Gaming in 2025: GTA 6, the Nintendo Switch 2 and what else to watch out for

Here’s what we know, officially, about Nintendo’s next console.

It exists.

Your current Switch games will work on it.

And that’s it.

There’s no official name yet, but fans have been calling it the Nintendo Switch 2.

Despite unconfirmed leaks and rumours the machine’s capabilities remain a mystery and the company’s promised some sort of official announcement by the end of March.

There’s a feeling, though, that Nintendo won’t want to change the winning formula of the original Switch, which has sold 146 million units since its 2017 launch.

“The sensible money is on just a bigger, better Switch,” says James.

Expect it to look similar with more processing power under the bonnet.

“That might sound reductive,” he adds.

“But given the level of success this has had they would be daft to not just build on the foundation they’ve made here.”

James argues that confirmation of backwards compatibility – being able to play games originally made for the first Switch – strongly suggests the new machine won’t be a million miles away from its younger sibling.

He says there is a danger that, as has happened with previous Nintendo consoles, customers might not understand that the new machine is different to what they’ve already got at home.

But James isn’t sure it will experience the same fate.

“That was a long time ago,” he says. “I think they’ve learned a lot of lessons since then.”