Nintendo has reportedly postponed the Switch 2 in China, with stringent government restrictions and a continuing analysis of demand in the country being the main reasons for said delay.
According to Nikkei (via VGC), Nintendo is looking into how much demand there would be among Chinese gamers for the Nintendo Switch 2 before deciding to release the console in the country.
Nikkei says that games and consoles in China are subject to exhaustive government inspections, with the Chinese government often imposing restrictions on said software and hardware based on what VGC calls its "intentions". As such, Nintendo may decide the headache of going through said inspections isn't worth the returns it would get by selling the Switch 2 in China.
As VGC points out, Nikkei's report points to the fact that Tencent is a co-distributor of the original Nintendo Switch in China, and when asked for comment, the tech giant declined to say whether it would also be involved with distributing the Switch 2.
It's possible, then, that the Switch 2 won't see an official release in China; it's a market largely dominated by mobile and PC games, so it may be that Nintendo decides the potential customer gain...
