PSA: Switch 2 Is Getting Revealed In The Next 100 Days

They should click their fingers with both hands during the Direct

correction Nintendo said "an announcement about the Switch successor within the fiscal year" that does not mean a reveal, to me an announcement and reveal are different

@KBuckley27 That's a very good point

The reliable ( tier 5 ) leakers say the announcement will come in January - they know better than Nintendo !

@KBuckley27 Haha, that's true. Imagine them being like, "We will reveal the console in a full Direct in June." Nuclear.

personally I think this announcement before the end of the fiscal year will be either they announce when they plan to reveal the "Switch 2" OR its release date/window with a promise to reveal it at a later date basically exactly what Nintendo does with every new generation

I have no idea when Nintendo will announce Switch 2.
It can more or less than 100 days from now, it can be anytime they want.
Excuse me, I want to having fun with my The Sims 4 on PS5 while waiting for official announcement of Switch 2.

I really feel a reveal in January is coming based on the recent leaks/traction it’s getting. As for release, no idea

I think we’ll get a paltry reconfirmation of a successor’s existence in a direct in February or March, with a larger reveal coming later in the year.

@KBuckley27 good point! It does say in the original post it’ll be 9 years since Nintendo announced the existence of Switch (March 2015) - I’m hoping this announcement isn’t something along the same lines and we still have quite some time to wait yet for reveal/launch

Glad you mentioned this is not an ironclad guarantee because people act like this announcement is a binding contract and also guaranteed to be a full reveal with launch date. It could be after the date, could be nothing more than the name like the Metroid Prime 4 reveal. I'd guess it won't be until all their last Switch games have been on the shelf. Nintendo doesn't like give their customers a reason to wait instead of buying the current products. DKC and Xenoblade X were clearly intended as stopgaps.

My gut says January but who knows. In any case, it would be really funny if the official name is "The Successor to Nintendo Switch." Leave no room for interpretation lol

Switch 2 is a folk tale meant to keep us excited for the future

Your pappy lied to you; Switch 2 isn't real

İ think the announcement will happen in January. İ am very excited what it will be? What have or what will Nintendo do with the next console? Let's see.

I think we'll get a Switch 1 general Direct before the Switch 2 reveal to fill in the final gaps. In terms of that Direct's timing I think either the week before Wind Waker gets added to Nintendo Music or the usual February slot.

So with Switch 2 reveal, I think either in February before the annual Pokemon Presents or in March if Legends Z-A has nothing to do with Switch 2.

With the amount of leaks going on right now, I imagine Nintendo's arm has been twisted into damage control mode, so I'm thinking it'll likely be early January now as it needs to clear out that old Switch Xmas stock first.

If GTA 6 and Switch 2 announce at same Month i will get heart attack

Home stretch not home straight.

@Juga_Juga British English, maybe? Anyway, wishful thinking, but I voted for January.

Erm, not to be THAT guy, but "...an announcement about the successor to the Switch..." doesn't necessarily mean a reveal.

You guys have been doing this to yourselves (and to us I might add) since 2020 in one form or another.

I dont need no info. Im buying one no matter what. I have yet to buy a nintendo system I have regretted. Their 1st party games are just too strong and good.

Nintendo don’t do much when they are making money, so expect the announcement at the latest possible date.

Got to clear out and maximize holiday stock of systems and games before you can announce the next console. Have they announced what the Switch lineup is for January and February yet? That alone may be a telltale of when exactly they'll announce the next system.

My guess is late January before their financial results briefing in February, but anyone's guess is as good as mine. It'd be hilarious if it's the very end of the fiscal year, but I doubt that.

Like others have posted, this announcement won't be a full reveal. It'll just be a tease at first before a proper reveal a few months later, like the random Switch video in October before the in-person presentation in January.

All this speculation has gotten so dull, especially throughout this year. But hey, I understand, Nintendo news has been slow lately.

@Juga_Juga Home straight refers to a running track, Home stretch refers to a horse race. Both phrases mean the same and are both used in the UK.

I think they'll announce it on Dec 24. People will be buying their kids Switches for Christmas and Nintendo will be like haha suckers it's already obsolete, now drive to the mall on Christmas Eve and bludgeon another shopper with a waffle iron for the last Switch 2 in stock. Miyamoto wants blood and blood he shall receive.

