DECRYPTION – The Japanese group has lifted the veil on this machine which will have the difficult task of succeeding the 145 million sales of the first Switch of the name. More details will be revealed in April.
A two-minute video to put an end to months of rumors. This Thursday, the Japanese group Nintendo published on social networks the long-awaited first images of its next games console, the release of which is scheduled for this year. No risks taken: from its name to its barely enlarged design, the Switch 2 is in every way similar to the first Switch of the name, released in 2017. Even the marketing visuals are identical to those used eight years ago. « On the one hand, it’s exactly what the players were asking for : a more powerful Switch. On the other, it’s only what was expected : a more powerful Switch »summarizes Matt Piscatella, analyst at Circana. « It will sell very well and give a boost to the market, but it is not certain that it will reach a wider audience. »
It would have been highly perilous for Nintendo to break what worked so well for it. With 146 million sales since 2017, the…
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