One firm that backed the Swap all through its life was the port specialist Virtuos – engaged on video games like Darkish Souls and The Outer Worlds for the hybrid platform. It’d simply be the start of the Swap 2’s life, however the identical workforce is already sounding assured concerning the new {hardware}’s future.
Chatting with Wccftech not too long ago, Eoin O’Grady – the technical director of Virtuos’ subsidiary Black Shamrock (Starlink: Battle for Atlas) – believes the Swap 2 will “surpass” the success of the unique system.
He believes the “development” within the handheld gaming market proper now (due to gadgets like the unique Swap and Steam Deck) will assist the Swap 2’s success, and it might probably feed off this “rising demand for gaming on the go” with a mix of “indie gems”, “Nintendo exclusives” and “now AAA blockbuster titles”.
“Nintendo has an enormous pool of loyal followers, however alongside that, the hand-held gaming market is rising proper now…so I believe we are going to see the Swap 2 surpass its predecessor.”
Virtuos’ North America director of enterprise growth Alex Heise provides to this – highlighting how the “sturdy model” and “confirmed success” of the unique Swap system with a “2” connected to the identify ought to make the worth of the brand new system “instantly clear” in comparison with sure different Nintendo programs of the previous.
He says how though no person in all probability “totally predicted” the Swap 2 would develop into the “fastest-selling console launch of all-time“, Virtuos nonetheless had excessive expectations.
“The Swap 2 is essentially the most iterative console Nintendo has launched in fairly a while, courting again to the transition from NES to SNES. No Nintendo console ever had a ‘2’ in its identify”.
Nintendo confirmed its new hybrid {hardware} had bought “over 3.5 million models worldwide” within the first 4 days of the system’s life – additionally making it the “highest international gross sales stage for any Nintendo {hardware}” ever. As of March 31, 2025, the unique Swap has now bought greater than 152 million models worldwide over eight years.
Different third-party builders exhibiting their assist for the Swap 2 embody firms like CD Projekt Purple (Cyberpunk 2077) and Capcom (Road Fighter 6).
