Robin Zhu, video game analyst at firm Sanford C. Bernstein, says Nintendo has adjusted its supply chain network to accommodate over 20 million Switch 2 sales in the console's first year on the market, Bloomberg reports. For comparison, both the PS5 and original Switch sold about 15 million units a year after their respective releases.

Nintendo unveiled the Switch 2, confirming a 2025 release date. The company also showed off what appears to be the next entry in the Mario Kart More details about the system will be release on April 2 The worst-kept secret in the video game world is now official.

Nintendo has never utilized a "2" in any of its hardware launches, making the successor to the Switch a first of its kind. While this may seem like nothing more than an aesthetic

Leading games industry analysts predict that the Nintendo Switch 2 could well match and succeed its predecessor in first-year sales, though it's far from guaranteed and requires Nintendo to have the stock ready to go.

Analysts have been reacting to the Nintendo Switch 2 console being called... Well... Nintendo Switch 2 and they've said it makes complete sense, even though it's a completely new avenue for Nintendo.

Nintendo believes "the best direction" for the Switch 2 is to allow gamers "to play their already purchased Nintendo Switch software on the successor", though added the upcoming console wouldn't fully support every older title.

"It was very unfortunate for Nintendo that so much of the design and even functions leaked in the last few days, so I felt there were no surprises and no real wow factor here," in