IS PS5 manages to increase its sales year on year during its sixth year on the market (In an already pretty terrible console industry), that would be the first time something like that happened since Pokemon boosted Gameboy to new heights during its original launch. Its not entirely impossible but something that rarely happens. In a normal scenario, PS5 will decline this year compared to 2025 while Switch 2 should sell a bit more in its second year than during its launch year. But Switch 2 is becoming more dependant on Japan as things stand, if it manages 5M sales in Japan this year it would take a collapse of Switch 2 sales in NA and Europe compared to PS5 to make PS5 sell more WW.
People forget stuff like the Mario movie inevitably increasing mindshare for Nintendo products in markets like Europe this year, and Pokemon gen 10 will also increase mindshare for all things Nintendo not just in Japan but in many markets WW. If Sony releases games like Spiderman and God of War they get a boost in sales, so it doesn't make sense to think Nintendo doesn't get a boost in sales from a new Pokemon generation, given its a bigger gaming IP than anything Sony first party.
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