{"id":457985,"date":"2026-02-06T17:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T17:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/457985\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T17:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T17:15:10","slug":"the-morning-after-the-switch-is-officially-nintendos-most-popular-console-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/457985\/","title":{"rendered":"The Morning After: The Switch is officially Nintendo\u2019s most popular console ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

With over 155 million sold, Nintendo\u2019s Switch is officially the company\u2019s biggest console hit ever. It\u2019s been a long road to surpassing the DS<\/a>, which reached 154 million consoles over its seven-year lifespan. The Switch, meanwhile, is a year shy of its 10-year anniversary.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve seen the original console, the non-hybrid Lite and the OLED versions of the Switch over the decade, but despite being replaced by Switch 2, the original is still selling at a strong pace: 1.36 million units in Q3. Just think how many Joy-Cons it sold\/replaced<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Next goal: try to be the best-selling console of all time. Currently, that\u2019s the PlayStation 2.<\/p>\n

Nintendo is just shy of five million units to go.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Mat Smith<\/p>\n

The biggest stories you might have missed<\/p>\n

Are they talking about us behind our backs?<\/p>\n

\"TMA\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Moltbook is a \u201cdigital petri dish,\u201d a Reddit-style forum populated entirely by AI agents that post, follow and even gossip about their owners in dedicated submolts. Built using vibe coding, it\u2019s a surreal experiment in autonomous socialization \u2014 though there\u2019s no shortage of user-data security flaws. Is Moltbook a profound look at the dead internet theory or just a very loud AI echo chamber? Or something in the middle? Karissa explains it all. (Sorry, Karissa.)<\/p>\n

Continue reading.<\/a><\/p>\n

Lean in.<\/p>\n

\"TMA\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Nintendo\u2019s worst-selling console was probably the Virtual Boy. It sold less than 800,000 units, with only 22 games in Japan and 14 in North America. And it didn\u2019t even have the guts to launch in Europe or Australia.<\/p>\n

But Nintendo doesn\u2019t care. It\u2019s brought the Virtual Boy back, baby, as an add-on for the Switch 2, in all its red monochrome \u201990s-tech glory. And we finally got to test it.<\/p>\n

It even includes the original bipod, which you use to prop it up and lean into it. Yes, you still can\u2019t just wear the thing like modern VR headsets. The Switch 2 console, sans Joy-Cons, then slides in, acting as display, battery and processor.<\/p>\n

It seems more of a historical nod than anything else. This is pretty much 30-year-old VR tech, as-is. But\u2026 I still want one as a gaming objet d\u2019art. A hundred bucks is a fair chunk of change for that, though. Read on for our full impressions.<\/p>\n

Continue reading.<\/a><\/p>\n

Pre-orders open later this month.<\/p>\n

\"TMA\"<\/p>\n

Google posted a teaser video revealing its new entry-level smartphone, the Pixel 10a, in a lovely lilac colorway. We don\u2019t know much more, however. You can see it\u2019s another dual-camera Pixel, with that same flush body \u2014 which I like. (How does that already seem retro?)<\/p>\n

Leaks suggest a 6.3-inch display and a large 5,100 mAh battery. It otherwise looks and seems like the Pixel 9a, although Google promises that there\u2019s \u201cmore in store.\u201d Last year\u2019s A-series launched at $500 \u2014 will this land at a similar price? You can pre-order the Pixel 10a on February 18.<\/p>\n

Continue reading.<\/a><\/p>\n

Shouldn\u2019t Microsoft be saying this?<\/p>\n

AMD CEO Lisa Su revealed on the company\u2019s latest earnings call that Microsoft\u2019s development of an Xbox with a semi-custom SOC from AMD is \u201cprogressing well to support a launch in 2027.\u201d Maybe Microsoft can chase that best-selling console crown too?<\/p>\n

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