Official Nintendo Switch 2 sales figures smash past a record-breaking 6,000,000
It's been obvious the Nintendo Switch 2 was going to be a massive hit long before it was released, but although the launch on June 5 clearly went well there haven't been any official sales figures until now.
Even so, the console's popularity quickly led to stock shortages and it's broken several sales records already, including the one for fastest-selling console of all time, so the final numbers are exactly what you'd expect.
Thanks to Nintendo's latest financial report, we now know the company has sold more than six million Switch 2s in the past eight weeks, and almost as many copies of Mario Kart World.
Since the financial report only covers the first three months of the 2026 fiscal year – April 2025 to June 2025 – the official sales figure on Nintendo's website is 5.82 million units.
However, the report itself adds that when you include sales in July, the number exceeds six million. It could've been even higher if there weren't still stock shortages in certain countries, notably Japan.
Despite breaking records the figures are still at the lower end of analysts' estimates, which predicted the Switch 2 would sell anywhere from six million to eight million units during its launch period.
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However, Nintendo, as usual, was more conservative in its predictions and, as it turns out, more accurate. Even so, it is aiming to sell 15 million Switch 2s by the end of March 2026, which is almost exactly what the Switch 1 managed within the same time frame.
If anything Switch 2 sales are likely to ramp up the closer we get to Christmas, since June is a very unusual time to launch a console and most ordinary people wouldn't consider spending so much money on a luxury item at that time of the year.
By the autumn, not only will Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza be out but also Pokémon Legends: Z-A, Metroid Prime 4, Kirby Air Riders, and potentially Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Imprisonment (its release date is ambiguously described as 'winter').
A new Pokémon Legends: Z-A hardware bundle has already been announced and there could well be others. Potentially even new colours for the console, which currently only comes in dark grey.
It's also possible there are more games coming that Nintendo hasn't announced yet, although that certainly wasn't evident in the Partner Showcase, of third party titles, on Thursday.
Nintendo suggests that 'changes in the market environment', including US president Donald Trump's tariffs, have had 'no significant impact on our earnings forecast for this fiscal year.' More Trending
Elsewhere in the results, Nintendo states that Mario Kart World has sold almost as much as the Switch 2 itself, at 5.63 million copies, although this is obviously thanks to it being offered as part of a very high value bundle – one that will be discontinued this autumn.
As for the Switch 1, it only sold 0.98 million units this past quarter, which makes sense as it's on its ninth year and is now being overshadowed by its shiny new sibling.
Nevertheless, it's total sales now stand at 153.10 million, just a million behind the Nintendo DS, which is the second best-selling console of all time, and the nebulous 160 million total of the PlayStation 2.
That said, Nintendo says the Switch 1 is still showing 'stable sales' and reiterates its promise to keep supporting the older console with new games, such as the upcoming Rhythm Heaven Groove and Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream in 2026.
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