Nintendo responds to whether NS2 key fob design will affect third-party game sales

2025-06-29 21:07:28|Myriagame |source：minecraft skins

Nintendo gave an explanation on whether the "game key fob" of Switch 2 affects the sales of first-time games of third-party consoles.

At the annual shareholders' meeting, an investor mentioned hearing about the poor sales of third-party games on the Nintendo Switch 2, and expressed concerns about the game key fob, calling it a "semi-finished solution" and lacking appeal, and asked whether the mechanism would curb players' willingness to buy third-party games.

In his response, Nintendo pointed out that the Switch 2 game key fob does not contain the game content itself, it is just to activate the key, and the game is still needed when playing for the first time.The company clarified that the system was adopted because the host's built-in storage capacity was larger than that of the original Switch.

In addition, Nintendo assured investors that it will work to ensure that the Switch 2's third-party software can achieve good sales.

Speaking of the success rate of Switch 2 third-party games, Matt Piscatera, executive director and video game industry analyst at Circana (formerly NPD), recently shared that the console's share of third-party software in the United States is much better than the initial Switch's launch period.Specifically, the third-party sales of physical software in the first week of the new Switch 2 host accounted for nearly 40%, while the first-generation Switch was less than 20%.

Data shared by Piscatera shows that the sales of third-party software of Switch 2 are about twice that of the first generation of Switch.However, he reminded that it is too early to assert that the success of third-party games on Nintendo's new console is still too early to reach any meaningful conclusions.

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