Nintendo is not done with the Switch. Although the console is selling less and less well, forcing the company to reevaluate its estimates for the current fiscal year, the games will hold up well.
Indeed, the Japanese firm announced in its Corporate Management Policy Briefing on November 6 the backward compatibility of Switch games with its next console.
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The long document dedicated to investors discussing its latest results and its strategy for the coming months indicates that “Nintendo Switch titles will also be playable on the successor to the Nintendo Switch”.
But that's not all! Nintendo adds that Nintendo Switch Online “will also be compatible” with its long-awaited next generation of consoles.
We therefore cannot be any clearer: physical and digital games from the Switch will accompany the Switch 2. A logical choice when we look at the success of the console, and the myriad of titles concocted by Nintendo and third-party developers since its launch.
For information, this backward compatibility had already been half-admitted by Nintendo, given that lines of code from the Switch's operating system already pointed to the latter. It is still more than welcome that the company officially confirms all of this.
For those who are more impatient, know that the Switch 2 is planned for the next fiscal year, starting on April 1, 2025 and ending on March 31, 2026. Although the marketing will not take place before this period, there is a good chance that the announcement is made in advance. This will obviously not take place at the end of 2024, despite the hopes of the most impatient: Nintendo undoubtedly hopes to put as many Switches as possible under the trees.
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