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What's next for the video game industry as Nintendo launches the long-awaited Switch 2

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By Ayesha Rascoe

Published June 8, 2025 at 8:21 AM EDT

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks journalist Jeff Gerstmann what's next for gaming now that the Nintendo Switch 2 is finally in stores.

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Ayesha Rascoe

Ayesha Rascoe is a White House correspondent for NPR. She is currently covering her third presidential administration. Rascoe's White House coverage has included a number of high profile foreign trips, including President Trump's 2019 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, Vietnam, and President Obama's final NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland in 2016. As a part of the White House team, she's also a regular on the NPR Politics Podcast.

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