Announcement in January, selling in March

January announcement, April release date in time for the new Fantasy Life.

Well it’s looking like a March reveal and then an on shelf date of September.
Unless the whole reveal is tied in with the dual format releases of pokemon Z and Metroid 4 then it could be tied to one of these release dates. Also (TBC)

@ozwally unlikely Nintendo have made their initial mention of "Switch 2" in May 2024 why wait almost 1 year just to say the successor is still a long ways off?

I'd write something like "Feb 23rd's my birthday, Nintendo. That'd be nice", but .. I feel like I wrote that about half a decade ago..

switch 2 suppose to be revealed in january not 100 days from now.according to all the rumors..according to credible nintendo leakers..if the reveal is delayed to late march then switch 2 wont be coming out until summer..

I wonder how many Switch owners will want to upgrade. Most of the userbase doesn't care about the technology or power/performance, so something else will have to hook them.

I saw the title and thought I got an actual Switch 2 reveal date for my birthday for a second.

Also @butterysmooth30fps I will upgrade day 1. I dont need 4K graphics I just need consistent performance for all games.

@Gatorclops Happy birthday! Sorry your gift wasn't the Switch 2 announcement.

Switch 1 is still making Nintendo gobs of $. They're not going to rush the next console announcement while they're still racking up sales on their old one.

@Dev1024 I really agree, I think they SHOULD announce it sooner rather than later because they Hype is dead rn and needs to be revived.

@DiggleDog I read "click" as "lick," but now it's too late, and I'll be disappointed if there is no finger licking in this Direct.

Switch 2 reveal is closer than we think

My bets are on January

If today is day 1 then 1+99=100 so only 99days to go! But whatever. I voted Feb reveal. BRING IT ON Already.

@LavenderShroud It's amazing just how video game media (mostly Youtubers to be fair) have no comprehension of how successful the Switch was (still is to be fair) that they have been saying some sort of upgrade makes perfect sense since Covid.

My excitement for the next Nintendo console has gone down due to the Neptunia/Idea Factory situation. But I am still looking forward to the announcement for the new console.

I expect the next announcement concerning Switch 2 will be the expected reveal date for the S2 Direct / event (however they do it.) It might come as the one more thing in the next OG Switch Direct, it might be a Twitter erm tweet. (Now that I think about it, if you tweet on Twitter what do you do on X?)

February. Direct, right?

@NINTELDRITCH I reckon. Maybe just a sort of an announcement for some sort of event, but I think it will start getting mertioned more freely after that.

January (well, that’s my guess anyway) need to get those final post Christmas / New Year sales in.

Those saying there is a difference between an announcement / reveal… no. The difference between the two is subtle at best. Nintendo are unlikely to troll the market by announcing before March 31st that the reveal is later in the year.

More likely they’ll follow the original Switch strategy with an “announcement” + first look trailer followed by a conference to demonstrate the system with a release date to follow.

@Sonicka "We are working on the Switch 2. We expect it to launch later thus year. Please stay tuned for more infomation." Is an announcement. They (contrary to public opinion haven't done this yet.

"Taddaa, here it is" Is a reveal.

I hope in januari, but i think it will be in februari.

I'd put money on January. I think Nintendo has its finger over the button with all these rumors and leaks running wild but just have to wait until Christmas is over so they don't hamper S1 sales.

It should be revealed March 10

At this point, I deadass just want the Switch 2 to be announced so I can stop seeing every other article with the title "switch 2 this" and "switch 2 that" and "omg, is this fuzzy screenshot proof of the switch 2" and "where is silksong." ...Okay, strictly speaking, that last one isn't about the switch 2 but I wish silksong would just get cancelled so it goes away.

FFS, if there's nothing to write about, just say so instead of YET ANOTHER switch 2 circle jerk.

I'd kind of hoped it would be RELEASED in the next 100 days.

"There is no easter bunny, there is no tooth fairy, and there is NO Switch 2!"

If it gets revealed in January, we’ll probably see another trailer for it sometime after, and then the Switch 2 showcase in March or April, leaving it to release in May or June

Nintendo will not disturb Pokémon Z nor Metroid 4 or Xenoblade X games sales this spring. They may announce but won’t release until much later in the year.

