Excitement is building for the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2, but a recent report from Insider Gaming has revealed some potential hiccups in its launch strategy. Notably, many third-party developers are still waiting for their development kits, even with the console set to debut in June. John Linneman of Digital Foundry recently shared insights after speaking with numerous developers at GDC 2025, many of whom echoed the same concerns about the lack of access to essential hardware.
“We’ll talk about GDC later, but based on a lot of the things I’ve heard, it also seems like many many many developers are still without a kit. So they are very slow at rolling this out to a lot of developers."
“I think there will be third-party games early on, of course; it just seems like a lot of medium to small developers still do not have access to development hardware. So Nintendo has been very selective with who they allow to do it.”
Stay tuned as we continue to follow the developments surrounding the Nintendo Switch 2!