Nintendo Switch 2 sales have dropped 37%, but it’s still comfortably beating the original console

Nintendo Switch 2 sales have decreased by 37% this summer, primarily occurring before a price hike. Despite this slowdown, the console has sold 26.35 million units, comfortably surpassing the original console's first-year performance. However, Nintendo anticipates a further sales slump of 16.9% during the second year of the console's lifecycle. This suggests that while the current trajectory is strong, the Switch 2 might not maintain its lead over the original Switch by year two.