Brazilian journalist Pedro Henrique Lutti Lippe reported on Friday in a video that, citing five sources, Nintendo recently told publishers that a successor to the Switch console will launch in the first quarter. of 2025. Following the report, Video Games Chronicle (VGC), Eurogamer and Bloomberg also cited sources corroborating the 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 Survey” last month, surveying more than 3,000 game developers about their work and about branch. 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 Switch launched in March 2017. The console has sold 139.36 million units as of December 31. The Switch has surpassed Sony’s PlayStation 4 and Nintendo’s Game Boy/Game Boy Color as the top-selling console running third among them as of late 2022 (behind PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DS).
Source: OX’s YouTube channel Controle, Video Game Chronicle (Andy Robinson), Eurogamer (Tom Phillips), Bloomberg (Takashi Mochizuki and Yuki Furukawa)