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

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Farsala said:

curl-6 said:

When the next generation comes, watch the Switch's sales be dismissed as a "fluke" just like the Wii.

Nintendo being successful without a disclaimer goes against the narrative.

What if they come out with a Switch U, with a similarly terrible name and function with poor game support and it ends up selling ~8m? (LTD)

And what if they don't? There's always an asterisk applied to Nintendo's successes. It was a fluke, it was a gimmick, it was the pandemic, it was a fad, it was the tooth fairy. It doesn't matter how well they do, there's always some excuse about how it doesn't count.