Feed: Slashdot
Feed Link: https://slashdot.org/
---

Title: Nintendo Switch 2 Has Record-Breaking Launch, Selling Over 3 Million
Units

Link: https://games.slashdot.org/story/25/06/07/222...

TweakTown writes that the Switch 2 "has reportedly beaten the record for the
most-sold console within 24 hours and is on track to shatter the two-month
record," selling over 3 million units and tripling the PlayStation 4's
previous launch day sales. So Nintendo's first console in 8 years becomes
"one of the most successful hardware releases of all time," writes Barron's,
raising hopes for the future: [2017's original Switch] ultimately sold more
than 152 million units... Switch 2's big advantage is its backward
compatibility, allowing it to play current-generation Switch games and giving
gamers solace that their large investments in software are intact... Many
older Switch games also play better on the Switch 2, taking advantage of the
extra horsepower. Bloomberg writes that its bigger screen and faster chip
"live up to the hype: Despite the hype and a $150 increase over the launch
price for the original, the second-generation system manages to impress with
faster performance, improved graphics, more comfortable ergonomics and enough
tweaks throughout to make this feel like a distinctly new machine... This
time, it's capable of outputting 4K resolution and more impactful HDR video
to your TV screen... It's a bigger, faster, more polished version of a wildly
successful gadget. The "buzzy launch drew long lines" at retailers like
Walmart, Target, Best Buy, and Gamestop, according to the article. (See the
photos from AOL.com and USA Today.) "The era of spending hours waiting in
line for the latest iPhone is long gone, but the debut of a new video game
console is still a rare enough event that Nintendo fans didn't think twice
about driving to retailers in the middle of the night to secure a Switch 2."
The Verge also opines that "the Switch 2's eShop is much better," calling it
"way faster... with much less lag browsing through sections and loading up
game pages." Or, as Barron's puts it, "Ultimately, Nintendo is winning
because it has a different strategy than its competition, the Sony
PlayStation and Microsoft Xbox. Instead of trying to appeal to tech snobs
like me, who are obsessed with graphics resolution and hardware statistics
like teraflops, Nintendo focuses on joy and fun."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

---
VRSS v2.1.180528