The price of the Switch 2 and the products and services in the Nintendo ecosystem have caused some teeth to grind. But this should not slow down sales of the hybrid console.
When it was announced, the Switch 2 shocked us with its price and that of its games and accessories. Nintendo significantly increased the console's price compared to the first generation, and was the first player in the industry to raise the cost of its most important games to 90 euros.
Despite this, Big N remains very confident in its sales forecasts, shared in the company's financial statement for the 2025 fiscal year (April 2024 to March 2025). The console manufacturer estimates that it will manage to sell 15 million Switch 2s, as well as 45 million games, by the end of its current fiscal year, which ends at the end of March 2026. Given that the Switch 2 will be released on June 5, 2025, these figures cover ten months of activity. Nintendo therefore expects to do roughly as well with the Switch 2 as with the Switch 1 for the launch.
Is the Switch 2 as popular as the Switch 1?
Thanks to pre-order data, Nintendo can predict fairly accurately how successful its new console will be during the first months of availability. And these are very good, especially in Japan, where the manufacturer admitted that it would not have enough stock to meet demand on release day. It's worth noting that the price of the Switch 2 hasn't increased as much in Japan as it has in Europe and the United States, which partly explains this enthusiasm. Nintendo is also selling a special version of the console in Japan, locked in Japanese, so that foreigners can't get it cheaply during their trip to the land of the rising sun.
For the rest, Nintendo reported a fairly significant drop in revenue during the last fiscal year. Nothing particularly alarming here: consumers were waiting for the Switch 2 and game releases were rather poor. The company is hoping for a 63% increase in revenue for the 2026 fiscal year.
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