Nintendo has confirmed that it will make an announcement regarding the Switch 2 (name not official) sometime before the end of this fiscal year.
Speaking on the official Nintendo X (formerly Twitter) account, company president Shuntaro Furukawa says that an announcement about the Switch's successor will be made "within this fiscal year".
Since Nintendo bookends fiscal years in March, that means we can expect an announcement on whatever the Switch 2 turns out to be sometime before April 2025. As Furukawa points out, it's been more than nine years since the original Switch was announced.
Furukawa also confirms a Nintendo Direct presentation for June, presumably as part of the definitely-not-E3 season, which will also see showcases from the likes of Xbox.
However, during that presentation, the Switch 2 won't be featured or announced, so make sure you adjust your expectations accordingly when it comes time for the showcase to air.
Alongside Furukawa's comments, Nintendo also announced its financial results for the fiscal year ending in March. Overall net sales are up by 4.4% on last year, although hardware and software sales have declined.
Specifically, the Switch sold 17.97 million units in the 2023 financial year, but sold 15.70 million in 2024, a drop of 12.6%. Software, meanwhile, dropped from 213.96 million units to 199.67 million, representing a 6.7% fall.
The Switch has now officially broken the 140 million unit barrier, having sold almost that number at last count. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is sitting at 20.61 million units sold, with Super Mario Bros. Wonder selling 13.44 million and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sitting at 8.18 million.
Nintendo says it's expecting another fall next year, forecasting 13.50 million Switch units for the 2025 financial year along with 165 million software unit sales.
These numbers might suggest that Nintendo is looking to release the Switch 2 after the holiday season; if the Switch 2 was due to launch this year, Nintendo would probably factor that into its forecast, and you'd expect an increased sales projection rather than a drop.
The current Switch was announced in March, and that doesn't seem to have impacted its success any, so we could well be looking at another March announcement for the Switch 2. We'll have to wait and see what Nintendo has in store for us, though.
