Nintendo clarifies that the launch of a new version of Nintendo Switch is not expected in the coming months.
Yesterday, Nintendo Switch updated its sales data indicating that sales had decreased compared to the same period of the previous year, although the company pointed out that this was due to the lack of semiconductors, which today causes a slowdown in the production of the console, whose demand remains stable in all regions. Nevertheless, doubts about a successor console are already certain about the hybridso Nintendo has already wanted to go into details.
Although the information from the Bloomberg media does not clarify whether it comes from the president of Nintendo, Shuntaro Furukawa, whom the Nikkei media interviewed, or if it is the Japanese media itself, it has been clarified that there will be no new Nintendo hardware this fiscal yearwhich ends in March 2023. In this way, a new variant of Nintendo Switch is not expected, much less a successor.
Nikkei: there will be no new Nintendo hardware this fiscal year, which ends in March 2023. Not immediately clear whether that part of the article is from Nikkei’s own reporting or what Nintendo President, who Nikkei interviewed for the story, said. https://t.co/HJVqk9Kbef
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Nintendo Switch, which was released in March 2017, received its Lite version (portable only) in late 2019. However, an upgraded version, known as Nintendo Switch OLED, was released in October 2021 to offer more intense colors along with to another series of improvements that did not prevent the original console from becoming obsolete.
Splatoon stars in the new special edition of Nintendo Switch
In the absence of a new console, Nintendo Switch OLED Splatoon 3 Edition will be the company’s next release, this being a console that inside is identical to the one we already know. However, its design and appearance will have Splatoon 3 patterns both on its controls (the two Joy-Con) and on the console itself on the back and the console dock. His release will be 26 of Augusttwo weeks before the arrival of the game.