Since its launch in June of 2025, the Nintendo Switch 2 has sold over 17 million units by the end of that year. The system is Nintendo’s follow-up to the massively popular Switch, which itself has sold over 155 million units since its 2017 debut. The Switch 2 continues its predecessor’s main gimmick of being a hybrid console; it can be played either in handheld mode, like the classic Game Boy of ages past, or you can slide it into a dock plugged into a television for a more traditional console experience.
The Switch 2 is significantly more powerful than the original Switch, which often struggled with infamous ports of games like
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