During the shareholder Q&A session of Nintendo's financial performance briefing for the first half of the fiscal year ending in March 2026, President Shuntaro Furukawa said that although the company's development resources will mainly shift to Switch 2, it will continue to develop Switch software.He revealed that a new follow-up to this console, which has been on sale for eight years, is already being planned.

Furukawa talked about Nintendo's step-by-step business strategy, the core of which is to first widely popularize new consoles, and then continue to plan and release new games.He pointed out that the Switch generation has achieved this balance well, and many games have become long-term best-selling evergreen works.

Although his expectations for Switch 2 are the same as those of the previous generation, Furukawa emphasized that as game development costs rise and the cycle lengthens, the backward compatibility function of the new console is particularly important."...As software development costs continue to rise and development cycles continue to lengthen, it is far more difficult to launch new games stably than before. Since Switch 2 is compatible with Switch software, we will recommend the Switch game lineup to consumers who are new to game consoles. Taking these factors together, we believe that the key to maintaining the business momentum of Switch 2 is to balance the release of new games with the continued vitality of evergreen works."

Executive Director Shinya Takahashi spoke with "Assemble!Taking the 3.0 update of "Animal Crossing: Friends" as an example, he added that while creating new games, the Nintendo development team also attaches great importance to the update and maintenance of published works and is committed to achieving a balance between the two.

Takahashi finally revealed that Nintendo is actively exploring new partnerships and deepening existing cooperation. It also plans to expand the scale of the development team in both quality and quantity, and will invest additional funds when necessary.

Although Nintendo's continued support for the Switch is admirable, multiple third-party development studios have reported that the Switch 2 development kits they applied for months before the console was released have not yet been delivered.Some developers were allegedly advised by Nintendo to continue developing the Switch version and run it on Switch 2 through backward compatibility.Although the specific details are still unclear, this situation may improve as the demand for Switch2 and its development kit gradually eases.