Nintendo is about to retire the OG Switch

After nearly nine years of distinguished, legendary service, the original Nintendo Switch is finally about to rest.

In an extremely unsurprising move, Nintendo announced as much in its latest financial earnings report. In the report, Nintendo touted the success and increased technical capabilities of the Nintendo Switch 2 console, which launched in June. That device has already eclipsed 10 million units sold, at least partly thanks to successful launch window titles like Mario Kart World and Pokémon Legends: Z-A. As far as Nintendo is concerned, that's enough reason to sunset the original Switch, which launched in March 2017.

"Going forward, we will shift our primary development focus to Nintendo Switch 2 and expand our business around this new platform," Nintendo said in its earnings report.

This was always inevitable, given the advanced age of the original Switch hardware, though it's possible Nintendo pulled the trigger a little early because of the Switch 2's runaway success. To be clear, Nintendo is not saying that there will be no more original Switch 1 games or that the hardware is being discontinued. The console is still being sold, for now, and some upcoming titles like Metroid Prime 4 and Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream are coming to the original Switch. With more than 150 million Switches out there in the wild, it still benefits Nintendo to support the older console for a while.

Just not for too long. Rest easy, friend.