The successor console also supports Switch Online subscriptions
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Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa revealed in a post on the official Nintendo X (formerly Twitter) account on Tuesday that games for the Nintendo Switch will still be playable on the successor under Switch's plan. Furukawa added that the Switch Online subscription service will also be available on the successor console.
Nintendo will announce a successor to the Switch console during the company's current fiscal year, which ends on March 31, 2025.
Brazilian journalist Pedro Henrique Lutti Lippe reported in early February this year that the successor version of the Switch will be released as early as 2025. Following the report, Video Games Chronicle (VGC), Eurogamer and Bloomberg also cited evidence sources. actually report that. 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” in January, 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 and had sold 141.32 million units as of May 7 earlier this year.
The Switch surpassed Sony's PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Color's Game Boy/Game Boy as the third best-selling console of all time as of the end of 2022. It is currently behind only the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DS.
Source: Nintendo's official X/Twitter account via Gematsu
