The Switch 2 lacks the innovation to help give it staying power and might struggle to match the sales of the original Switch. That’s the opinion of analyst Jay Defibaugh of Tokyo-based CLSA.
He told FT that, adjusted for inflation, the Switch 2 is $50 more expensive than the launch-price of the original Switch ($300), and Nintendo hasn’t done enough to position it as a long-term seller.
“I don’t know if it has the innovation, the kind of new design or function, to have the long lasting power as the previous Switch,” Defibaugh said.