Several sources confirm that developers do not expect the Switch 2 for this fiscal year

First it was Kotaku, but shortly after Eurogamer confirmed its information through its own sources: game developers would not expect Switch 2, Nintendo’s next console, for this fiscal year.

Recall that the fiscal year in Japan ends in March, so certain strong launches are given before that date to strengthen the company’s numbers in the face of investors. The launch of Switch 2 would have boosted these figures for the current fiscal year, but the confirmation that this will not be the case places the console from April 2025.

It’s time to get used to the fact that the Switch 2 might not arrive until April 2025

This date would fit with the battery of games presented in the last Nintendo Direct. They were announcements that were quietly extended for months, as if there was no new console on the way. Now we know that it was exactly that, although it is hard to imagine because of the number of years that this miracle has been behind him.

The Switch was first announced on March 17, 2015. On April 27, 2016, its release date was said to be March 2017. Since it arrived at the beginning of that month, it fell within the results of the fiscal year (which ends in the last week of that month). We would therefore be in the period in which the release date should be known before the end of the fiscal year, although we do not know if it will be just a date or a presentation with all the letters, that is to see what the machine is like, its technical characteristics, its first games...

What is clear, dear readers, is that what is already one of the three best-selling consoles of all time still has some time left. It still has time to climb into second place. If we’ve learned anything over the years, it’s that there’s no ceiling for Nintendo’s little machine.