I am still puzzled that so many people on the internet expect a reveal this fiscal year. All Nintendo said is that they have an announcement to make this fiscal year, and an announcement does not mean the minimum of the equivalent to what Switch got in October 2016. I don't rule it out that Nintendo will troll all of you with the announcement being nothing more than "We will launch the successor to Nintendo Switch during the fiscal year ending March 2026, stay tuned for more information."

Additionally, we could always rule out a launch this fiscal year because Nintendo's fiscal year forecast didn't account for a new console in any of its numbers, be it shipments, revenue or profits.

I'm shocked it wasn't announced, lol. Nintendo isn't announcing anything this year, full stop.

Not sure why everyone on here suddenly thinks it won't come out until next Fall just because it wasn't announced in October.

An announcement this year was always very unlikely because that would hurt Switch holiday sales. That's no reason to think the launch is an entire year away from now lol. If Nintendo isn't launching S2 until next Fall then they seriously screwed up. Only way it launches that late is if they are having serious problems getting launch titles ready. We already know they pushed it back from late 2024 release to 2025 because games weren't gonna be ready, but to have to delay the entire system a full year would be extremely bad planning on Nintendo's part and I doubt they are that incompetent.

They don't need more than a handful of months between the announcement of the system and the launch. Expect the announcement near the beginning of the year, and expect the launch by mid-year. There is no way Nintendo wants to sit on ever-dwindling Switch sales for 3+ quarters next year. They are a business, that would only hurt them. Only way that happens (and I don't think there is any way that is happening) is if they really screwed up and are way behind on getting the games ready.

Expect a launch by end of the first half of the year. Nintendo not announcing the new system last month, as expected, doesn't change anything, because that was already expected. Plenty of time to release these last few Switch games / ports in the first 4-5 months of the year. Heck they might even still have a couple old games getting ported over to Switch after the launch, seeing as how there is no way S2 won't be backwards compatible, those games would also be playable for early buyers of the new system.

I think its all due to people hoping that Switch 2 will come out early 2025, but i think it becomes clearer and clearer that Switch 2 will be out like holiday 2025. Probably due to software issues happening behind the scenes.

I think holiday 2025 launch date is a real possibility, but not because Nintendo aimed to release it in late 2025, but because like many Nintendo consoles in the past, the system launch is delayed until launch games are ready. I think Nintendo from the beginning aimed to have the Switch out in late 2024, that got shifted to early 2025 at first and now i think its late 2025. Many Nintendo consoles in the past came out like 1 year later than the original planned release date, and i think the Switch 2 shares a similiar fate.

I now think mass production of the Switch 2 will not even start this year but sometime around January-March for a September/October release next year.

The timing is not exactly the best, not only will Nintendo lose out on big games like MH Wilds, it will also have to compete with GTA 6 for mindshare and sales, a late 2024 would have been a much better outcome for them than a late 2025 release, but they have to adjust and make the best of the situation.

I'm still expecting it to be announced this year and furthest I'd expect a delay is May/June

Nintendo should pull a Sega Saturn and shadowdrop re-release the Wii U on December 21st, 2024 with Devil’s Third Deluxe Edition releasing as a launch title on NSW2. (That’s the first day of winter, and Nintendo wants to help ppl during the dormant season.)

While my original prediction from 2019 (march 2025- i've been told serval times march 2023 will be the latest possibility because "Nintendo always replaces their systems after 6 years blablabla..." ) walks on its way to the guillotine, I think its getting more likley every week, that may- june could be the earliest possibility now, i wouldn't even rule out late 2025. If we are unlucky (happy in my case because i still enjoy my Switch) we will get Switch Up as late as march 2026...

I've always felt that they'd announce it in December right before The Game Awards and then release in May or June. I still expect an announcement before the end of the calendar year, otherwise I feel like they'd have been better off not saying anything just yet. Switch 1 had its initial reveal trailer in October and released in March. A Switch 2 initial reveal trailer in December with a release in May or June is roughly the same length of time (and presumably the Switch 2 will be basically Switch but more powerful, so less explaining will hopefully need to be done).

I am starting to think we won't see nothing, not even a teaser in 2024 at all. Like others said, they do not wanna kill christmas sales of the Switch. I think a january teaser folowed by a march unveil and a launch in summer gets more likley. Meanwhile i am not excluding march 2025 entirely but i wonder if we only get a teaser by then...