Earlier confirmed revenue for the first half of fiscal year 2025Significant reduction, and also emphasized that it is still not ready to unveil the rumored Nintendo Switch 2. Nintendo confirmed in a subsequent business policy briefing that the new machine will be backward compatible with existing console games, and the currently operating Nintendo Switch Online subscription service will also continue to be used by the new machine.
Nintendo explained that starting with the Nintendo Switch, all game consoles it releases will be based on Nintendo Account information, allowing players to use their gaming history or previous game purchase records across different generations of consoles. This will prevent the problems that often occurred with the change of console generations, such as the inability to continue playing games, the inability to inherit gaming history, and even the need to re-establish interactive experiences with many players.
This announcement confirmed that players will be able to continue playing previously purchased games on Nintendo Switch 2 in the future, while also inheriting their previous play records through account data synchronization. They will also be able to directly use the currently operating Nintendo Switch Online subscription service.
However, Nintendo did not disclose whether existing game consoles can play games corresponding to the new consoles, or whether subsequent games will be differentiated for use with different game consoles.
Nintendo has revised down its overall sales forecast for Nintendo Switch in fiscal 2025 from a previous estimate of 1350 million units to 1250 million units. However, Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa emphasized that the game console, which is entering its eighth year on the market, continues to maintain stable demand, and the corresponding game software has also shown significant sales performance.
However, market sentiment also points out that the Nintendo Switch has been on the market for many years. As other competitors have successively updated the specifications of their game consoles and even planned subsequent updated models, Nintendo should indeed prepare to launch a new console to compete.
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- 任天堂 株式会社 （企業 広 報 ・ IR） (@NintendoCoLtd) November 6, 2024
