Nintendo president says Switch successor will utilise “Nintendo Account” system
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has revealed that the successor to the Switch will utilise the same “Nintendo Account” system when it releases.
Furukawa shared that information during Nintendo’s recent shareholder Q&A. He stated that the desire was to ensure as smooth a transition for customers as possible. Over 290 million Nintendo Accounts have been made worldwide, so it is unsurprising that Nintendo would want to continue to support this system.
From Twitter user Genki, Furukawa’s full comment was as follows:
“As for the transition from Nintendo Switch to the next generation machine, we want to do as much as possible in order to smoothly transition our customers, while utilizing the Nintendo Account.”
The Switch turned six years old this year, and whilst sales have slowed down the company has not announced any new hardware at this time. Rumours of new hardware have been in circulation for over a year, although Nintendo recently announced that forecasts for the upcoming fiscal year did not include plans for new hardware, meaning we are unlikely to see anything released this year.
