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1. More casual players getting interested in the console due to the release of games like the first non-remake Pokemon game and Animal Crossing in late 2019/early 2020, and the overall libray growing with consistent 1st party and 3rd party releases which means more games that could make people want to get the console,
2. The pandemic (though it could be argued that it still would have peaked in 2020 or later even without the pandemic)
3. The hybrid concept taking a little bit of time to take off.