How long do you think Nintendo will support Switch?

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Shtinamin_ said:

The_Liquid_Laser said:

Expect Switch games to be mentioned in Nintendo Directs in both 2025 and 2026 at a minimum. 

They may support it even longer than that though, depending on how they plan to market Nintendo Online.  One strategy would be to gradually use bundles and price cuts for the Switch to get more people to sign up for Nintendo Online.  That would make it easier for people to sign up for this subscription service.  Not sure if they will take this approach or not though.

At any rate, don't expect the Switch to go away any time soon.  Successful consoles hardly ever go away quickly.  Sony tried to kill the PS4 in 2020 and yet new PS4s are still being manufactured and sold.  The Switch will be even harder to kill than the PS4, and that is assuming Nintendo wants to end it's life prematurely (which they probably don't).

↓ They do, they said they want to end it in March 31 2025.

Shtinamin_ said:

Nintendo has already stated how long they will support the Nintendo Switch for.
President Shuntaro Furuwaka stated that we are "still working on software for the Switch for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025"
March 31, 2025 will be the last day any Nintendo published games will be released on the Switch.

Nintendo Online Support, online multiplayer support, eShop support, and Hardware manufacturing are a different thing.
I think that the successor will have all of these but specifically declare the Switch support for these will be discontinued respectively in April 1, 2030; April 1 2030; April 1, 2029 & April 1, 2027.
3DS eShop closed 12 years after its release and online services close 13 years after its release.
Furuwaka stated that the Switch was at its halfway point in its lifecycle by its 5th year, which is 10 years of shelf life. 

I've read articles with this quote.  The context seems to be affirming that Switch will definitely get support up to March 31, 2025.  It does not say that support will end immediately afterward.  It's saying that support will continue at least that far.

https://www.techpowerup.com/314367/nintendo-will-support-switch-until-march-2025
The wider gaming community is eager to find out what is in store for the rumored "Switch 2," but Furukawa remained guarded about future prospects. He revealed that Nintendo will continue to "support" the existing model over the fiscal year starting April 2024 to March 2025 (FY24): "I can't talk about the specific topic...We are still working on Nintendo Switch software for the fiscal year ending March 2025. The momentum will be sustained to continue to expand the Switch business. In the fiscal year ending March 2024, we will keep up the Zelda momentum and move into the holiday selling season. In terms of hardware, we will maximize demand not only for new purchases, but also for second units and replacements."

The context is that they are asking when Switch 2 will release.  He's simply not giving clues to its release date by saying that Switch will definitely get support until March 31, 2025.  Again, this doesn't mean that support will end after that.  It's more of an answer to keep people from knowing Switch 2's release date.

Last edited by The_Liquid_Laser - on 10 January 2024