Shopper Takafumi Yamaguchi, 42, gestures while holding Nintendo Switch 2 game console as Nintendo starts selling the new consoles globally, at an electronics store in Tokyo, Japan June 5, 2025. (Reuters/Issei Kato/File)
- Nintendo sells 3.5 million Switch 2 consoles in just four days after launch.
- Company forecasts 15 million Switch 2 sales by March in current fiscal year.
- Enhanced console features larger screen and improved graphics over predecessor.
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TOKYO — Japan’s Nintendo said on Wednesday it had sold more than 3.5 million Switch 2 units in the first four days after its launch, making the console the company’s fastest-selling gaming device to date.
Last month, the Kyoto-based company forecast Switch 2 sales would reach 15 million during the current financial year ending next March.
“Fans around the world are showing their enthusiasm for Nintendo Switch 2 as an upgraded way to play at home and on the go,” Nintendo of America President and Chief Operating Officer Doug Bowser said in a statement.
Nintendo has sold 152 million Switch devices since it was first launched in 2017, creating a games juggernaut with titles including “The Legend of Zelda” and COVID-19 pandemic breakout hit “Animal Crossing: New Horizons”.
Enhanced Features Drive Consumer Appeal
The more powerful second-generation version, which went on sale on June 5, bears many similarities with its predecessor but offers a larger screen and improved graphics. It is sold with titles including “Mario Kart World”.
(Reporting by Chang-Ran Kim; Editing by Kate Mayberry)
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