The successor to the Nintendo Change will help backwards compatibility with the Change, Nintendo confirmed Wednesday. At an organization briefing, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa introduced that Nintendo Change software program can be playable on the Change 2. Whereas asserting the corporate’s second quarter monetary outcomes for fiscal 12 months 2025, Furukawa additionally reiterated that the Nintendo Change successor can be introduced through the present fiscal 12 months, ending March 31, 2025.
Nintendo Change 2 Backwards Compatibility
Nintendo additionally confirmed that Nintendo Change On-line, the corporate’s subscription service for Change that gives entry to on-line multiplayer, cloud saves and a library of choose video games from older consoles, will likely be out there on the Nintendo Change 2.
“That is Furukawa. At in the present day’s Company Administration Coverage Briefing, we introduced that Nintendo Change software program may even be playable on the successor to Nintendo Change,” the Nintendo president mentioned in X publish despatched from the official deal with of the corporate. “Nintendo Change On-line will likely be out there on the successor to Nintendo Change as properly. Additional details about the successor to Nintendo Change, together with its compatibility with Nintendo Change, will likely be introduced at a later date.”
That is Furukawa. At in the present day’s Company Administration Coverage Briefing, we introduced that Nintendo Change software program may even be playable on the successor to Nintendo Change. Nintendo Change On-line will likely be out there on the successor to Nintendo Change as properly. Additional details about…
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Whereas detailing Nintendo’s second quarter monetary outcomes for FY 2025, Furukawa mentioned it was necessary for the corporate to help long-term relationships with its shoppers. “We imagine that it can be crucial for Nintendo’s future to utilize Nintendo Account and carry over the great relationship that we’ve constructed with the over 100 million annual enjoying customers on Nintendo Change to its successor,” he mentioned.
“Along with with the ability to play Nintendo Change software program they at present personal, shoppers will be capable of select their subsequent buy from a broad choice of titles launched for Nintendo Change,” he added.
Furukawa didn’t present further particulars in regards to the launch timeline of the Nintendo Change 2, however the console will likely be formally introduced earlier than the top of the monetary 12 months 2025, Nintendo has confirmed.
Nintendo reported its monetary outcomes for the second quarter, ending September 30, 2024, Wednesday, confirming a YoY decline in each {hardware} and software program gross sales. The corporate bought 4.72 million items of the Nintendo Change within the quarter, a 31 % decline in quarterly gross sales in comparison with FY 2024. Consequently, the Japanese firm adjusted its FY 25 Change gross sales forecast to 12.5 million items, down from the earlier estimated gross sales of 13.5 million items. The corporate additionally confirmed that the cumulative gross sales for the Nintendo Change had reached 146 million items.