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Should you buy a Switch in 2024? | Buy or wait for Switch 2?!
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Even in its swan song era, the Nintendo Switch continues to find new players. It recently became the third best-selling console of all time, and gamers like my kindergarten-age nephew are representative of the millions of new or recently converted core gamers who are simply having enough fun with the console's past seven years of great games to make sure Switch 2 can actually launch in late 2024 or early 2025.
Obviously not everyone is like him and is blissfully unaware of console release cycles. And with new clusters of Switch 2 rumors circulating every week or so, you might be wondering whether to buy one of the Switch consoles on the shelves now (for yourself or as a gift for someone else) or wait for the new one, whenever it launches . So should you buy the Switch or wait for the Switch 2? There is no single answer that is right for everyone, so let's explore a few scenarios below.
