{"id":934800,"date":"2025-12-29T14:12:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T14:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/hopes-fade-for-switch-2-launch-in-early-2025"},"modified":"2025-12-29T14:12:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T14:12:17","slug":"hopes-fade-for-switch-2-launch-in-early-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/hopes-fade-for-switch-2-launch-in-early-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Hopes fade for Switch 2 launch in early 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/hopes-fade-for-switch-2-launch-in-early-2025.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nNintendo <a data-keyword=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nintendo-switch-2-everything-we-know\">Switch 2<\/a> won&#8217;t launch before April 2025, per a report online that Eurogamer understands to be correct. <\/p>\n<p>\nThe next console from Nintendo is still officially unannounced, though developers have been prepping games to be ready for its launch for some time. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nintendo-switch-2-release-date-now-q1-2025-report\">Nintendo initially wanted to launch Switch 2 in late 2024, but has since shifted its internal plans<\/a> &#8211; firstly without ruling out a Q1 2025 date.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nNow, however, developers have been told not to expect Switch 2 this current financial year, which ends on 31st March 2025.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/hopes-fade-for-switch-2-launch-in-early-2025\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/hopes-fade-for-switch-2-launch-in-early-2025\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo Switch 2 won&#8217;t launch before April 2025, per a report online that Eurogamer understands to be correct. The next console from Nintendo is still officially unannounced, though developers have been prepping games to be ready for its launch for some time. Nintendo initially wanted to launch Switch 2 in late 2024, but has since shifted its internal plans &#8211; firstly without ruling out a Q1 2025 date. Now, however, developers have been told not to expect Switch 2 this current financial year, which ends on 31st March 2025. 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