Nacon Expects Switch 2 To Launch In The First Half Of Next Fiscal Year

Switch 1 launched about 2 months after its big presentation so I hope the Switch 2 launches about 2 months after the April Direct, therefore end of May / June

That confirms a September 30th release at 11:59pm and 59 seconds then.

Reckon it will be June.

@Olliemar28 Yeah I think the same. The demos run into early June so third week of June is my guess. But can’t wait!!

Clearly Nacon are eager to port Robocop to the Switch 2.

I think they always wait longer than the fans seem to expect. I reckon we’re headed for a traditional September launch. I’ll be happy if it’s earlier though.

@BigBluePanda pretty much, if we have learned anything, Nintendo loves to procrastinate

I guarantee it’ll be in June. If they’ve got any common sense, it’ll launch before my birthday at the end of May, but that’s probably too close to the April direct.

Green Day reference.

I'll wait on buying it day one, cos I've been burned with consoles having bugs day 1 before.

Tell us something we don't already know!

Well one thing is for sure if it’s September 2025 with Mario Kart 9 and that is the only NEW big AAA Nintendo in house studio game for the whole of 2025 for Switch 2 that will be very disappointing.
But I don’t want that to happen, but with Slowtendo it is possible.

I mean that makes sense, doesn’t seem very likely to release after that.

Switch 2 in time for summer is non-negotiable, Nintendo… It’ll be damn hot, and I’ll be in need of new hardware like a hot damn

June is the most likely release, why reveal in mid January and a early April Direct just to release in September? Doesn't make any sense when Switch 1 released less the two months after the January Switch presentation

Wow way to narrow it down to “some time in 2025 like Nintendo already told us.”. Those guys at Nacon are really earning their big fat 6 figure paychecks with this information. 🤑

Hopefully June, nicely in time take on holiday. I'll make sure I don't leave this one on the plane

Fun fact: Switch 1 + Switch 2 = Switch 3

June it is then

My money is on July, I don't know how it compares to the rest of the world but in the UK that is school holiday time and gaming will be in high demand during that time. Pretty sure it's the same for America and Japan with July breaks.

NS2 summer 2025???

I expect sometime between the end of May and the middle of June.

So the last hands on event is the start of June I think so I imagine the following month July/August ?
July/August would also be 6 months from the January announcement. Similar to the switch which was 6 months from reveal to launch.

@mariomaster96 not only momentum, but overall revenue being down from people waiting for the next thing to come out and holding off on purchasing a console until then. Can't see Nintendo showing off Switch 2 and launching it eight months later.

Products don't need that long to generate buzz, and launching it during non-peak (not Holiday) season allows them to build up to the first major holiday of the Switch 2's lifespan.

It doesn't really take a genius to guess that this will be a Christmas-targeted release.

We will know one way or another.
NO store employee will be quiet when stores start receiving Stock

I hope its i june to coincide with my anual bonus payment 🤩

@Magician
There's a RoboCop game?
Wait... Current year ... Online only?

It's definately going to be out before festive season

I was hoping it would release today, but my official prediction is tomorrow. This is based on everything I know about Nintendo and the 8-Bit Do production cycle.

May or June release.

They've been in production since September and Switch 1 will no doubt have stopped being produced by now except for maybe the Lite.

Nintendo are ready. Otherwise the big reveal would have been in August and not April.

If they’re planning a set of public demos worldwide, with a range of expected 1st and 3rd Party games starting in early April, I can’t imagine this system to release later than the end of June, especially given of how Nintendo typically markets, where the window between announcement to release tends to be rather short.

@mariomaster96
I really hope thats the case.
I was saving to upgrade my gaming pc 😂
But now... Ahum i am going to use that money for the switch 2.

It'll be out in June. Not a hint of a doubt about that. It's a clear and confident statement of fact without hesitation from me ...that June is the time ...when it will be out. The Switch 2, that is ...will be out ...in ...June.

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I hereby declare the minimum Nintendo Life word count has been reached ...with all the style and grace of a broke science fantasy novelist.

So basically autumn not long before the season of splurges, gifts and bundles - pretty much the old reasonable guess on the basis of announcement window. These VG industry "analyses" and "expectations" sound like an easier job by the year.

@dazzleshell it's not just about production. Customers commonly need more time to plan a $300+ hardware purchase than a $60 game one, even moreso in today's economy than circa 2017. And PC upgrade piggy bank owners ready to smash them for Gen 10 Smash instead (aka third SSBU pass with Mio, Alear and Echoes Zelda because what more does the series possibly need at this point?😎) aren't exactly abundant.

i am thinking a june release for switch 2 since there will be a nintendo direct for switch 1 in february.

One thing though is Nintendo always bundles Mario Kart as a Christmas package so there is a chance Mario Kart wouldn't be a launch title since it would be a killer holiday title and has proven to be time and time again. If they release Mario Kart in the summer that would mean they would need something better than Mario Kart to be the holiday title which I don't think is possible. But they could also release the switch 2 in the summer and have Mario Kart be the winter release which is frankly possible since Mario Kart 9 was just teased and not confirmed to be a release title. Prime 4 might be a better release title than an October release. Anyway I'm rambling it's all just theorizing it doesn't matter.