@Koda1000 They did say Switch games would also work on Switch 2, so assuming they come out for Switch and Switch 2 comes out in May or June, those games probably won’t be affected a lot with Switch 2 sales

I am no where near ready to move. I have no idea how they are going to get the majority of Switch players now to upgrade this time. So many games still eft to play, and I'm not made of money.

I intend to TRY skipping this gen and enjoy what I have, I wonder how they will lure me into "unavoidable", this time? Hmm....

'cause they always do, even with the dreadful Wii U which I had almost no fun with. In fact I disliked it s much I skipped Switch for 3 years into it.

Come on Nintendo bring it on already!

I'd say February sounds good. Don't ask me why it just sounds legit to me. Maybe they've had February announcements in the past?

Gotta be March. January and February are too close to Christmas. You can't sell a bunch of Switch 1s and then immediately be like "that thing's obsolete, suckers!!"

he was talking tongue and cheek because 100 days will be end of nintendo fiscal quarter when they said they would reveal switch 2.. it will happen in january

@Gatorclops I'll be upgrading ASAP, but I'm just wondering because if most of the playerbase doesn't care about graphics and framerate, Switch 2 doesn't have much of a hook.

March is pretty late, whereas January is so close to Christmas that kids who finally got a Switch will feel like they are instantly outdated. February gets (and has had for the past year) my bet.

February or March, I dare expect. Before that, we'll likely get another Direct cementing release dates for XCX (EDIT: I meant to list the new Pokemon Legends, XCX already has a date anyway - but I guess it goes to show what occupies my mind more😅), MP4 and other stuff targeting Q1/Q2. And I still don't see what makes people anticipate a new generation hardware premiere in one - what part of Switch's own debut trailer looks like a Direct to them?

@msvt I'm a pretty much guaranteed Gen 10 customer as long as the new hybrids themselves actually show up in Belarus (and even PS5 eventually did, so hey), but I picture myself gradually saving for the successor while continuing to invest in the bottomless Switch wishlist first and foremost; apart from a new Xenoblade, a FE Jugral remake or a generation-skipping Project X Zone 3, first party stuff commonly viewed as Nintendo consoles' killer apps ironically doesn't even demonstrate the potential to tempt me much because I'm still way behind in the respective binges (why would I rush to buy a new console for a new Mario when I haven't even procured Odyssey and Wonder yet, still chugging on through Yoshi's Island back on SNES?). On the other hand, successor-exclusive multiplats will be something to track since day one regardless, if initially for clearing up Steam Deck's respective wishlist/storage like it's already been happening with Switch releases like Ace Combat 7.

@ButterySmooth30FPS knowing Nintendo, there are good odds of having a cherry on top. Even the three generations of comparatively homogeneous Game Boy "family" came with new fancies like Color's IR connectivity or Advance's support for a variety of cartridges-based extras like gyro or sunlight sensors. They might have another shot at something aesthetic like the 3D effect, they might add a projection unit for turning the tabletop mode into a full "TV" equivalent in benevolent conditions, they might bring back the cameras for more AR fun (although implementing the latter across all the modes might present a challenge that this generation's Mario Kart Home Circuit came with a whole dedicated kit to circumvent), they might pull off something we aren't even capable of conceiving at the moment (how many folks predicted Labo?)... time will tell. And this very post just reiterated the time in question - hey, at least there's something to post about the new console without relying on "credible leaks"!😆

I’m more interested in a release date for the system than the announcement of the release date at this point. What is the earliest the system could be released? If there are millions stock piling as we speak, maybe it is announced in January and released in March?

Don't count your chickens. They could always back pedal and delay it further. Hope I'm wrong.

I’d be surprised if it’s revealed before the January 31st Christmas return window closes. Gotta lock in all those Switch 1 Christmas purchases.

I think their plan is March. Isn’t that when the DS Lite reveal was? Of course that was like 20 years ago and with all the leaks and whatnot their hand may be forced for on a reveal sooner than they’d like anyways.

@GrailUK my point is, we know it’s coming, they’ve told us a successor is happening, and that’s it will be backwards compatible.

Leaks are also happening left right and centre (real or not).

They won’t hold an event or announce it’s coming a second time. The next event will be most likely be literally showing it off in a something akin to a short trailer like they did the original Switch in Oct 2016.

If Nintendo just say “Yeah, it’s Switch 2 - but we’ll show and tell you more about it in the summer” then that’s some pretty extreme trolling on Nintendo’s side and not worth the hassle they’d get from shareholders.

