Switch has sold 141.32 million units
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Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa revealed with a post on Nintendo's official Twitter account on Tuesday that the company will announce a successor to the Switch console during the company's current fiscal year, which ends on March 21, 2025.
The post also notes that the company will host its regular Nitnendo Direct streaming showcase in June, but there will be no information about the planned Switch successor.
Nintendo also announced its latest financial highlights on Tuesday that the Switch sold 141.32 million units, while software sales for the console amounted to 1.23582 billion units.
Brazilian journalist Pedro Henrique Lutti Lippe reported in early February this year that the Switch's successor would launch in early 2025. Following the report, Video Games Chronicle (VGC), Eurogamer and Bloomberg also cited reports. source corroborates that report. Bloomberg said a Nintendo spokesperson said the company had nothing to comment on.
BNN Bloomberg reported in January that according to analyst Hiroshi Hayase from technology research and advisory group Omdia, Nintendo will launch a new console this year. year with 8 inch LCD screen. Hayase said at the time that the new equipment would contribute to doubling the number of “entertainment screens” this year.
According to Bloomberg, Sharp announced in May 2023 that it was supplying LCD screens and was working closely with an upcoming panel manufacturer.
The Game Developers Conference (GDC) released the results of its 12th annual “State of the Game Industry Survey” last month, surveying more than 3,000 game developers about their work. them and about the industry. In the survey, 8% of developers said they are working on a successor to the Nintendo Switch, and 32% said the successor is the platform they are most interested in right now.
Nintendo launched the Switch console in March 2017.
The Switch has surpassed Sony's PlayStation 4 and Nintendo's Game Boy/Game Boy Color to become the third best-selling console of all time to date. late 2022. It is currently behind only PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DS.
Source: Nintendo's official Twitter account and website via Gematsu (link 2)