Nintendo Switch 2 could now launch in 2025, it’s claimed

Nintendo’s next console could launch later than expected, in early 2025, it’s claimed.

That’s according to Brazilian journalist Pedro Henrique Lutti Lippe, who claims in a new OX do Controle video that he received the information from five separate sources.

According to the sources, they are working on games targeting Q1 2025, to launch alongside the console itself, which has internally slipped out of a previous 2024 target.

Previously, VGC reported that Nintendo was targeting a launch for its next console in late 2024, per development sources. This was later supported by other outlets.

Two development sources VGC spoke to on Friday indicated that they were working on Switch 2 games planned for release early next year but could not confirm if that meant a later-than-expected launch for the console itself.

Although the company is yet to comment publicly, Nintendo’s Switch successor was widely expected to launch this year.

In its latest earnings meeting earlier this month, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa again declined to comment on plans for its next-generation console.

The exec instead insisted that the current Nintendo Switch iteration would be Nintendo’s “main business” heading into 2024. The company’s plan for the next fiscal year will be shared at its next earnings briefing in May, he said.

Nintendo’s next fiscal year will run until April 2025, so could include a console launch even if it has been delayed into calendar 2025.

Dr. Serkan Toto, CEO of Tokyo-based game industry consultancy Kantan Games, recently predicted that the new Nintendo console could launch at $400 – $100 higher than the Switch’s launched price – and there’s a chance its games could adopt the $70 pricing of many PS5 and Xbox Series X/S titles.

According to the industry consultant, Nintendo’s next console will again have portable functionality, as VGC reported last year.