Switch 2 is an “Iteration” Not a “Revolution,” But Price Will Go Up Predicts Top Analyst

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2024 is upon us, and it seems very likely the successor to the Nintendo Switch will be upon us sometime this year as well. We’ve been hearing reports for months that dev kits may already be in studios’ hands and just recently many developers from Japan talked pretty openly about their excitement for a new Nintendo console in their New Years’ messages.

Well, as part of a 2024 predictions article at Gamesindustry.biz, Kantan Games analyst Dr. Serkan Toto had some additional things to say about Nintendo’s 2024 plans. Toto has been doing the analyst thing for a long time and clearly has some inside knowledge, correctly predicting and reporting on the Japanese gaming industry in the past. According to Toto, a “Pro” version of the Switch did exist at one point, but was apparently scrapped. Now he predicts a Switch 2 that will be an “iteration rather than a revolution,” but will nonetheless target a higher $400 price tag rather than the Switch’s standard $300 MSRP…

“The time is finally here for a Switch successor, even though I can say a "Pro" model actually did exist and certain developers were already working with the dev kit. I believe the next hardware will drop next year for $400. There is a high chance that games will cost more, too: $70. The next system is also likely to be an iteration rather than a revolution. Nintendo might add some bells and whistles to the device, but it will be similar to the current Switch. And because there is Pokémon, and Pokémon is associated with handheld gaming, there is no way on earth Nintendo will drop the portability feature for their next big thing.”

We’ve been hearing a lot of sometimes-conflicting things about how far Nintendo is looking to push with their Switch successor. We’ve heard