When will Nintendo reveal Switch 2?

[Wman1996]

JackHandy said:

Who knows. But selfishly, I wish it would have launched like... LAST YEAR! lol My Switch's fan crapped out ages ago, and I refuse to pay launch prices for a seven-year-old handheld (or to have it fixed), so I've been stuck without one for a long time.

I feel that. I dropped my Switch a few feet onto a carpeted floor last week (its first drop ever after 7 years) and when I worried it might be compromised, I wished for the darned Switch 2 to just come out already. It's fine, but still. I've been ready for Switch 2 to launch since March 2023, and I might even give that a grace period to November 2023 or March 2024 because of how COVID-19 disrupted things. 

Still, Nintendo is clearly concerned of how to build up hype. Revealing Switch 2 before the holiday season won't have a major impact on Switch sales but it will still decrease them enough for Nintendo to potentially wait until January to March to unveil Switch 2. 

How weird would it be if Nintendo announced Switch 2 in late March and then they're like "Surprise, it's out in early June". That's possible but still an unlikely turnaround because of lack of hype building and the inevitable leaks that would happen before the reveal.

Sega announced Saturn's North American release date for September 1995 in March, and then stealth dropped the console during E3 in May. Because of that, Saturn was dead on arrival in North America.

To reiterate my prediction is October with a stretch prediction of February and a bigger stretch prediction of March. I don't see the reveal happening April or later unless the console doesn't come out until at least September 2025, if not November.