Nintendo Switch, which was launched in early 2017, has now become one of the best-selling video gaming consoles of all time. It has done a system update of 18.1.0 for its switch that removes some features from the console. The latest 18.1.0 system update for the Nintendo Switch line went live on June 10, which includes the original Switch, Switch Lite, and Switch OLED model.
Nintendo Switch has revealed its financial report which shows that it has sold more than 140 million units of the handheld and its variants. Before the current financial year ends in March 2025, Nintendo is to announce the details regarding a successor to the system, but its support for the original Switch is still strong.
The latest updates of Nintendo Switch are:
- The sharing options like “Post to Twitter” from the Album menu on their console have been removed
- The option to link a user’s account to the social media platform has been removed.
- The option to link social media accounts from the friend’s suggestions menu has been removed.
- The option to post screenshots taken in the popular “Super Smash Bros. Ultimate,” which is the most timeless fighting game ever made, from the album to the Smash World app, is removed.
- The option to link X (formerly Twitter) from Settings to “Posting to Social Media” was removed.
Nintendo announced in May that it would discontinue integration with Twitter, which introduced major changes to how its API could be accessed in 2023. Twitter now reportedly charges up to $210,000 every month, or around $2.5 million per year, for access to social media.
The previous 18.0.1 system update of Nintendo’s Switch family fixed an issue that caused wireless access points to become undetectable for some users who tried to set up a new network. A most recent update for Switch executed general system stability improvements that aim to enhance the user’s experience. Despite launching over seven years ago, Nintendo’s handheld still exhibits some issues, like a battery problem that can make a switch unpayable.
Shuntaro Furukawa, president of Nintendo, previously confirmed that his company would make an announcement regarding the Switch’s successor, commonly referred to as the Switch 2. The upcoming console will not be mentioned in June’s Nintendo Direct; the executive who started the event will instead focus on the titles that will come to the original Switch in the latter half of 2024.
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