The Road to 160m+ for Nintendo Switch

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javi741 said:

Furukawa didn't specifically say that there will be no more 1st party Switch games after FY 2025, he just stated that you should expect Switch games at least until FY 2025, but that statement doesn't rule out the possibility of new games being made past FY 2025. Furukawa probably stated it like that as a sure promise he knows Nintendo could keep, because beyond FY 2025 it's still too far out to detail specific plans. Likely howevever Switch games should still be made beyond FY 2025 as I can't see Nintendo dropping software support for Switch 1 only 5 Months after the Switch 2 releases and completely disregard an install base of likely 150M if they want to keep the Switch 1 around as a safety net.

I agree that it would be rather weird for Nintendo to just stop supporting a consoles with an estimate of at least 150+M users, with so little time after the release of their new console.

Here are President Furuwaka's words when asked if the lifecycle of the Switch could be expanded further than the six and a half years it’s already been on sale.

"We are still working on software for the Switch for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025,"

He also stated that Nintendo would continue to focus on the Switch until the end of the current fiscal year ending March 2024. This lets me know that Nintendo will continue its focus on the Switch until the fiscal year ending March 2024 and the console will continue to see new games until March 31, 2025.

These came from VGC. https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendos-president-says-it-will-continue-to-support-switch-next-year/

But why does it talk about March 31, 2024? What will happen then? Is that a sign that the NG comes out on April 1st? Or is that a sign that all Nintendo Switch production will shut down? I have no idea.
But regarding March 31, 2025 there will be no more software support, no more new games after that date. At least that's how I read it and comprehend it as.

Does this mean Nintendo has complete trust in their next console that the transition will be ~5 months smooth, that they can kill the Switch in ~5 months and bring their consumers to the NG that fast? Very interesting.