As Change 2 gross sales started to rise, Change gross sales started to say no, with Nintendo reporting that gross sales of the unique console had been down 60% year-over-year. This even led the Japanese firm to decrease its total gross sales forecast for this explicit system.
For those who’re questioning how lengthy the unique household of Change techniques can be supported, it would in the end rely upon sure market components. And though total gross sales are down, gross sales are nonetheless sustaining a gentle tempo even after the discharge of Change 2.
Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa spoke about future help for the unique Change as follows:
“Whereas the main target of our enterprise will shift to Nintendo Change 2, Nintendo Change has maintained a gentle gross sales tempo even after its successor launches in June. We’ll proceed to promote Nintendo Change {hardware} whereas taking into consideration client demand and the enterprise surroundings.”
Subsequently, there isn’t any finish of help date or comparable (not less than for now), the unique hybrid system may even proceed to be obtainable for buy within the close to future.
Nintendo has beforehand confirmed future help for the system with upcoming releases corresponding to Tomodachi Life: Dwelling the Dream and Rhythm Heaven Groove (each due out in 2026), in addition to a significant replace for Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
In different phrases, there’s nonetheless loads of time for the Change to overthrow the DS as Nintendo’s best-selling console of all time. The one console forward of it at that time can be Sony’s PlayStation 2, however there’s at present a roughly 6 million distinction in gross sales between the 2 techniques.