The Nintendo Switch has sold 146 million devices in 7.5 years.
The Nintendo Switch has sold 146 million devices in 7.5 years.
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On the eve of Switch 2 announcement, the game industry has a lot at stake

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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  • 3 min

The Nintendo Switch 2 is expected to be announced on Thursday, according to rumors across the industry. And on the eve of that announcement, the game industry is watching closely because there is so much at stake.

We don’t have insider info on this rumor, but the implications are interesting.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.