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Wall Street Journal: Nintendo Plans to Release New Switch Model in 2019
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The Wall Street Journal newspaper reported on Thursday that Nintendo is planning to release a new version of its Switch hybrid home/portable game platform next year, citing suppliers and other sources. According to the newspaper's sources, Nintendo is aiming for a release in the latter half of 2019, possibly as early as summer 2019.
The Wall Street Journal's sources stated that Nintendo is updating the console to maintain its "sales momentum." The sources did not comment on what specific features Nintendo plans to upgrade on the platform, but mentioned that Nintendo is looking at improving the display.
The console launched worldwide on March 3, 2017, and it had sured 1 million units in Japan by June 25, 2017.
Nintendo previously revealed the console has sold 19.67 million units worldwide as of June 30.
The company previously stated it expects to sell 20 million Nintendo Switch units in the fiscal year ending on March 31, 2019.
Source: The Wall Street Journal (Takashi Mochizuki, Yang Jie) via Otakomu
