Game news The Nintendo Switch 2 hasn’t even been officially released and we already have an estimate of its future success!
Published on 01/11/2025 at 3:00 p.m.
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If GTA 6 is the most anticipated game of 2025, one thing is certain: the Switch 2 is indeed the machine that is generating the most excitement, its announcement seems imminent!
A second full box?
It was Matt Piscatella, video game market analyst, who spoke on Bluesky to talk about the upcoming release of the Switch 2, as it is commonly called. According to him, the console will be a hit from the start since he estimates its U.S. sales at approximately 4.3 million units between its release and the end of 2025. He qualifies his statement by asserting that the PS5 will remain the best-selling machine on North American soilafter all, a huge game is planned for it in fall 2025: GTA 6. We already know that the games from the previous Nintendo console will be accessible on the Switch 2, thanks to the backwards compatibility.
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These 4.3 million would represent, according to Piscatella, a third of total sales of hardware products in the United States over the year 2025excluding laptops. The analyst considers ruptures de stock of the Switch 2 “for a few months after significant early demand”. He invites his subscribers to follow the reports from Circana, the company for which he works, which will position themselves more precisely on the issue during a publication scheduled for January 23. However, the man does not position himself on the price of the console. Note that the Switch 2 is coming out at the same time all over the world.
Nintendo in the place
Speaking of numbers, last year PlayStation and Nintendo engaged in a little sales contest: Sony announced that the PS2 was actually the best-selling console in the world, with around 160 million units sold. The Switch, for its part, sold for a few 146 millions copies in total. That said, the Last December 19, we learned that the brand’s latest console at the Big N was first in the United States in terms of sales.
To see what the Switch 2 has in its belly, its announcement must be made before the end of the first quarter of the Japanese firm’s fiscal year, namely before the end of March. The leaks and rumors that are growing and making more and more noise lead us to believe that this would be imminent.
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