Switch 2 sales at 23.68 million

Nintendo said on Thursday that Switch 2 had sold 23.68 million units worldwide as of June 30, giving investors the first year-on-year look at sales after the console’s June 2025 launch. The company’s latest quarterly results showed 3.82 million units sold in the April-to-June period, down from 5.82 million in the comparable quarter a year earlier, when the device was new on the market. (nintendo.co.jp) Nintendo said the system’s adoption still compared favorably with the original Switch at the same stage in its life cycle. Digital software sales also rose to 61.5% of software sales for Nintendo’s dedicated game platform business, according to the company’s results materials. (in.ign.com) ### How much did Switch 2 sell in the latest quarter? (gamespot.com) