Switch Successor in 2025

Since it’s already mid march, it is highly unlikely, that the Switch Successor is releasing in April, as I predicted in my previous blog posts.

Obviously, it is disappointing that we won’t be able to play the next system soon, but I actually think it’s a good thing, if that means, we’re getting a better experience and better games later.

2025

Latest rumors suggest the system is releasing in early 2025, so basically one year later than I predicted.

Many suggested the system would release in Fall or even around the holidays of 2024. I truly believe that releasing close to Christmas is a terrible idea and releasing a few months later is much smarter. You can read all of my reasoning here.

Launch games

I went through all possible games we could receive for the launch of the new system and the delay to 2025 does not change much.

However, it could mean that 2025 will even be stronger than 2023.

We now know that GTA 6 is releasing in 2025, possibly around the end of that year.

Additionally, Sony announced that they won’t have big first party games in 2024. So we can assume that they will have big games coming in 2025. Wolverine comes to mind.

What about 2024?

This raises the question what Nintendo will do this year. Thanks to the Mario Day Direct, we now know that all upcoming games are actually releasing in the first half of 2024, such as Paper Mario in May and Luigis Mansion 2 in June.

What will Nintendo do for the second half of the year? It is possible that more remakes or remasters will be released, like the much rumored Zelda games Wind Waker HD or Twilight Princess HD. Additionally, it is also possible that Metroid Prime 4 will be the big holiday title. Add another Mario Sports game and this year is actually not that bad assuming all these games are releasing this year.