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Nintendo admits sales "below expectations", as wait for Switch 2 continues


Nintendo has reported a huge drop in sales of its hardware and software, with Switch 1 console sales down 30.6 percent …

In a statement, Nintendo blamed the scale of the drop on tough comparisons with 2023, and the launches of both The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Super Mario Bros Wonder. Alongside the impact of a poorer US dollar exchange rate, Switch 1's performance has now forced Nintendo to lower its expectations again for the remainder of the financial year. Nintendo's software line-up currently looks slim, with Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition due in March, before Metroid Prime 4, which feels likely to be a Switch 2 cross-gen game, later this year.

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