New Nintendo console rumours

Rumours of an announcement on Nintendo’s Switch 2 console are gathering pace, with reports of demos being shown to select developers behind closed doors

SWITCH 2 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Power: Rumoured Nvidia T239 system-on-a-chip, giving console comparable performance to PS4 or XBox One consoles

Aug 2023: Prototype shown to trusted game developers, running Epic Games’ The Matrix Awakens Unreal Engine 5 tech demo

Mock-up of how Switch 2 could look

Display: LCD rather than OLED to help keep costs down

Games: AAA titles such as Call of Duty could run on Switch 2

LIFE CYCLE TIMING IS RIGHT
60 million unit sales
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40
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20
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    2000 2010 2020

New consoles launched  as old ones decline

May 2023: Nintendo tells investors there will be no Switch 2 in fiscal year 2024*

Apr-Dec 2024: Likely launch window for Switch 2
       
Switch (Forecast) 
Wii U
Wii
DS & 3DS
20 GameCube
Nintendo 64


                        
*Ends Mar 31, 2024. Sources: The Verge, Nintendo Life, Bloomberg, Statista, Nintendo
Pictures: Yanko Design, Epic Games, Activision © GRAPHIC NEWS