Nintendo sold 5.82 million Switch 2s in 7 weeks but still can’t keep up with demand

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Nintendo has already sold 5.82 million Switch 2s since the console went on sale on June 6th and still expects to sell 15 million units by the end of its fiscal year in March 2026, the company said in its latest earnings report. If that pans out, the Switch 2 would easily outsell the original Switch, which took a full year to hit that same 15 million sales number — making it a rare bright spot in today’s gaming world.

Despite those superb sales figures, Nintendo notes that demand is outstripping supply in many regions and promised to boost production and supply as soon as possible. A key indicator of that is that its “sell-through” figure (orders from consumers) is currently at more than 6 million units, so quite a few folks that ordered a Switch 2 haven’t received one yet. Nintendo also noted that it still sold nearly a million of the original Switches as well.

Switch 2 software sales were also strong with 8.67 million units sold, thanks in large part to the company’s Switch 2 Mario Kart World bundle along with Donkey Kong Bananza and games from outside publishers (Nintendo also just announced a bunch of new third-party games coming soon). The company also sold 24.4 million games designed for the original Switch, largely because the new console is backwardly compatible with previous Switch titles, it said.

All of that meant that Nintendo had a very good quarter, more than doubling revenue over last year to 572.3 billion yen ($3.8 billion) with a 56.9 billion yen profit ($378 million). The company still expects to bring in 1.9 trillion yen ($12.6 billion) for its fiscal year.



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