During its recent earnings report, Nintendo has revealed that, while it has a new console on the way in the form of the Switch 2, support for the original Switch with new games will also be continued. In the earnings report, the page showing off some of the upcoming games for the Nintendo Switch also notes Nintendo’s plans for continued support for the older console.
“Going forward, we will continue to bring out new titles for the over 100 million people worldwide who are playing Nintendo Switch,” wrote the company in its report. The page also lists Pokemon Legends: Z-A, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Rhythm Heaven Groove, Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, and Pokemon Champions as some of the games still slated for the Switch.
This decision likely has to do with the fact that the original Switch has been an absolute behemoth when it came to popularity. Nintendo wants to hang on to its already-existing audience while it also works towards building up an audience for games on the Switch 2. While the company does currently plan on releasing games for the Switch, it will likely leave the console behind in a couple of years once the Switch 2’s user base has grown to comparable levels with the original Switch.
For those that might be upgrading to the Switch 2 as soon as they can, it is also worth noting that the new console will still be able to play games developed for the original Switch through backwards compatibility. This will also likely help the new console maintain a solid library of games as it builds out a fresh one with more releases down the line.
The financial report also reveals how well Nintendo has been doing in terms of revenue generated by hardware and software sales. It notes that, for the fiscal year, net sales went down by 30.3 percent. Operating profits also went down by 46.6 percent, down to 282.5 billion yen. There has been a trend of a general decline of sales, with Nintendo stating that it saw a 30.9 percent reduction of sales when compared to the previous years.
During an earnings call for the fiscal year financial report, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa also spoke about the company’s projections for hardware and software sales. After the launch of the Switch 2 on June 5, Nintendo has said that it expect to sell around 15 million units of the console itself, and 45 million units of software over the next fiscal year.
Furukawa also spoke about the potential for the company’s pricing strategy for the upcoming console to change depending on how the situation with the tariffs introduced by the US on imported goods plays out. “At this time, the top priority is to quickly popularize the Switch 2 hardware,” said Furukawa. “If the assumptions regarding tariffs change significantly, we would like to consider what price adjustments we should make and implement them after considering various factors.”
The Nintendo Switch 2 is priced at $449.99, and there will also be a Mario Kart World bundle for the console priced at $499.99.
