Nintendo has introduced that it is going to be attending Gamescom 2025. The announcement was made via the corporate’s German X account, the place it mentioned that it could be on the occasion which begins on August 20, all the best way till its finish on August 24. “Mark it in purple in your calendar: Nintendo shall be again at Gamescom in 2025,” wrote the corporate (translation through X). “We stay up for welcoming you from August 20 to August 24 in Cologne!”
It’s price noting that the corporate had determined to skip the occasion final yr. “Gamescom is a key occasion in Nintendo’s calendar,” mentioned a Nintendo of Europe spokesperson. “Nevertheless, after cautious consideration, now we have determined to not take part in Cologne this yr. As an alternative, gamers can check out the video games for Nintendo Change at different occasions all through Germany.”
The corporate’s resolution to attend the gaming occasion this yr doubtless stems from the truth that it has a brand new console hitting the market quickly. Throughout Gamescom, we would find yourself seeing Nintendo not solely unveil some new issues for the Change 2, but additionally have a few of its upcoming titles to play for those who attend the occasion in-person.
Curiously, Nintendo had taken the prospect to showcase tech demos for the Change 2 throughout Gamescom 2023. The showcases passed off behind closed door, and included The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild working on the upcoming console at 4K/60 FPS. Epic’s The Matrix Awakens demo was additionally showcased working on the console, which on the time was doubtless nonetheless in its early levels.
Nintendo is presently preparing for the launch of the Change 2 on June 5. The corporate has a number of titles that shall be obtainable for the console on launch, together with Mario Kart World, Cyberpunk 2077: Final Version, and Nintendo Change 2 Welcome Tour. The console’s launch is being thought of fairly a bit deal, with one evaluation firm – DFC Intelligence – going so far as calling it a very powerful console launch ever.
This comes all the way down to a number of elements, together with the truth that GTA 6’s delay from its authentic Fall 2025 launch window to Might 26, 2026 implies that the PS5 and Xbox Sequence X/S will proceed to undergo declines in console {hardware} gross sales. The agency additionally believes that Nintendo’s forecasts for first-year Change 2 gross sales – 15 million – is extremely conservative.
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa, for his half, has mentioned that the gross sales forecasts are conservative as a result of the corporate understands that the upper worth of the Change 2 will function an impediment to its widespread adoption. “Because the Change 2 is priced increased than the unique Change, we acknowledge that there shall be appreciable hurdles in attaining the console’s widespread adoption within the early levels,” he mentioned.
Furukawa additionally famous that the conservative projections weren’t based mostly on the concept that there can be hassle in producing sufficient consoles. “This gross sales projection was not decided based mostly on limitations in our manufacturing capability,” he defined. “The state of affairs with US tariffs and issues about financial downturn have additionally not affected our forecast. As a way to obtain the goal of 15 million, we might want to manufacture much more models than that.”
