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Shares in Nintendo drop dramatically with news of Switch 2 delay


As news of a Switch 2 delay into 2025 starts to circulate, Nintendo shares collapse in early Tokyo trading, before recovering slightly later on.

And Paper Mario: A Thousand Year Door should all perform well, once the Switch 2 gets an official announcement there will be an inevitable factor of Nintendo’s hardcore fanbase who begin to hold off, preferring to wait until they get their hands on the new console. This could mean that the announcement that was potentially planned for next Monday according to some, gets pushed back until late summer, in order to lessen this effect, although with news now flowing seemingly freely about the new machine, there may be a limit on how long Nintendo feels it can maintain silent and control the narrative. Having spent time as Head of Communications at a professional sports club and working for high-profile charities such as the National Literacy Trust, he returned as Managing Editor in charge of large US-based technology websites in 2020.

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