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Steam Deck sales drop hard following the Nintendo Switch 2 announcement https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/steam-deck-sales-drop-hard-following-the-nintendo-switch-2-announcement/

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Steam Deck sales drop hard following the Nintendo Switch 2 announcement

Valve's Steam Deck with SteamOS has been consistently in the top sales charts on Steam since release, but recently it dropped down rather hard following the Nintendo Switch 2 announcement.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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Blerkotron
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Was this actually the Switch 2 announcement or the other Steam OS devices (and new processors) that were announced at CES? It's easier to imagine one of those having an effect on Steam Deck sales than the Switch, which to all intents and purposes seems like it's targeting a completely different audience. Regardless, it's a curious effect.
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Adderbox76
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@Blerkotron
Far more likely the Deck 2 announcement.

I was in the cellular industry for nearly two decades; it's the same phenomenon that occurs each year when the new year's iPhone or Samsung is announced.

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That's a very drastic difference. Is the data actually accurate? I would be very hesitant to draw any conclusions based on just one _extreme_ data point. What happened to the other nine top sellers during the same period?

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