The Nintendo Switch was released seven years ago, and it doesn’t look like a next-generation console is coming soon.<\/p>
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Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom<\/em> is set to be bigger<\/a> and more ambitious than the previous title, and it’s expected to bring huge numbers to Nintendo when it releases on May 12. The Nintendo representative also justified the controversial $70 price tag<\/a> for the title.<\/p>
That being said, sales have started slowing down compared to 2021. From the end of 2022 to the previous year, sales decreased by 23 percent, according to The Verge<\/a>\u2014even though it saw the release of latest Pok\u00e9mon titles, Scarlet <\/em>and Violet<\/em>, which are already two of the best-selling games<\/a> in the franchise.<\/p>
Its lifetime sales, including the Switch OLED and Switch Lite, now stand at 122.55 million, according to Nintendo’s 2022 last quarterly report<\/a>.<\/p>