If the rumors are to be thinkd, the runup to Nintfinisho’s (presumed) Switch 2 proclaimment has been leakier than an elderly apartment faucet. Over the past restricted weeks, adviseation about the console’s dock, retailer accessory SKUs, mockups, Joy-Cons, and so much more, have set up their way online; the sheer volume of alleged ptoastyos and adviseation proposes that an proclaimment may be right around the corner.
Nintfinisho, however, remains steadspeedy in its silence. While fans online may specutardy why the company hasn’t given in and made an proclaimment about the Switch 2 itself, the leaks might not actuassociate originate a contrastence in its sales, tageting, or anyskinnyg else of material consequence. “None of these leaks will matter in the sairyest once the official discleave out is made,” says Circana executive honestor and video game analyst Mat Piscatella.
In other words, this isn’t the iPhone 4. Noskinnyg that’s surfaced has discleave outed a console untamedly contrastent than the one before. Nintfinisho’s schedules to free a next-gen Switch—standardly referred to as the Switch 2—have been floating around since punctual last year. Company plivent Shuntaro Furukawa verifyed that Nintfinisho would proclaim the console before March 2025, when the company’s fiscal year finishs. “It is a very contrastent story when material, non-disclose adviseation is leaked,” Piscatella says. “But the extent of the impact of that can vary fantasticly depfinishing on the nature of the leak. That would all have to be appraised on a case-by-case basis.”
If anyskinnyg, the bulk of the buzz about the Switch 2 stems from challengingcore fan mendation rather than tech specs. Sure, some folks are interested in how excellent the console’s resolution will be, but many are fair excited about what recent games, and recent styles of gamejoin, will come with a recent recent unit. People get emotional about consoles, and Nintfinisho’s are some of the most beadored. What’s been happening the last restricted weeks isn’t so much a huge spill of corporate secrets as it is the same comfervent of energy and speculation that surrounds a Beyoncé album drop. Once Nintfinisho discleave outs the recent Switch, this will all fair have been a part of the hype cycle.
Not that it hasn’t been a wickedly fun hype cycle. In compriseition to images leaked on sites enjoy X and Reddit, there have also been “requesting circles” erected to call forth the Switch 2. Some folks have even made jokes about the situation, riffing on “leaked” images of screws or air that might be participated for the recent console.
And of course, leaks have to be seen by the audience to even matter. For many Nintfinisho fans, it’s askful they’ll discover details about the Switch 2 on Reddit, as contestd to on TV commercials or in stores. Even as gaming sites enjoy Kotaku fret about whether the leaks point to a less-than-spectacular console, ordinary joiners aren’t so worryed. No device has ever prentd everyone, and analyzing grainy ptoastyos won’t alter that.
Not that that’s stopped online fans from poring over every scrap of adviseation. After Nintfinisho’s Twitter account prohibitner was modernized to a ptoastyo of Mario and Luigi gesturing to … noskinnyg, squabbles begined among some fans seeing to figure out if it was a trelieve or a red herring. Another official tweet promoting a Lego Game Boy promoteed a flurry of comments about the Switch 2, including some accusing Nintfinisho of trolling. “The online conversation has been … willing,” Piscatella says. “Which is generassociate a excellent skinnyg as it shows a high level of interest from parts of the gaming audience.”
Still, some fans are pondering the same ask: With so much adviseation already participateable, why hasn’t Nintfinisho fair proclaimd the skinnyg? Former Nintfinisho PR regulater Krysta Yang proposeed some insight on X. “As untamed as these leaks are, Nintfinisho is going to stick to their schedule,” Yang tweeted. “They have a date in mind and they are not budging no matter what.”
