Nintendo Switch 2 has sold more than 3.5 million units in just four days after it was launched on 5 June, which has become the fastest selling nintending game system ever. Switch 2 has set a selling record for the company despite a much higher value point and lack of major nintending games at the time of launch than its predecessor. Hybrid console comes with a large screen and more power than the original switch, as well as rearfined joy-con 2 controllers and new social characteristics.
Nintendo switch 2 set sales record
Nintendo Sales milestone confirmed in a post on Wednesday. to put Switch 2 Sale in perspective, Sony Ps5 Allegedly More than three million units were sold In the first four weeks of launch. However, the demand for the next console from Nintendo was at a high level after about nine years of the original switch. Eager fans come for retail shops in America, Japan and other places on the day of launch at midnight, Long queues lining To get your hands on Nintendo Switch 2.
“Fans from all over the world are showing their enthusiasm at home for Nintendo Switch 2 and as an advanced way to go,” US President and COO Doug Boseer said in a statement. “We are grateful to their response and already with Nintendo Switch 2 they are happy to see fun as they detect new features and games that bring friends and family together in new ways.”
Nintendo hopes to sell 15 million switch 2 units in FY 2026
On its financial income call in May for the financial year ended 31 March 2025, Nintendo said that it expects to sell 15 million units of switch 2 during FY 2026 – a projection that many industry analysts and investors called Conservatives to Calgary, in view of the demand of the device.
Investors in their response, Nintendo President Shantaro Furukawawa had said that switch 1 sales of switch 1, seen in the first 10 months of the launch of the console in March 2017, are aims to launch the sale of switch 2. Furukawa also cited the high price of the new console as a factor for the company’s conservative sales estimates.
He said, “The price of Nintendo Switch 2 is relatively higher than the nintendo switch, so we believe that there are these challenges for early adoption,” he said in his response.
With setting a sales record with Switch 2, it seems that “early adoption” was not as big as the company thought it would happen. Nintendo Switch 2 is priced at $ 449.99 (about Rs 38,600) and is also available as a bundle. Mario Cart World At $ 499.99 (about 42,900 rupees).
Nintendo’s new hybrid console comes with a larger display compared to its predecessor-a 7.9-inch LCD touch screen that supports a variable refresh rates up to 1920×1080 resolution, HDR 10 and 120Hz. When a compatible is connected to TV, Switch 2 supports video output up to 4K resolution at 60 FPS.
The switch 2 also packs more power than the original switch. Custom enables NVIDIA processor console to demand triple-A game such as Cyberpank 2, Split Fiction and Hogwarts Legacy. The recreated joy-cakes now support mouse functionality and attach the device to magnetically.