Has anyone been keeping track of how long we’ve been waiting for the launch of the highly anticipated Nintendo Switch 2? I searched our history and found, for example, that there were already rumors of its imminent arrival on the market in the spring of 2019 (a rumor that, from what we saw later, pointed to the Switch Lite). This is understandable, considering the impressive success that the big N achieved with a design that was not only very original, but also remarkably practical, which once again won the gold medal in innovation, as it happened before with the Wii and Nintendo DS. .

so of course explains the huge interest that is developing over the years and we must remember that in the original version, the current generation of Nintendo hit the market in March 2017, so seven and a half years have already passed. But only recently have we finally received fairly reliable predictions that, as we told you a few months ago, point to the beginning of 2025, about six months from now.

Now, as we read in the Wccfts, Rumors have exploded pointing to a Nintendo Switch 2 launch between March and April of next year. The choice of one month or the other would not be made yet, as it wants to depend on the results of Nintendo’s fiscal year (which ends on March 31). If these weren’t up to par, the console’s debut would come in March to help improve them significantly. Now, if the accounts are sufficient to close within previous expectations, Nintendo would reserve the Switch 2 for the next fiscal year and therefore it would hit the market in April. In the coming weeks, it should happen that Nintendo will finally introduce it.

An interesting aspect, if this launch window is confirmed, is that the Nintendo Switch 2 it will arrive on the market more or less halfway through the life cycle of the current generationi.e. the one made up of PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series. And as has been proven for many years, Nintendo is completely distancing itself from the aforementioned competition. A decision that is the most intelligent given the very specific location of his console.

Now, Nintendo isn’t just distancing itself from the console war in terms of the calendar, but it’s also doing so when we talk about performance. And as we read in Famitsu, Shigeru Miyamoto has confirmed that the Nintendo Switch 2 will not enter the console wars in terms of performance either. The father of some of Nintendo’s most iconic titles said in an interview with a laugh that he wants people not to drag Nintendo into competitions like the console wars «which focus on high specifications and hardware performance«.

Of course, this does not mean that the long-awaited Switch 2 should be “poor” in terms of performance.On the contrary, some rumors indicate that it will be a positive surprise in this sense. The key for Nintendo lies in the balance between performance and efficiency, and above all in its own, exclusive and fully optimized titles for its platform.

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