The Nintendo Switch has had a dominant life as a hybrid console-handheld, enjoying success since its launch in 2017. However, late last year heard some rumblings that Nintendo was preparing to move onward to a successor to the Nintendo Switch. According to Video Games Chronicle, Eurogamer, and other insider sources, development kits for a "Switch 2" had already been sent out to third-party devs, and rumors were claiming that the system would launch sometime in 2024.

Now, things have changed. While Nintendo was planning to launch the Switch 2 around late 2024, those same insider sources claim that due to some internal delays, the next-gen Nintendo console is targeting a Q1 2025 launch--similar to the original Switch, which launched in March 2017. VGC's sources state that the Switch 2 still plans on being a hybrid system, offering portable functionality, while Eurogamer corroborates VGC's statements, while additionally adding that the reasoning is so that the Switch 2 features as many launch titles as possible.

 

[PagaN]

nintendont

 

[M7L7NK7]

nintendont

They're doing pretty well for themselves, way to jump on the hate bandwagon for clout

 

[Ligeia]

lol the never ending soap opera of "Switch 2" rumors continues...

 

[CoolMe]

"A delayed handheld is eventually good, but a rushed one is forever bad"? (like the first one)

 

[qqq1]

I was really hoping it wouldn't be another hybrid console. I realize I'm in the minority but the Switch has not interested me at all. The couple Switch games I wanted to play were better on my PC than they can even be on the Switch. I was hoping for a traditional home console.

 

[The Catboy]

I wonder if they are delaying it to make sure the hardware is extra outdated before it comes out?

 

[G33ksquad]

The switch 2 with the release date switcheroo, Nintendo you sneaky mom

 

[Silterpy]

I rarely take my switch out of the dock. I would rather a dedicated TV console that's more powerful/ that can run its games without problems and another dedicated handheld then a mix that can play its games kind of ok.

 

[JuanMena]

Ugh, another "hybrid"?

 

[Noctosphere]

Delaying it is okay, but I REALLY hope that the hardware we will get in 2025 will be recent

Sadly, knowing Big N, we will have a 2019-2020 hardware

 

[Flame]

Watch PS7 and Xbox A/B get released before switch 2

 

[x65943]

My pet theory

It was delayed because mig switch carts work on the switch 2 prototypes, and they are taking time to implement a more secure game loading system

Watch PS7 and Xbox A/B get released before switch 2

Sincerely hope they call it Xbox 2

 

[SylverReZ]

Why do we need another model when the Switch OG, Lite and OLED is about enough? Guess thirsty fanboys want anything these days.

 

[Xzi]

Remember when they said merging their home console and portable divisions would result in a more packed release schedule for Switch? It's been about as dry as the Sahara desert the last few years.

 

[Marc_LFD]

Unlikely they'd launch Switch 2 this year, so makes sense it'd be at least in 2025.

The Switch is struggling with games as it is now.

 

[MikaDubbz]

At the rate the Switch continues to sell, I get it. I mean I want the Switch 2 now, but sales are still so strong in a year that looks to be weak in competition for exciting new games as it is, why not just coast for a year, at the rate things are going the Switch will be the highest selling total units of a gaming system of all time within the next year or so.

 

[Marc_LFD]

Why do we need another model when the Switch OG, Lite and OLED is about enough? Guess thirsty fanboys want anything these days.

Switch
Switch 2.0 (Better Battery)
Switch OLED
Switch Lite

Man, that's way too many as it is. I guess they could release one called "Switch Mini" in that they'd somehow make it to the size of a GBA/3DS.

 

[Noctosphere]

My pet theory

It was delayed because mig switch carts work on the switch 2 prototypes, and they are taking time to implement a more secure game loading system


Sincerely hope they call it Xbox 2

Xbox is from Microsoft
so, the next one should be XBox 5

 

[Xzi]

Why do we need another model when the Switch OG, Lite and OLED is about enough? Guess thirsty fanboys want anything these days.

Mostly because no third-party dev wants to bother porting to a system with only 4GB of RAM. Nintendo themselves could probably make due with 512MB.