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Catherine Lewis

Nintendo makes a big change to the eShop ahead of Switch 2, pushing down shovelware but potentially hurting good indies too

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A huge change appears has hit the Nintendo Switch eShop since the console's system update earlier this week, and no, it's not just the fact that it's red now. Ahead of the Switch 2, Nintendo has quietly altered the way its charts work, but it might not be good news for everyone.

First spotted by GVG's Jon Cartwright on YouTube (below), the fine print found at the bottom of the Switch eShop charts has altered since the console's update. While it previously stated that the games displayed on the charts were "the software titles with the most downloads for the past two weeks," it now says that "these are the software titles with the highest sales for the past three days."

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