Famitsu Sales: Week 16, 2026 (Apr 13 - Apr 19)

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Ashadelo said:

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If Nintendo keeps producing it, I feel like Switch 1 could continue to sell til like 2028. There's clearly still significant demand, especially as its the only (relevant) system that's relatively cheap.
It's really just a matter of how long much longer they continue making it.

Its going to happen, not sure why everyone on this forum keeps trying to compare NS1 to past Nintendo consoles and thinking it must follow in it's footsteps. NS1 will easily do more than 1 million alone in Japan this year. Why would Nintendo just stop production? It's a cheap way to Nintendo game, theres still a nice demand for it all over the world, higher than Xbox in every region (and Microsoft is still producing series x) and in Japan NS1 is always above PS5. 

Honestly, Nintendo could keep even the lite model in production for most of NS2 lifespan if it keeps selling. Following past Nintendo production timelines is meaningless. NS1 has broken all records, and Nintendo is a different company then during the DS/3DS era. Also for most games that are being made today, NS1 can still run them fine. 

Lastly, I doubt Tomodachi Life is the last major NS1 release, I remember people saying Zelda: Tears would be the last final major release. Yet here we are years later saying the same thing again.

Rhythm Heaven Groove is coming in July, so Tomodachi's definitely not the last.

While I do think it would be a good idea to keep Switch 1 alive for years to come as an entry level system for lower income customers, Nintendo may choose to kill it off to move people on to Switch 2, or to free up production capacity for making more of Switch 2.

The system could keep rolling for years to come, but whether Nintendo will allow that remains to be seen.