What seems to be happening in western markets is close to Mat Piscatella's theory on Switch 2, that demand would be moved forward for it, due it being so widely available since launch both in the US and Europe, leading to lower sales boost late 2025. That also explains why Japan on the other hand is seeing a more traditional late year surge of Switch 2 sales, because Japan was the only major market where the Switch 2 wasn't widely available since launch, so they still had way more untapped demand left in Japan than in the US and Europe.







