The Road to 160m+ for Nintendo Switch

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Norion said:

Ashadelo said:

Not to sound mean, but.... how can anyone honestly believe Switch 2 was even a possibility this year??? Look at Nintendo and everyone one of their directs. They have only announced games releasing in a 3-6 monthish window for the most part. Sometimes I think people on this board allow personal desires to cloud their logic judgment.

I mean the recent highly reported on rumour was that it was originally intended for this year before getting delayed so it's a completely fair belief to have.

Agreed.  Although Nintendo's calendar year hardware sales aren't going to be great, I think there were a few factors that ultimately lead to waiting until next year.  This video sheds a lot of light on why in makes sense financially:

Add to that more time to ready the games lineup for launch and post-launch, plentiful unit numbers to combat scalpers and the fact that a March launch for Switch 2 will still be reflected in its fiscal year hardware sales and it all works out better for Nintendo in the long run.

Furthermore, like Rol pointed out, Nintendo likely has finished games we don't know about yet that were always in the pipeline for Switch this year that they can rely on for Switch to have another solid lineup through the holiday.