In case you missed him somehow, Nintendo confirmed that the Switch online service would be transferred to the Switch 2.
With that in mind, during Nintendo The latest financial results Questions and answers, Shuntaro Furukawa's president reiterated that the service “would still be available for Nintendo Switch 2” when they asked for his thoughts on a “future network strategy”. He also mentioned that Nintendo would continue to “provide comprehensive services” for users to “enjoy their experience” with their hardware.
Furukawa at the same time admitted that the current number of memberships to switch online – noting that “did not change significantly from 34 million Since last September, “with” stable “subscriptions now that the holiday season is over.
As for the recent “Switch Online: Playtest” program, which ended the leak, the plan is to “use the results and other learning acquired from this initiative at future Nintendo Switch internet services”, but there is currently no announcement.
The Switch Internet Service has so far been reinforced in 2025 with multiple retro game updates for SNES and N64 Library Libraries, and next week sees the arrival of the Wario Land 4 for the GBA collection February 14. Of course, the service also continues to enable subscribers to play with other users from all over the world, save data in the cloud and receive special offers.
