The Road to 160m+ for Nintendo Switch

[Fight-the-Streets]

What is left in the tank to give a sales boost?

Conservatively:

- Super Mario Bros. Wonder (definitely will give some boost after seeing how Zelda: TOTK boosted more than expected), also probably a new Special Edition with Super Mario Bros. Wonder motives, maybe even Switch Lite Special Editions

- New Pokémon game(s) (even if no new mainline game comes to the Switch 1, every spin-off still will move some units)

- Metroid Prime 4 (Metroid was never a big seller but this game is hyped up now for so many years and I think it really can move some units in the die-hard shooter community who play on PS, Xbox and PC and didn't see a reason to by a Switch so far. Most of them will probably buy it on Switch 2 but still it will add up to some sold units)

- Mario spin-offs (Super Mario RPG and Peach game are already announced, I expect also another Mario Party game and definitely another Olympic game as next year the Olympic games are in Paris (France is a Nintendo Land), maybe even a new non-Olympic Mario Sports Mix/Superstars will release at the tail end of the Switch lifecycle as a joint-release also for Switch 2. A new Mario & Luigi could be aother joint-release. Those Mario spin-offs will not move alot of units but still add up to something.

- Long awaited fan favourites (Mother 3, F-Zero, Wave Race, 1080°, Star Fox, Golden Sun, Nintendogs/cats, etc. Again, they will not move a lot of units but still add up even if the majority of them will be bought for Switch 2)

- 3rd party games (Indie games will not stop comming to the Switch, also some interesting retail games will still come and contribute a little bit to unit salse)

Best case scenario (incl. all the above mentioned):

- Switch 2 is not a successor but Nintendo will count it to the same generation as Switch 1 (like GBC was same generation as original GB)
- If the above is not true then a Switch Pro will still come out before the release of Switch 2 (unlikely, but hey, we talk about best case scenario here)
- Imporved SKU's: lighter, more comfortable, better design, sexier, more storage, etc. could come for all versions: basic Switch, Switch Lite and Switch OLED but if a new SKU comes, probably for OLED
- Even more Sepcial Editions
- Attractive bundles (thinking about Super Mario Bros. Wonder)
- Price cuts for all SKU's (would have a huge effect on Easter European countries and rest of world)
- Price cuts of software (i.e. Nintendo Selects)
- Switch 2 will not release before holidays 2025
- Heavy support of Switch 1 even after release of Switch 2
- 3rd party exclusive suprise hit nobody expected (sometimes it happens that a simple kind of stupid game catches fire in social media and everybody needs to have it)
- Switch 1 becomes a hit in China