According to Circana's forecast, the game industry sales in the usa in August decreased by 7% year-on-year, affected by a 36% decline in consumer hardware spending. The decline in hardware sales may be due to microsoft and sony planning to release new generations of game consoles during the holiday season. However, nintendo stated in May that the company will not release the latest version of the Switch game console, which has been on the market for seven years, until the end of March 2025.