Reliable insider Jeff Grubb recently addressed the rumors surrounding Nintendo’s eventual follow-up to the Switch. Speculation about the next Nintendo console has spread across the internet over the past couple of years, with many believing that the Japanese gaming powerhouse is shifting focus toward its development. Indeed, while the Nintendo Switch has become one of the highest-selling consoles of all time, it is now six years old, and many are anxious for fresh hardware.
Just a few days ago, the internet was hit with one of the biggest Switch successor rumors to date. A pair of anonymous insiders claimed that Nintendo is planning to launch its next console sometime in the second half of 2024 to allow retailers to adequately stock up on this new hardware and avoid the supply shortages that came to define the first few years of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.
Jeff Grubb recently addressed the latest Nintendo console rumors on the most recent episode of his YouTube podcast show Last of the Nintendogs. He noted that the claims of the console coming out in late 2024 line up with reports he’s heard about Nintendo announcing its new hardware at some point this summer - though he also stressed that it’s hard to know for sure how accurate these reports truly are.
Aside from the new Nintendo console’s supposed announcement and release date, fans and insiders have speculated on the hardware and software specifications of this rumored system - and how it will build on the console/handheld hybrid formula that made the Switch a household name. Other rumors suggest that big-name studios have already received development kits for this currently unnamed console and are already working on launch titles for it.
If Jeff Grubb’s speculation about Nintendo announcing its next main console this summer is correct, then such news will likely hit sometime during the next couple of months. However, while Grubb has proven to be a reliable predictor of major gaming developments in the past, even he reiterates that this is all just speculation at this point and nothing official regarding Nintendo’s long-rumored Switch successor has been confirmed yet. Nonetheless, the fact that he weighed in on the latest Nintendo hardware rumor does add credence to the idea that fans might see it hit store shelves sometime next year.
