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Trone Dowd

Nintendo's Switch 2 Strategy May Be Backfiring In One Surprising Way

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After eight years as one of the best gaming consoles on the market, it seems that the sales for the Nintendo Switch are finally slowing down. While that will ultimately still result in a strong year heading into 2025, it also shows that more people than ever are ready for a successor to the popular handheld-console hybrid.

Nintendo just cut back its profit forecast for the current fiscal year, according to Reuters. The Japanese tech company lowered the number of Switch consoles it expects to sell for the year by 7 percent. It also expects to sell 160 million units of software over the year, about 3 percent less than it originally anticipated.

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