With the console about to get more expensive, Nintendo’s president confirms ‘we are working on a variety of new titles.’
With the Switch 2 getting a price hike in September, this holiday season will be pivotal for Nintendo. That increased cost means that the company will rely heavily on new games to sell its current console — but as of right now the lineup for the second half of the year is sparse. However, without getting into specifics, president Shuntaro Furukawa has made it clear the company still has a number of titles in the works for 2026.
Nintendo just released the translated English Q&A from its most recent financial results, and in it Furukawa notes the importance of big games for selling hardware. “The way that Pokémon Pokopia has contributed to hardware sales reaffirms our belief that the availability of software that people want to play is a key factor supporting the transition to Nintendo Switch 2,” he explained.
As for what’s in the pipeline, here’s what Furukawa said:
Going forward, we have many new titles for Nintendo Switch 2 prepared, and we will carefully convey the appeal of each title to encourage people to transition to Nintendo Switch 2 at their own pace. In that context, we will work to increase the Nintendo Switch 2 installed base over the medium to long term and increase software sales and the number of annual playing users.
