Analyst agency DFC Intelligence has predicted that Nintendo might nicely turn into the “major companion for third-party sport publishers” in 5 years, by which period the Swap 2 is predicted to have bought 100 million items.
This comes through Eurogamer, with DFC Intelligence posting its newest report on the gaming business going ahead, noting that Nintendo is prone to exceed its projected gross sales forecast for the Swap 2 this yr. For the document, Nintendo has forecast 15 million Swap 2 gross sales in FY2026, which strains up properly with the unique Swap’s efficiency inside its first yr of sale.
This is what DFC needed to say:
“When the unique Swap launched in March 2017, Nintendo initially projected 10m items for the fiscal yr however in the end bought 15m items in that interval. Based mostly on that monitor document, the truth that Nintendo is forecasting a 15m unit quantity offers us confidence that they are going to be capable to ramp up provide and navigate tariff challenges.”
Trying forward, DFC expects the Swap 2 to be the main console by 2029 with 100 million gross sales. As such, it predicts that “The following few years might see Nintendo for the primary time changing into the first companion for third-party sport publishers”.
In fact, it is doubtless that each Sony and Microsoft will launch their very own native handheld consoles within the coming years, however the important headstart afforded to the Swap 2 will give it a big enhance; to not point out the unrivalled catalogue of first social gathering franchises like Mario, Zelda, and Pokémon.
It will be attention-grabbing to see how the subsequent few years shake out. There’s comprehensible concern across the pricing for the Swap 2 and its video games, however evidently this at present does not have a lot sway on Nintendo’s predicted success with its new console.
