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Nintendo likely to become "primary partner for third-party game publishers" over next gen, analyst firm forecasts


Nintendo will likely be the "primary partner for third-party game publishers" on console in five years, an analyst firm has forecast.

Nintendo will likely be the "primary partner for third-party game publishers" on console in five years, an analyst firm has forecast, by which time Switch 2 will have hit 100m units sold. "Reflecting its historically conservative approach to new product forecasting, Nintendo is estimating sales of 15m Switch 2 units through the end of its fiscal year in March 2026," DFC wrote in its report, shared with Eurogamer. With the delay of GTA 6 to 2026, the launch of Switch 2 will be this year's biggest driver of video game spending - particularly so in Japan, DFC expects, where Nintendo has a competitively-priced local model for that market.

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