Japanese video game maker Nintendo’s chief says its Switch console sales are still going strong, while he promised that a successor is coming.

We’re getting toward the end of the year, a time for big game releases, catching up on older ones, and treating yourself to indulgent purchases as the holiday frenzy approaches. Here’s one of my favorite ways to save on new Nintendo Switch games, a deal so good I’m surprised the infamously stingy Mario maker is still running it.

You don't have to take great pains to preserve your Switch to ensure that you can still play your favorite games on it years and years from now. Nintendo has revealed in its earnings report that the upcoming successor to the Switch will have backwards compatibility and will be able to run games made for the current console.

The company says that Nintendo Switch Online will make its way to the technically still-unannounced console, too.

The Nintendo Switch successor will be backwards compatible Nintendo announced today, as information about the console trickles out.