Nintendo's next-gen Switch console will be backward compatible with the Switch, the company says in its latest earnings report. "Nintendo Switch software will...be playable on the successor to Nintendo Switch,

While the successor to the Switch hasn’t yet been announced, Nintendo says it will be able to play current Switch games.

Nintendo’s upcoming Switch successor will support backward compatibility, allowing current games to run on the new console.

Nintendo has officially confirmed that its upcoming console, widely speculated to be the "Switch 2," will support backward compatibility with existing

Nintendo just cut back its profit forecast for the current fiscal year, according to Reuters. The Japanese tech company lowered the number of Switch consoles it expects to sell for the year by 7 percent.

There's good news if you've got a huge Switch library, as the Nintendo Switch 2 will officially be backwards compatible with old games.

The top 10 best-selling Switch games were shaken up by 2022's Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, which has been climbing the ranks alongside 2023's The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. The best-selling Switch game is unlikely to ever be dethroned, with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe consistently sitting at the top of the console's software sales chart.

Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa confirms a huge Switch 2 feature that will keep your game library fresh for many years to come.

The Nintendo Switch 2 still hasn't been revealed and one analyst believes that its chances of being shown in 2024 are now very slim.

Nintendo was prepared to suck it up financially this year as sales of its aging Switch decline, but things are going a bit worse than it hoped. After selling fewer consoles than it expected over the last two quarters (4.