WITH nintendoswitch which was launched six years ago (at least the original model), it is logical to think that the big N of video games must be planning the marketing of its future console, however, the latest information we have obtained indicates that its launch will take place from April 2024 at the earliest.

The information emerged from the publication of Nintendo’s results for the end of the fiscal year. Shuntaro Furukawa, the company’s president, confirmed this no future console is scheduled to launch before the end of the current fiscal year, which ends on March 31, 2024. From Nintendo, they realize that the Switch’s seniority makes it difficult to keep up with sales, but they still aim to continue promoting their current device to “more consumers will play the Nintendo Switch longer, resulting in maximized sales“.

The goal of continuing to promote the Switch despite its seniority is in line with statements made by Nintendo America president Doug Bowser just a month ago. Bowser said the Switch still has “several years of life ahead of it,” but it will be necessary to see if these statements don’t have some element of feigned force to prevent a sudden drop in interest in the company’s products. Here we cannot forget the convulsive economic situation we live in, which makes launching new hardware a risky sport that can lead to big losses.

Everything seems to indicate that Nintendo is in no particular rush to launch a new console, but the big N of video games cannot live on Switch rentals until the end of days, especially considering the limitations of the hardware at the time. current. There is conflicting information about the future console, which we will henceforth call Switch 2, with some pointing to a technological revolution and others that it will simply be an evolution of the original console.

Nintendo decided to focus exclusively on handheld consoles a few years ago, but adopted a hybrid arrangement. With that on the table, it is clear that the future device will not compete at the performance level of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X | S, but it’s not like it needs to. That makes The interesting thing about technological evolution is not the raw power of the hardware or the generation it belongs to, but the technology it will support. This is where DLSS comes into play to add value and that it could help the Switch 2 to be able to run more “powerful” video games, albeit with the usual cuts compared to the “big” platforms.

The Nintendo Switch has 2023 pretty much covered with powerful titles like Fire Emblem Engage, Metroid Prime Remastered and especially The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomthe next part of the prestigious adventure saga, which will be released on May 12, 2023 (Friday of this week).