You don’t have to spend a lot of effort to save your Switch so you can play your favorite games years from now. Nintendo revealed in its earnings call that the next Switch successor will be backwards compatible and will be able to run games made for the current console. Additionally, Switch Online will also be available on Switch 2. This means your saves stored in the cloud will be carried over and you’ll be able to play NES, SNES, and Game Boy titles on your new console.
Nintendo believes that it is important for the company’s future to carry over the “good relationship” it has built with over 100 million players a year to new game consoles, so it has decided to make Switch Online available on the next game console. He explained that it would be done. The main way to do this is through your Nintendo Account. This ties a user’s history to a single account, allowing the company to “maintain an ongoing relationship” with users across console generations. Until the introduction of Nintendo Accounts, Nintendo didn’t have an easy way to transfer your history and purchases from one game console to the next. “As a result, the relationship with the consumer was interrupted when the new system was purchased,” the company said.
The company promised to reveal more information about the Switch 2 “at a later date,” but declined to say exactly when. At a recent event where we thought a new Switch might be announced, Nintendo instead released an alarm clock. Looking at the company’s financial results, it appears that people may choose to wait for a new console rather than buying the current Switch. The company was forced to revise its revenue forecasts downward for the fiscal year last year due to a significant year-over-year decline in console sales.
This is Furukawa. At today’s management policy briefing, we announced that Nintendo Switch software will be playable on the successor to Nintendo Switch. Nintendo Switch Online will also be available on the successor to Nintendo Switch. For more information…
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