We've heard ongoing rumours about Nintendo releasing a successor to the Switch, so what else might be going on behind the scenes?
Well, a new GDC 2024 'State of the Game Industry' report has shared new data from its recent survey - revealing 8 percent of respondents (aka game developers) are currently working on a game project for the "Switch successor".
GDC surveyed over 3,000 developers to get this percentage, and another 18 percent of developers said they were currently working on a game for the Nintendo Switch (as in the original hybrid system). It's worth noting the identities of these developers were not revealed.
One other question in the same GDC survey asked developers which platform they were most interested in right now. 32 percent of developers picked the Switch's successor, while 25 percent responded with the Switch as their choice.
It's no surprise developers are already interested in making games for a Switch successor, given the popularity of Nintendo's current hybrid platform.
Keep in mind this is just a sample and not necessarily reflective of the entire industry. There are likely even more developers who could already be working on projects for future Nintendo hardware. This survey doesn't necessarily mean developers have access to new development kits, either.
Just last week, another developer known as Titan Forge Games mentioned how it would be "open" to bringing its upcoming release SMITE 2 to a future Nintendo platform, citing concerns about the "power level" of the current system.
An analyst prediction earlier this month also suggested a 'Switch 2' would likely be an iterative evolution and will cost $400: