Following a Bloomberg report on Saturday claiming Nintendo had informed publishers of a Q1 2025 delay for the Nintendo Switch 2, CNBC reported a 5.84% drop in Nintendo's Japanese stock market shares. Nintendo's reasoning in the original Bloomberg report was to ensure the strongest possible launch game lineup for Switch 2.
While this move from Nintendo would be in defiance of traditional launching-prior-to-holidays wisdom and past rumors pointing to a 2024 release, it would not be uncharacteristic with its past console releases at all. After all, the original Switch launched in Q1 as well— March 2017. But Nintendo and major delays like this go back farther than just that one example.
