Nintendo is gearing up for the Swap 2’s launch someday in 2025, and president Shuntaro Furukawa says that the corporate is “taking dangers and continuing with manufacturing in order that we are able to meet as a lot demand as doable,” in keeping with a machine translation of an earnings Q&A.
The corporate had some hassle holding the unique Swap in inventory throughout its very profitable 2017 launch. Nintendo isn’t going to disclose its particular Swap 2 manufacturing plans till it releases the marketing strategy for its subsequent fiscal 12 months (which begins in April), Furukawa says, however the firm desires to gauge demand following the Swap 2-focused Nintendo Direct on April 2nd.
“As with the Nintendo Swap, we imagine it is not going to be straightforward to quickly enhance manufacturing capability, however based mostly on our previous expertise, we are going to make preparations to reply as rapidly as doable,” he says.
The Q&A has a number of different fascinating tidbits:
However there are nonetheless loads of unanswered questions in regards to the Swap 2, and it looks as if Nintendo goes to maintain a reasonably tight lid on issues forward of the Swap 2 Direct. I’m simply blissful that the Swap 2 seems to be like an even bigger, extra refined Swap.
As a part of its earnings, Nintendo introduced that the Nintendo Swap has bought greater than 150 million items, that means that it’s closing in on surpassing the Nintendo DS.