{"id":280361,"date":"2024-05-07T01:50:39","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T08:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=331824"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:33:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:33:54","slug":"we-already-have-a-release-date-for-the-nintendo-switch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/we-already-have-a-release-date-for-the-nintendo-switch-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo finally talk about the &#8220;Nintendo Switch 2&#8221; and give us hints about the possible announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have been waiting for the successor to the Nintendo Switch since 2020, the year the new generation of PlayStation and Xbox arrived. <strong>Since then, the Nintendo Switch made it clear that in terms of hardware it couldn&#8217;t go any further<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/switch-2-will-not-be-released-in-2024-and-the-shareholders-are-not-happy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"and that a new version would give developers much more room to create great and ambitious games.\">and that a new version would give developers much more room to create great and ambitious games.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Nintendo Switch Online\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/0d8aa053-f44a-4256-ab5f-47f15b065e51\/1332576485\/nintendo-switch-online-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Nintendo Switch Online<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/nintendo-switch-online.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/nintendo-switch-online.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>But if there is one thing that characterizes the Japanese company, it is going at its own pace.<\/strong> Nintendo is the company that doesn&#8217;t do things because of trends or impositions, they only move when they see it necessary. That&#8217;s why they launched their online subscription a whopping 10 years later than their rivals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For that reason, the announcement they made today through Twitter has not surprised us at all, but rather it was something we expected. <strong>Nevertheless, we are talking about the most important news from Nintendo in almost a decade.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is Furukawa, President of Nintendo. We will make an announcement about the successor to Nintendo Switch within this fiscal year. It will have been over nine years since we announced the existence of Nintendo Switch back in March 2015. We will be holding a Nintendo Direct\u2026<\/p>&mdash; \u4efb\u5929\u5802\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e\uff08\u4f01\u696d\u5e83\u5831\u30fbIR\uff09 (@NintendoCoLtd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoCoLtd\/status\/1787736518762881197?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Nintendo Switch 2 will be announced in the current fiscal year<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nintendo has stated on Tuesday that it will announce the successor to its flagship, the Nintendo Switch, during this fiscal year 2024\/2025<\/strong>, after the company forecasted a sharp drop in profits due to lower sales of its aging console.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This means that <strong>the new Switch will be announced in the fiscal year ending in March 2025<\/strong>, according to a post on Twitter from the company quoting Nintendo&#8217;s president, Shuntaro Furukawa. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/we-already-have-a-date-for-nintendo-e3-2023-and-much-earlier-than-expected\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"The company added that there would be no details about the new console in the upcoming June Nintendo Direct event.\">The company added that there would be no details about the new console in the upcoming June Nintendo Direct event.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The President of Nintendo announces the successor to the Nintendo Switch will be revealed within this fiscal year, ending March 2025. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NcWHSnT6nW\">pic.twitter.com\/NcWHSnT6nW<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Dexerto (@Dexerto) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dexerto\/status\/1787738642980479004?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Nintendo Switch Online\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/0d8aa053-f44a-4256-ab5f-47f15b065e51\/1332576485\/nintendo-switch-online-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Nintendo Switch Online<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/nintendo-switch-online.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/nintendo-switch-online.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The comments come <strong>after Nintendo presented the financial results for the fourth fiscal quarter and the full year <\/strong>ending in March 2024. These have also generated a few headlines that we will now discuss in another article, talking about it in depth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a summary of everything mentioned, the important thing is that we understand that <strong>there will be no announcement of Nintendo Switch 2 until -at the latest- March 2025 and that doesn&#8217;t mean it will be released within a year<\/strong>, they have only said that it will be presented. The wait is starting to become&#8230; desperate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The announcement comes after Nintendo presented the financial results for the fourth fiscal quarter and the full year of the Nintendo Switch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9265,"featured_media":280363,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-280361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280361"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":313356,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280361\/revisions\/313356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280361"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=280361"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=280361"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=280361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}