Nintendo has achieved a great success with the Switch console, which he launched eight years ago, but began to decrease sales due to consumers waiting for the new generation model. In 2024 financially, the company plans to sell 12.5 million switches, announced that it has reduced this estimate to 11 million. Behind this revision, especially the low sales performance during the holiday period and consumers prefer to wait for the Switch 2, which is expected to be released next year.
Nintendo is seen to decline not only in console sales but also in game revenues. The income of the company’s game sales decreased by 24.4 percent compared to the same period last year. This shows that new games are insufficient to meet expectations and that consumers expect a great launch. Although Nintendo will launch some games such as Donkey Kong Country Returns HD and Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition at the beginning of 2025, the biggest expectation is to announce the announcement of the new generation Switch 2.
Nintendo announced that he would introduce the Switch 2, which has long been speculated, on April 2, 2025 with a special Nintendo Direct event. Following this launch, experience activities will be organized for players who want to try the new console. The first events will be held in New York and Paris between 4-6 April. Later, similar activities are planned to be organized in other major cities in North America, Europe, Oceania and Asia.
Nintendo confirmed that Switch 2 will offer retrospective compatibility with existing Switch games, even though it doesn’t share much detail about the new generation console. This means that existing Switch users can play games on the new console. However, it is not yet known how Switch 2 will make a difference in terms of technical features, performance improvements and new generation game experience.
It achieved great success with Nintendo Switch
Nintendo has achieved a great success with its current Switch and reached 150.86 million units. This figure allowed Nintendo Switch to be among the best -selling consoles. If sales continue at this speed, Switch Nintendo can pass the 154.02 million records of DS to the company’s best -selling console at all times.
In spite of this decrease in sales, investors continue to rely on Nintendo’s long -term success. However, Nintendo will have to prove that the Switch 2 is a major upgrade, to provide enough stock to meet the demand, and to provide a transition process to satisfy existing Switch owners. The success of the console will also depend on whether the new game library will be strong.
Some sector experts say that Nintendo should develop online services with the new console, offer a higher resolution display and bring back media applications. In addition, the release of a powerful game launch series can encourage consumers to quickly switch to the new model.
There is a challenging process in front of Nintendo. With the powerful hardware features of Switch 2, impressive game catalog and competitive price policy, it will be critical for the long -term success of the company. As the announcement of the new model approaches, the game world is looking forward to seeing whether this console will be one of the biggest launch in Nintendo’s history.