At this point I'm so ready for the reveal, showcase and launch to happen as quickly as possible. It's just taking too long by this point, especially when Nintendo has delayed the launch for as long as possible.

I'm just fed up with buying anything video game related until I can put my money toward the new console; everything else game-wise revolves around that.

Switch 2 day one for me. BRING IT ON!

Let me know when the Zelda edition comes out. Otherwise I’ll be over here cleaning out my wishlist.

I am rather neutral about the successor but part of it was all the rumor mill surrounding switch pro and when that failed switch 2. Years of that means I don’t feel much about switch successor. But honestly with all the 3rd party support and Nintendo’s first party run… it will take years to finish buying all the switch games I want and decades to beat them all so I am firmly on the “still excited about the current switch” camp. The older i get the less consumer gluttony I feel. I still want games but no longer have the almost addict response for a new high all the time. Nintendo will announce the successor when they are ready.

I predict that the annual January direct will have a “tune in next week for the official reveal for Nintendo’s next home console!” And we’ll get a release window of holiday 2025.

Then I think we’ll get a June direct which will reveal more details like price and more of the launch lineup.

At this point an ‘announcement’ can simply be Nintendo officially acknowledging the existence of a Switch2

@Overzeal I don’t think Nintendo will be waiting that long to release it after the reveal

Only took them like 4 or 5 months to release the Switch after revealing it, so Switch 2 may also take 4-5 months or shorter

@Ulysses And in this day, do companies even need long turnarounds after product reveals?

As for the poll, "December" could be a viable option. There is still a week between Christmas and the new year.

My vote? January.

Honestly, I expect nothing from this announcement. I think it'll just be a "hey, this does exist and is real. More to come in the near future."

Nintendo is clearly happy with the status quo and would otherwise be in no rush to launch a new console. And why wouldn't they? The Switch has done incredibly well and a new console launch will inevitably disrupt that, so I can understand why they'd drag their feet on this.

I think this announcement will mainly be to show investors and to an extent fans who only care about the "next big thing" that the Switch 2 is in fact real.

Teaser trailer at the most, with a dedicated transmission later in the year.

i remember correctly they didnt reveal the switch till janurary and released it in march so i can see it happening with switch 2.

Announced in March released in May.

@MrCarlos46

True but the Wii U might have forced their hand.

I'm at the point where I don't wanna hear "Switch 2" in the media ever again.

Please just hurry up Nintendo!

I'm thinking January, but obviously it can be the latter two months of the quarter too.

Regardless, pretty exciting stuff. Definitely the most exciting console reveal, since well, the current Switch.

I maintain, I ain't calling it "Switch 2" until Nintendo itself tells me to do so. As it is, when I went to GameStop a few months back, the employee told me that their Nintendo rep specifically told them to not call it that. So it's very well possible that Nintendo could be calling it something else.

Well, I just caved and bought a Switch Lite for the wife--don't even have one for myself--so, either way, I think Nintendo is going to be doing rather well both this Christmas and next year if that's anything to remotely go by. And, if it really is anything to remotely go by, I think the Switch is soon to become the highest selling console of all time. Maybe I'll be convinced enough to get myself a "Switch " whenever that arrives and whatever that is precisely.

@nhSnork Very good points. Switch is my first Nintendo console and I just got back into video game altogether 5 years ago. Not experienced in brand new Nintendo console launches, this will be the first!

It'll be january 13th.

@AstroTheGamosian Super Nintendo Switch?

@bippity_bop Yep. I absolutely agree with you. This is my preferred Nintendo site. It covers more than others and the comments are very well thought out and typically pleasant to read. Other site are just endless criticisms for everything or no comments. This is the site I want to use, but these awful articles make it so difficult to even want to check in anymore.

I feel like Nintendo really did drop the ball with the timing of their follow up console for the Switch. Sony are already talking about a PS6 and another Handheld, they're actively looking to take back the Japanese market from Nintendo and I feel like Nintendo are kinda of resting on their laurels a bit here.

If I'm honest, we should have had a price cut for the Switch by now and a new console should have been announced 6 months ago at the latest.

Hopefully Nintendo decides to release the console before 2025 holiday season, because if Sony decides to announce a new handheld for even 1 year later, it will absolutely cannibalise Nintendo's sales, exactly like the PS2 did with the Dreamcast when Sony went ahead and announced their next console a year in advance.

