The Nintendo Switch is one of the most popular consoles in history, with over 141 million sold worldwide since it debuted in 2017, but as the company's most recent financial report shows, sales are starting to significantly slow down. For the current fiscal year, Nintendo has sold 4.7 million consoles, falling short of the projections for over 6 million, and as a result, profits for the year have been revised down by 10%.
Yet, despite the slowdown in sales, Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa clarified to the press that the plans for a Switch 2 announcement remain on schedule, explaining "Making an announcement this year has gotten quite difficult ... You would not want to divert attention to an upcoming console in the middle of the critical year-end shopping season." That means we won't be hearing anything official until at least April 2025, after the end of the fiscal year in March.
With its unique ability to be used as both a handheld device and hooked up directly to a television, the Nintendo Switch was an immediate hit upon its release, overcoming the lack of processing power with originality and unique first-party games. During the last generation, the Switch ended up...
