NintendoNikkei Asia that development on a successor to the Switch “seems to be progressing well” but that a product launch likely won’t happen until “next spring at the earliest. As we prepare to jump to a new console the connection between the Switch and its successor needs to be more stable so as not to alienate those who already own a Switch and don’t want to lose their catalog of games. By making the previous generation’s catalog accessible on the new console it becomes an easier sell to upgrade