Wilson singled out EA's money-spinning sports franchises, Madden and FC, as potentially finding “real energy” on Nintendo Switch 2, and also pointed to The Sims as a game that could do well on the console.

During the third-party giant's latest earnings call, EA's CEO Andrew Wilson mentioned how the Switch successor would be another way for EA to find and access new players, with the next-generation hybrid hardware potentially giving IP like EA Sports FC and Madden a real boost - at least, that's the "expectation".

The Japanese gaming titan has not publicly revealed when the new console will be released, but EA has said that when it does, its hits - such as the FIFA video games - will go dow