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What’s the truth about Nintendo Switch 2?There are mixed messages surrounding how the Nintendo Switch 2 is performing. We know it had a record-breaking console launch, which caused Nintendo to raise its projections. And there have been numerous hit games on the platform. Switch 2 exclusive Pokémon Pokopia arrived earlier this month and sold 2.2 million copies in under a week. But then came our report earlier this year, which revealed that Switch 2 (outside of Japan), had a relatively soft Christmas. Nintendo confirmed this, revealing that international sales were “somewhat weaker than expected” in recent financial comments. And this
What’s the truth about Nintendo Switch 2?… And we’re going to need to design upfront and build for connected games, where all of our player bases are connected socially and our economies are connected, so that players, instead of seeing these as isolated products, see them as part of a global ecosystem that all game developers participate i… …
… It isn’t an ecosystem they would, or should, care much about. …
… What’s really happening with Nintendo Switch 2? There are mixed messages surrounding how the Nintendo Switch 2 is performing. We know it had a record-breaking console launch, which caused Nintendo to raise its projections. …