I feel like Nintendo is fumbling into the exact same situation here.

@MrCarlos46 Hear me out. Nintendo Switch Boy. (Advance)

@LavenderGloom Hear me out: New Super Nintendo Switch 64 U Deluxe Color and Knuckles

@MrCarlos46 Featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry Series?

@Reztobi

Eh, there are no real signs of PS taking back the Japanese market though. Square Enix is already moving away from Playstation exclusivity, several Japanese 3rd party games aare already committed to the Switch 2. The rumored handheld(if it actually does materialize) isn't even supposed to have its own library; it will supposedly only play PS4 and PS5 games. So it won't even be direct competition with the Switch 2. Sony's handheld isn't even a guaranteed success either, look how badly they botched the Vita.

Not only that, but the rumored handheld and PS6 are still years off(2028?) so just like how the current Switch released between the PS4 and PS5, I think the Switch 2 will be fine.

@LavenderGloom In all seriousness, if the leaks are anything to go by, then it appears as if Nintendo is pulling a PlayStation and calling it the Switch 2

At most 100 days until we can start predicting the NSW 2 Pro!

Looking for the December option.

knowing Nintendo, they will problaby anounce Switch sucessor, closer to the deadline, they impose themselves, or they could anounce the console, one week, before the financial report.

Switch 2 doesn't exist & we're all going crazy for nothing until further notice.

Home Stretch, not straight!

@Spider-Kev It’s probably British English

Just release it already; this is so ridiculous.

January would be the best time to do the announcement to get the hype train rolling for a March release like the original Switch.

@VHSGREMLIN the current one is selling, plus they want to maximize holiday sales. Announcing a new Switch would stop consumers, especially non-tech types, from buying the current model as a present. They'd likely just give them a gift card instead or some kind of tablet.

A very late January announcement that it exists. But I don't think we will get much info till at a later date. I'm expecting a early September release.

I heard it gonna release in june so i say february if its true.

I fully believe in a January reveal. I don't care for the rumors but I feel like this is a sign that the announcement is upon us sooner rather than later.

One down. 99 more articles to go.

@Reztobi I wouldn't worry about that. PS just got their PS5 Pro and it's only started in the last year or so to go out of remasters and cross-gen titles to finally get the rumoured current gen exclusives after already 4y of operations (which is way too late btw, until very recently there was no reasons to get a PS5 other than being a fanboy with too much money on their hands). And of course work on the PS6 has started, they don't wait until the last moment for R&D...
With Sony executives planning for a 10y long run like the previous gen, I'd say Nintendo has a lot of room still. That is, if Sony doesn't play dirty like it always does and forbids studio from going to Nintendo.

I think late January for an announcement. A week or so after Donkey Kong HD releases.

Could be February, the typical Direct month, but if so a Q1 release almost certainly goes out of the window in that case.

Not a real matter when the release date it to me as I have such a massive Switch backlog, unless there is a specific game that I need to play I'm going to hold off on ordering the Switch 2 because they will bring out an upgrade (just like the OLED) a few years later and I'll get that instead.

@AstroTheGamosian It is going to be called the Swift and will have a picture of Taylor on it. 😅

Unless Nintendo move the goalpost.

Super Bowl ad incoming. Remember when Nintendo "Switched" the Falcons vs Patriots game? https://www.neogaf.com/threads/the-super-bowl-switched-after-the-switch-ad-improbable-odds.1341374/
Maybe it'll happen again.

@Astropez well you pretty much nailed it at the end there didn't you.

"Hopefully Sony doesn't play dirty like it always does" - key word being "always does" this is just the issue and always has been the issue. Sony have been playing dirty for years and we both know they'll continue to play dirty.

Look at all the hoohaa around Microsoft buying Activision-Blizzard, only for them to go pull similar moves to buy FromSoft or pay for games not to appear on any other console. Sony have been dirty since they entered the market, do you seriously think them talking about new consoles and handhelds isn't related to the Switch 2 release? Be realistic mate. I bet when the Switch is revealed, we'll get a release date for Sony's next handheld not long after and watch how that cannibalises Nintendo's sales.

I can see it coming 😂.

@KryptoniteKrunch I would love to agree with this, if Square were as important as they once were, but outside of Nintendos own 1st party games, FromSoft make the best selling games in Japan, if you exclude Nintendo's first party games and guess who now owns FromSoft?

