Nintendo is gearing up for the Switch 2’s launch sometime in 2025, and president Shuntaro Furukawa says that the company is “taking risks and proceeding with production so that we can meet as much demand as possible,” according to a machine translation of an earnings Q&A.

Though we’ll still need to rely on leaks, rumors, and conjecture for whether the JoyCons can act as a mouse for games.

With Nintendo confirming we'll learn a lot more about the Switch 2 during its first Direct on April 2, 2025, we're probably not going to be told how much its next console is going

Nintendo signals that the Switch has reached peak saturation levels, but the company plans to support the original console as long as there is demand.

We are aware that inflation is currently rising and that the exchange rate environment has changed significantly since the launch of the Nintendo Switch in 2017. We also need to consider the affordable prices that customers expect from Nintendo products.

The announcement of the Nintendo Switch 2 didn't have anything to do with the plummeting sales of the original console according to shuntaro Furukawa.