[STEAM] Seasonal Switch 2 sales show significant slowing as annual cycle sunsets

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Nintendo's Switch 2 was an unmitigated market success for Nintendo following

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, selling

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in its first four days and reaching over 10 million shipments

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. But a new report from

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suggests that frenzied initial sales pace may have slowed significantly in many markets during the system's crucial first holiday season.

The report suggests that US Switch 2 sales were down about 35 percent during November and December compared to sales of the original Switch in the same ******* in 2017. In the ***, Switch 2 sales were down 16 percent compared to the original Switch during the last eight weeks of the year. And in France, comparative Switch 2 sales were down 30 percent relative to the Switch for the same *******, reflecting what The Game Business says is "a slowdown in Switch 2 sales momentum over the Christmas sales window" across "all major European markets."

The Switch 2's relative performance was a little better in Japan, where sales for the holiday ******* declined just 5.5 percent compared to the original Switch. For the full launch year, though, Japanese Switch 2 sales were up 11 percent compared to the Switch launch, thanks perhaps in part to

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