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@JumpingJackson You are correct. Never been to the US lol. Originally from Ossett in West Yorkshire (the original home of Team 17) but now live near Belper for last 25 years.

@AlanaHagues sorry was my bad for skim reading! Cheers.

@Olmectron ah. That’ll teach me to skim read’ 😂

@AlanaHagues I’ve got the original game but the upgrade is not in the shop, online or anywhere.

@JohnnyMind Which is the issue. This really is just a case of a distinction between 8 years ago and today. The uses of the word ‘struggled’ is sensationalist to say the least.

@HugoGED That looks to be changing in 2026

We are comparing chickens and eggs here. Comparing what happened 8 years ago with today is just daft tbh. I would say we are all struggling financially compared to 2017!!! But some of us are probably still doing well.

It’s the headline that gets me- to say they struggled is way over the top

@Olliemar28 Whilst not a surprise, this is a bit of a false headline isn’t it? To compare 2017 and 2025 is crazy! We are talking about two different periods in time when the cost of living has changed considerably, prices have gone up as well.
It’s not done as well as the OG Switch did in its first Xmas for sure, but saying that ‘Nintendo struggled’ is a little bit click baitey, which isn’t what I have come to expect from this site over the many years and it’s why I support the sites.

Nintendo didn’t struggle. It still sold a hell of a lot. Comparing sales periods 8 years apart needs a Time Machine is a bit of an odd comparison for me.

It’s not a major surprise to be honest. Nintendo are still supporting the original user base as well they should, and without a killer western title, sales were always going to be slow over Xmas. Cost of living doesn’t help either.

I saw the news on this earlier and guess what - social media is already saying that ‘Nintendoomed.’

Yawn.

@Liam_Doolan As good a news as this may seem, the reality is this is the only game that they have to release and they will have met the terms of the activision deal.

I wouldn’t trust Xbox with anything these days. Hope I am proved wrong!

Am living this game. Especially when I just want to chill out and relax. Well worth it.

@Automated_Unit_4937 apologies. Yes I just thought it was an updated version. Cheers.

Any chance of a review of this one? Hearing some really good things about this game

@Liam_Doolan Free upgrade for original game owners?

Solid stuff from Nintendo, especially for a doomed console!

I cat believe how bad the Xbox figures are. I mean, they are so so bad. Xbox wanted to change the way people game and said it was about gaming on anything - well that’s the case - gaming on everything except an Xbox it seems.

What an absolute disasterclass.

I only hope we get some more games on Switch 2 - Am longing for Forza on the go!

I was overjoyed to read the sensible letter, full of common sense about Nintendo and greed. Some of the social media comments about greed, I get to a point, but the don’t consider anything from a business point of view.

Nintendo are offering joy. Is it cheap? No?

The idea that Nintendo are greedy is blown out of all proportion

@Liam_Doolan You have a plenty of experience with Nintendo and I wondered if you think COD is impossible to expect on Switch 2? Personally I thinks it’s more capable than many give it credit for.

CP20277, AC Shadows, Fast Fusion, updates to APEX Legends even, all show that the Switch 2 is more than capable of running something like COD. Will there be concessions such as some removals of NPC ‘s? Of course there will.

But to say outright it’s not possible is just not the case. The games that haven’t worked as ports, haven’t been down to the hardware, they have been down to lazy devs not optimising a game for the hardware. And that’s 2 different things.

I don’t think we will see many COD games as I still believe that part of the deal was just a way for getting it through - and it’s hardly been a success - so I’m not going to get too overexcited but it can be done with the right time and effort.

If I really want to play COD right now, then I’ll just grab a bit of time on it through GEForce Now although Black Ops 7 isn’t really worth wasting much time on.

Anyway - back to Xmas!!!

Have a wonderful Xmas everyone! Just remember , Switch 2 is only just starting! Let’s enjoy what we have and what’s to come!

Have a great time, and keep gaming with a smile on your face always!

Happy Xmas to all and if you did land a Switch 2 for a pressie…. Enjoy! You are in for one heck of a ride!!

@KazooieTooie Why not? The system is more powerful than you think. It’s down to the devs to make the most of it.

Can see this being Warzone. And I also wouldn’t be surprised if it’s the only COD we see on Switch 2. I think the deal they made was pretty ambiguous and didn’t say how many games it had to be so just one ongoing game would potentially fulfil the deal.

@Tom-Massey so is this 2 player only? Is there no solo campaign?

@spiderman0616 very wise comment! Agreed!

Uh oh…… here comes the ‘Nintendoomed’ brigade again.

@AlanaHagues I hadn’t heard of this one at all! Read your article and went straight to the eShop app! It’s on sale for £12.59 so have picked it up!!!

It’s still awful

Nintendo listened. But it’s doomed. Again. 😂

@Tom-Massey Has this been fixed for Switch 2 yet?

After Skyrim, I fear this and Indy will be shambolic

@Olliemar28 I’ve sent a message to Bethesda telling them it’s lazy and unacceptable what they have produced! They won’t reply as they never do. But I fear we are going to see this a lot with Nintendo switch 2 ports.

@MamaSymphonia different countries. PS5 and Sony are doing fine. Xbox might be worrying - they got outsold by something no one has heard of.

@MamaSymphonia why are they worrying? Sorry, I don’t understand why another console selling well is worrying)?

Why are we getting so many Switch 2 games with such bad performance??? Surely these devs need taking to task because it’s sheer laziness.

Yep!!! Love this game and will hopefully be great to have a proper racer if the port is good!

@ozwally Cheers! Glad I kept my £8 in my pocket! Awful.

@FirMatt Noooooh? Using it as what everyone was asking for?!! Wow. It’s incredible how people do that. Use something in a way that they asked for.
Mind blowing.

@TerribleTerabytes Some of the comments are absolutely incredible!

@Omarzy This is nothing like the Wii U. It’s clear that this a sequel console. It’s 6 months old. You sound like the Switch 2 has been on sale for years .
Nintendo were always going to play things safe with the Switch 2 because of the original switch user base - that’s why we are seeing upgrades a lot of the time - this isn’t different to what PlayStation did with the PS4 to PS5 initially - for 18 months to 2 years at least.
6 months in and over 10 million sales being called a failure is utterly bonkers.

The Switch didn’t hit its stride until 2 and a half years!!!!!!

There is some serious trolling going on here that lacks intelligence and knowledge .

@PikminMarioKirby What fail? There is no fail. Switch 2 is 6 months old!!!

@Gamer83 Yeah. Its sales are still pretty good though!!! The spin that this is some disaster is beyond hilarious!!! And literally pathetic

@Folkloner well said. Piscatell is also about as reliable as an electric KIA

@BBBBBBBBBBB It’s literally due to Black Friday.

@PikminMarioKirby These sales are also when Black Friday was on and PlayStation was massively discounted and this site reported that! This is literally just the same story repackaged for clicks.

@Olliemar28 It might just be me, but I’m baffled by this post. I thought this had already been reported a couple of weeks ago??
PS5 sold more due to Black Friday discounts which were huge.

Am sure this site reported that and this is just a regurgitation?

How can you have any performance dips on this kind of game? Seriously?

@Liam_Doolan any chance of a mini review update so we can find out if it’s worth it?

Fair review. The think it’s brilliant docked and handheld