Why are Nintendo Switch sales peaking much later than other Nintendo consoles?

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Animal Crossing becoming a cultural phenomenon in the system's 4th year, mainline Pokemon not arriving until the end of its 3rd year, third party support increasing over time as publishers were initially wary of investing in the successor to the Wii U, a lot of gamers holding off at first out of caution, the pandemic, word of mouth escalating as more Switches got out in the wild, there are a lot of factors.