I’m guessing either late May or early June so that when summer break begins, more kids and teens will be interested in a new console to game on. September would be kind of late.

"Nintendo says it'll come out in the next 3-to-9 months, but we are predicting 12-to-36 weeks."

Like a few others the build up events seem to end at May's end. So an early June release seems likely to me.

Grains of salt and all that, but I'd be happy with a nice June launch, and so will a bunch of kids out of school for the summer!
(If the school year still even ends in June...)

My guess would be September or October, after the tour

@nhSnork

Early adopters aren't basic consumers. The release before Summer is for us, the fans.

Others will follow in the Autumn of course.

Nintendo is making enough to guarantee they can keep up. Switch 1 sales will start dropping drastically since the announcement.

@Spider-Kev Most recent Robocop was a year and a half ago. https://www.nacongaming.com/en-US/robocop-rogue-city?srsltid=AfmBOoq15muPTFifwroETQmyeDg14kNiDTX8TMUyYi1Z6IC-ww3pk3wG

They might release the same month as the last demos in June. Or they may wait until Back to School season.

Since the reveal trailer was closely resembling Apple’s esthetic I’d say Nintendo is planning a similar strategy to the rollout of the iPhone.

Direct: April 2nd
Preorders: April 4th
Release: April 11th (10th since they decided to change the release day of games to Thursday)

The Nintendo experiences are for people who are still considering to buy the console.

Also Silksong release date announcement on the Direct

@dazzleshell "fans" is a broad term. I can hardly debate or deny my own fanship with the Switch library piling over ~1750 as we speak and NSO+EP for pretty much as long as it's been around - but it would take quite a miracle for me to get Switch 2 day one. Heck, I had the money long loaned for Switch itself, my first launch window console purchase ever - and still didn't procure one until early April. There are many factors at play around the globe, but not much fewer in the first world markets either.

Mr. Incredible: "We get there when we get there!!"

Sony has exactly 8 months to get back on their feet again and release all the goodies, or they are lost forever, like Microsoft. And Nintendo being the only console producer is a grim perspective

@Koda1000 At that point if it doesn’t come out in the summer, it’d be better to just release it in September or November.

it's going to be a June release

It's an odd thing to have what I expect to be the full reveal in April. When would the launch be? That's right before summer, which is not really a good time to launch hardware. So, then fall? When school starts? That's within this June to Sept window I guess, but that also seems like not ideal time. But, I also don't expect Nintendo will want to wait all the way to the next holiday window. That's far too long. October then? Seems too far out from the April Direct.

So, now I'm wondering if the launch will be shortly after the direct, getting it before the summer months, before school is out. That seems the most logical aside from waiting until fall.

If I am Nintendo I wait til next March 2026 to launch the Switch 2 while turning 2025 as a marketing year to showcase more of the Switch 2. That way third party had more time to developed their games, more Switch 1 units will get sold and the launch lineup would be more ready. I could see a Fall 2025 launch as more of an after thought launch since 1) Third parties likely won't had many games ready for the launch. 2) A majority of Switch 1 owners may not want to make the jump just yet. 3) No big games from Nintendo are ready yet. 4) A majority of the launch lineup could just be Switch 2 ports of Switch 1 games such as Metroid Prime 4 Beyond, Pokemon Legends Z-A, and Xenoblade Chronicles X Remastered.

I could see it being a bit later out this time, as this is a very different Nintendo. Last time they were looking to push past the Wii U, but the Switch was a massive success; it seems clear they are trying to be careful to launch the new console at a time that won't hurt sales that much.

@World It would make more sense to also release it earlier in the year to get 2 sales boosts: One during launch, and then another during the holidays

@MrCarlos46 Yeah, maybe. That would make sense too. I was thinking more that Nintendo will likely be timing it with their eye on avoiding too much decline in OG Switch sales.

While the fans and shareholders want this new console, the fact is that the Switch is a proven success and the Switch 2 isn't. For all their goofy ideas, this era of Nintendo is more conservative and has shown they love a sure thing (evidenced also by just calling it "Switch 2"). So you could be right, but I get a reluctance out of Nintendo regarding the information we've seen so far which makes me think the release date might be later than expected.

@World Probably September or November.

what a dumb prediction !
same as me saying: it will be out before Christmas !!!

@macaron35 Either Nintendo wants to release in a similar amount of time as the original Switch (4-5 months, so either May or June) or they are choosing to wait a little longer this time (8 or 10 months, either September or November)

@Serpenterror If Nintendo has to wait longer, I think we’ll see it in November (similar to Wii and Wii U)

I really do believe it will launch in June - 2 months after the public could get an early hands on. I say this because Switch 1 was playable in January and it came out in March. Applying the same logic here 😆