The Nintendo Switch is a huge success, with nearly 141 million units sold as of June 2024, but everything that goes up comes down, and it’s clear that the big N console is losing a lot of steam. Your sales down 46% during the last quarter, and this confirms what has been an open secret that the Japanese company is experiencing “delays” with the Nintendo Switch 2.

Nintendo’s financial results are a year-over-year comparison, which means there was a 46% drop in sales. compared to the same quarter of 2023, That means almost half as many Nintendo Switch units were sold this quarter as compared to the same period last year.

Console sales are usually a clear indicator of interest which has the general public in it and in this case the console of the big N is deflating at an accelerated pace, which is ultimately understandable since we are talking about a system that has been on the market for seven years.

If we talk about specific numbers, the Nintendo Switch sold 2.1 million consoles worldwide during this quarter, representing approximately $1,655 million in revenue. Also game sales down 41%, something we can attribute to the lack of new exclusive games that are able to capture the attention of consumers.

Nintendo is a company that has, for better or for worse heavy reliance on its exclusive franchisesand there haven’t been any major triple A releases so far this year. It goes without saying that this has had a negative impact on both console and game sales.

The Nintendo Switch 2 won’t arrive until the first quarter of 2025

The latest and most reliable information points in this direction, saying that the new Nintendo console will arrive in March of next year. Nothing is confirmed yet, but Nintendo itself has given clues that point to that date, and the truth is that it makes sense because it would give the company time to net stock that you have accumulated from the current model.

It appears that this release date was the result of a deliberate delay on Nintendo’s part, and that the Nintendo Switch 2 was indeed set to hit the market much earlier than expected. Ultimately, every company has its own strategies and goals, and in this case, it seems that the big N he wants to get the most out of the sale Nintendo Switch before the launch of its successor.

If you want to know more about the Nintendo Switch 2, I recommend that you check out the special article about this console that I shared with you a few weeks ago, where I have gathered all the reliable information we have so far on specifications, performance, release date and possible price.

When we do the summary, we know that the said console will ship with sa NVIDIA’s own SoC, which will have a GPU based on the Ampere architecture, the same one that powers the GeForce RTX 30, and which will be compatible with NVIDIA DLSS and ray tracing. It will most likely have an IPS panel, be configured with 8GB to 12GB of unified memory, and have a 1080p resolution. Its price will be approximately between 350 and 400 euros.

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