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As many of you will know, lately there have been a lot of new leaks about the Nintendo Switch 2. Of course, none of them have been verified by an official source, but new images and details keep appearing.
And it seems that Nintendo is not happy about it. Although it may seem quite the opposite because they have not commented in any way, they would be quite upset with the situation that is occurring.
This is what Serkan Toto, CEO of consultancy Kantan Games, told Eurogamer. In fact, the impact of these leaks is so strong that it could even bring forward the first announcement of NS2. He explains that it could happen in January, but not before.
"Nintendo is unpredictable, but I think a reveal before the end of the year is very unlikely," he said. The reason is simple: any mention of Nintendo Switch 2 would affect sales of its predecessor during the Christmas campaign
Nintendo Switch 2 could be unveiled sooner than expected
"Sales of the current model are falling, more than Nintendo had already anticipated," he added for the aforementioned media outlet. "They would plummet even further if the announcement of the Switch 2 were to happen before the holidays, so why would they?"
Shortly afterwards, he said that it was most likely that the announcement would be made in early 2025 with the Christmas campaign already over: "Instead, it's much more likely that Nintendo will wait until early January to show off the new device. For 2024, the ship has already sailed."
The CEO of this video game company said the following: "You can bet that Nintendo knows about the leaks and they don't like them at all, even if some of them end up being false."
Certainly, these statements do not surprise anyone, as I do not think there is a company in the world that would be happy to have details and specifications of one of its products leaked before they can present it.
It is not usual for leaks to have such an impact. What Serkan explains is that these could bring forward the announcement, as we have already said, which is something quite unusual. Will we finally see it in January, as he infers? Only time will tell.