How big a game is helps Nintendo determine whether or not it should charge $70 or $80 for new Switch 2 games, company president Shuntaro Furukawa says.

Last week, Nintendo predicted it would sell 15 million Switch 2 consoles in its current financial year. This would actually be a fantastic result — equalling Switch, and just about any console you care to mention — but analysts called the figure “conservative” and “on the low side.” That’s just how high the expectations for Switch 2 sales are.

Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has made it clear that the US tariffs did not factor into the Switch 2's higher