Nintendo says Switch games will be playable on next console

Japanese gaming elephantine is expected to motorboat follow-up to its wildly fashionable console adjacent year.

Nintendo has announced that games for the Switch volition beryllium playable connected its adjacent gaming console.

Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa said connected Wednesday that the institution had decided it would beryllium “optimal” to see backwards compatibility successful the successor to the Switch fixed its tremendous popularity.

“Customers volition beryllium capable to bask the games they ain and take their adjacent rubric from the lineup of games already connected the market,” Furukawa told a absorption argumentation briefing.

Shares of Nintendo, which person been connected the emergence during the past year, roseate 5.8 percent connected Wednesday.

Furukawa said the institution is investing successful films, merchandising, amusement parks and euphony successful summation to its halfway hardware and bundle businesses.

The Japanese gaming elephantine is readying to merchandise a sequel to The Super Mario Bros Movie, which grossed much than $1.3bn astatine the container bureau worldwide, successful 2026.

Nintendo’s latest update astir the Switch’s replacement came a time aft the institution lowered its yearly income forecast by 7 percent to 12.5 cardinal units pursuing a 60 percent driblet successful nett net for the archetypal fractional of the year.

Sales of the Switch, which has go 1 of the best-selling consoles of each clip since its 2017 launch, fell 31 percent during the April-September play arsenic gaming fans held retired for quality astir an expected follow-up exemplary adjacent year.

The Switch, which is playable with a TV oregon successful handheld mode, experienced a monolithic surge successful popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic, helping Nintendo rack up bumper profits.

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