Nintendo says Switch releases won't be bound by "traditional" platform lifecycle

As reports of a Switch successor continue to build momentum, despite carefully phrased rebuffs from Nintendo, the Mario maker has said it’ll continue to release titles for its current console “without being bound by the traditional concept of the platform lifecycle.”

Nintendo made the statement (thanks GameInformer) as part of its latest earnings report – in which it also confirmed Switch sales have now surpassed 132m units – writing, “Switch will be entering its eighth year in March 2024. We will continue to release new titles and content for Nintendo Switch without being bound by the traditional concept of the platform lifecycle.”

The inference (which isn’t the same as confirmation, of course) is that should a Switch successor launch next year, as is widely reported, Nintendo won’t be viewing it as end-of-life for its existing machine. That’s perhaps not much of a surprise given it’ll still have a substantial number of current Switch owners clamouring for new content with no plans to immediately upgrade, but it’s something of a departure from its traditional release strategy.