That's correct, good old Sony does. I wonder what they're gonna do with the Dark Souls/Elden Ring IP? Hopefully they don't lock it exclusively to their own consoles. We both know that's exactly what's going to happen lol.

Imagine this very plausible scenario - Nintendo announces Switch 2 in March, due to release end of 2025, in September of 2025 Sony decides to announce their next handheld for summer of 2026 with a new FromSoft game as a launch title.

If that happens, a move like that would virtually obliterate Nintendo's western market and would eat up most of their Japanese market.

@MrCarlos46 No they don't, with Apple being a prime example. Apple knows they have the hyped up base to sell millions overnight, so they roll out the launch of their latest iPhones less than a month after the reveal. Nintendo easily could do the same.

@Ulysses Nintendo can announce the Switch 2 in January and release it early February and it would already sell out really fast, especially since we’re all pretty aware of it now

"Actually, they only said they'd make an announcement about the successor, so they'll announce when they'll announce it before March 31st" Uh...that was the announcement of the announcement. We already have reason to believe mass production of the Switch successor is underway. Nintendo console delays have also historically been from holiday seasons into Spring - we know this was the case for the 3DS, and I believe there's an obscure document from the Gigaleak that confirms this happened to the Switch as well (though I haven't been able to find it again after initially seeing it).

The only thing that's for certain is that none of this is going to play out the way most people expect. It's how Nintendo is - rarely do they ever do what we anticipate.

@PikaPhantom With that in mind, is there a chance Nintendo decides to release the Switch 2 sometime between September and November

I'll believe this when I see it posted on Nintendo website saying so.

Nintendo is taking so darn long and being so quiet about this thing I’m starting to believe that they won’t announce it.

Hasn't anybody got sick of the speculation of switch 2 yet? It will come. Be patient.

@Atomic77 Nintendo doesn’t want to ruin the Switch’s last major holiday season, so they’re waiting until after the holiday season ends to announce the Switch 2

I think the announcement will happen in February, the official reveal a bit later and the release around October-November next year.

Wow. Look at all these comments offering critical feedback about the site being removed as "unconstructive." I think I'm done here.

Honestly, I don't really care when the Switch 2 is announced, since I doubt I'm going to buy it or another new Nintendo system ever again (unless I decide to get a Switch Lite at some point, if that counts).

I don't want to sound like I want to ruin anybody's hype for the Switch 2, that's not my intention.

But Nintendo basically ignoring a year's worth of backlash & shutting down the 3DS & Wii U eShops (also the Wii Shop Channel further back) just so they can lock those older games behind their $20-50 subscription service was basically the last straw for me in that regard.

I don't think NSO is bad (it's a lot better than PS+ & Xbox Game Pass, in regards to pricing), but the monthly drip-feeding of a few older games at a time is obnoxious, especially since you can't buy any of those games outright & keep them indefinitely, something you can at least do with PS & Xbox's subscription offerings.

I'm not going to be all complete & utter boycott of the company or anything like that, I still buy Kirby & I also got the recent Mario Party, for example, but I'm definitely not going to support anything that'll be next-gen only.

Because if their just going to dump their older systems in the trash & give the finger to fans who supported the Wii U/3DS over the more successful PS4 & Xbox One the past decade just because now they aren't dead last in the console race anymore (for now, at least), why should I, as one of those fans, reward that behavior?

Also, I know this is kind of a downer thing to post on Christmas Eve, but I was thinking about it just now & wanted to say my piece, since I've thought about this for a while now.

Anyways, I'm done for now.

Happy Holidays, & Merry Christmas.

@Lady_Galadhiel Doesn’t look like Nintendo will need to take a long time to release the Switch 2 after the announcement

If anything, the announcement and reveal could be the same event

It's pretty clear that's its just an upgraded switch (probably ps4 level) and not a hell of a lot else has changed. Shame

Honestly at this point I'm really hoping that it ends up being a new "switch" since the switch is the only one out of the big 3 console manufacturers' which offers the ability to play handheld without needing wi-fi or streaming and with sony unlikely to release a successor to the vita any time soon and the only other similar devices being more like portable PCs the switch already offers something unique, the only issue i really have with it is the hardware is really showing its age, a new switch that can play more games (alongside games from the original system) sounds ideal for me.