Nintendo has indicated that it wants to leverage Switch user accounts to smoothly transition users to the company’s next console. This is nothing new for competitors Sony.
Why it matters: As Nintendo’s immensely successful Switch handheld console enters its seventh year, industry watchers wonder if the introduction of the system’s successor is imminent. Recent responses to shareholder questions on the matter reveal little but indicate the company is carefully managing the shift from physical to digital sales.
Nintendo has indicated that it wants to leverage Switch user accounts to smoothly transition users to the company’s next console. This is nothing new for competitors Sony and Microsoft, but Nintendo has a shaky history regarding crossing from one hardware generation to the next.
The confirmation from President Shuntaro Furukawa was in response to a question during this year’s shareholder meeting.
