{"id":6262,"date":"2025-04-28T11:12:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T11:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=6262"},"modified":"2025-05-01T18:22:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T18:22:05","slug":"nintendo-reveals-reason-for-switch-2-summer-launch-and-it-sounds-a-bit-weird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/28\/nintendo-reveals-reason-for-switch-2-summer-launch-and-it-sounds-a-bit-weird\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo reveals reason for Switch 2 summer launch and it sounds a bit weird"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n\t\t\"Nintendo\t<\/div>
Summer vibes? (Nintendo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nintendo has explained the rationale behind the Switch 2<\/a>’s release date, but the actual reason might be more complicated.<\/p>\n

If the Nintendo Switch 2 is a somewhat predictable upgrade<\/a>, one of the more surprising aspects of the console is its summer release date.<\/p>\n

Video game consoles are traditionally released in the run-up to Christmas<\/a> or, like the original Switch, somewhere around March. However, the Switch 2 is set to drop on June 5, 2025, when most people are thinking about visiting the seaside rather than Mario Kart<\/a> tournaments.<\/p>\n

But it turns out, Nintendo is hoping to take advantage of that, and that the Switch 2 will be a companion on your summer escapades. Or at least that’s the official reason…<\/p>\n

When asked in an interview with NPR<\/a> about the Switch 2’s June release date, Nintendo of America president, Doug Bowser, said: ‘We like to think that the year is a year and that there are no specific time frames when you should or must launch video games. And so, as we looked at the games that we had prepared and ready to launch with the hardware, we thought June was a very good timing.<\/p>\n

‘It’s the start of the summer season, and obviously, with a Nintendo Switch 2, you have a device that you can both play at home and play at home docked like a gaming console, or you can take it out of the dock and take it on the go. So it’s a perfect game for summer travel.’<\/p>\n

While this feels like a thin reason to base an entire launch strategy around, Nintendo has some history with releasing hardware within the same timeframe \u2013 specifically with handhelds.<\/p>\n

\n
\n