The Nintendo Switch’s successor will reportedly help backwards compatibility. A dependable video games business insider claimed earlier this week that the Switch 2 would play video games launched on the earlier technology console. Nintendo confirmed earlier this yr that the Swap 2 could be introduced subsequent yr. The corporate has not but supplied any official particulars concerning the upcoming console or potential backwards compatibility help.
Nintendo Swap 2 Backwards Compatibility
The data comes from tipster Nate the Hate (as noticed by VGC), who has a observe document of leaking correct details about video games and consoles. In a reply to a Reddit publish concerning the Nintendo Swap 2, the tipster claimed: “It has backwards compatibility help.”
The tipster’s declare falls in step with earlier studies that mentioned the Swap would arrive with backwards compatibility. A 3rd-party Swap peripherals producer had said again in April that the Nintendo Swap 2 could be backwards suitable with each bodily and digital video games.
The newest Reddit publish talked about rumours about an replace on the Swap 2 that will arrive in September. The Reddit publish was based mostly on business analyst David Gibson’s X post from Wednesday, that claimed the Nintendo Swap 2 was possible in manufacturing and an replace on the upcoming console was anticipated this month.
“No-one appears to have seen the Nintendo assembler- Hosiden is spending ¥2bn on manufacturing tools and ¥1bn on automation in FY3/25 for its main buyer in amusement (Nintendo). I nonetheless count on Sept information and March 2025 launch for subsequent system,” Gibson mentioned in his publish.
In Might, Nintendo confirmed it will announce the Nintendo Swap successor throughout the monetary yr ending March 2025. The corporate additionally mentioned it anticipated to promote 13.5 million Swap items within the present monetary yr. Nintendo has already introduced new video games for the Nintendo Swap as the long-lasting console enters its closing lap. A brand new The Legend of Zelda title, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, is about launch on the Swap later this yr.
Final month, GamesIndustry.biz claimed that builders had been advised to not count on the Nintendo Swap 2 to reach within the present monetary yr. In response to the report, builders had been anticipating the console to reach in April or Might 2025.
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