more down to the fact that, at a time when the company was preparing to enter the mobile market, it wanted to assure fans that it was still very much focused on consoles as well.

“Looking back at the release of information leading up to the Nintendo Switch launch, we announced the NX development codename in March 2015 during a joint announcement with DeNA Co., Ltd. regarding our business and capital alliance (as it related to joint development of smart-device game applications and its operation, and also the core system development centered around Nintendo Account),” Furukawa said. “When we announced our entry