Nintendo hasn’t officially announced its new console yet, but the company seems to be suggesting that your current Switch account will carry over to the new hardware. Whatever that ends up being and whenever Nintendo announces, then launches it.

Rumors about Nintendo’s next console after the Switch have been swirling for the last couple of years. With fans hoping for a Switch Pro that comes with more powerful hardware and better performance/better looking games. Another pain point for Nintendo console owners has been the less than desirable process of transferring your current profile and all associated details to the new console.

It’s not exactly the most consumer-friendly when it comes to trading up in Nintendo’s ecosystem. But that could very well be changing now. As reported by IGN, Nintendo seems to suggest that transferring your Switch account to the new console will be possible. The details come from Nintendo’s shareholder meeting last week. Nintendo CEO Shuntaro Furukawa states the company is planning a “smooth transition” (via Genki on Twitter) for customers from the Switch to the next-gen hardware by using the Nintendo account.

Your Nintendo account on the new console could mean you keep your games

While this is potentially big news for Nintendo fans, there are still lots of questions users likely have. It could be a hint that the company plans to allow those who have purchased digital games on the eShop to transfer those to the new console. Something which Nintendo didn’t do with the transition from the Wii U to the Switch.

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It’s also a standard practice that both Sony and Microsoft have done with their PlayStation and Xbox consoles. With a few exceptions on certain outlier titles. Of course Nintendo hasn’t confirmed this yet. And it might be a while before the company shares any concrete details about what its next console will be, and what features it will offer.



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