In a recent shareholder meeting, someone had the guts to ask if our Nintendo Switch purchases would carry over to future consoles. And you know what? The big cheese himself, President and CEO Shuntaro Furukawa, dropped a hint. He said (via Google Translate), “When we switch from Nintendo Switch to the next-gen console, we wanna do everything we can to make sure you can smoothly transition using your Nintendo account.” So, it sounds like Nintendo is at least considering the possibility of letting us transfer our beloved Switch titles from the eShop to whatever comes next. Now, hold your horses, ’cause Nintendo never spills the beans on unannounced hardware, so take it with a grain of salt.
