The Nintendo Switch 2 is now official. Youtube screenshot
After weeks of speculation, the Japanese giant finally decided this Thursday, January 16 to make its new console, the Switch 2, official. Its big sister was released in 2017 and had sold 146 million copies by the end of September 2024. Enough to become the third most popular console in the history of video games behind Sony's PlayStation 2 and the Nintendo DS.
Japanese video game giant Nintendo announced the Switch 2 on Thursday, January 16, which is set to succeed its flagship console in 2025, in the hope of replicating the success of its Switch, which became the third best-selling machine of all time.
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“The Nintendo Switch 2, the successor to the Nintendo Switch, will be released in 2025”, the Japanese company said in a statement, accompanied by a video presenting the technical aspects of the new console, while specifying that it will share more details during a live broadcast on April 2.
146 million copies
Released in March 2017, the Switch 1, a hybrid console that can be played on the go or connected to a television, has become a huge success for Nintendo. It had sold 146 million copies by the end of September 2024, making it the third most popular console in the history of video games behind Sony's PlayStation 2 and the Nintendo DS. Nintendo estimates that it has sold a total of 1.3 billion games that run on the Switch, and it announced in early November that these will be compatible with its new console.
Must-haves
Some titles, including “Animal Crossing: New Horizons,” had become must-haves for all age groups during the Covid-19 lockdowns. But while waiting for the announcement of a successor to its aging machine, the Japanese giant saw its net profit fall by 60% year-on-year in the first half of its staggered financial year that began in April 2024, and revised its annual forecasts downward in November.