A year on, my Switch 2 has more than proved its worth — but Nintendo needs to act fast if it wants to break its…
I wouldn’t exactly call the Nintendo Switch 2’s first year revolutionary. The numbers were impressive, yes; Nintendo reported over 3.5 million hardware units sold in its first four days — its fastest-selling hardware launch ever. By December 31, 2025, the company reported 17.37 million units sold in its 30-week lifespan; by comparison, the first-generation Switch sold around 14.86 million units by December 31, 2017, in its first 36 weeks.
But the Switch 2 needed more than sales to break Nintendo’s generational curse of yo-yo-ing console success. It needed sticking power.
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I’ve had my Switch 2 since release; here’s my first year with Nintendo’s latest handheld console - YouTube
Personally, I’ve not been quite as glued to the second-generation handheld console as I was the first, but I’m also no longer an undergraduate student with more free time than sense. That...
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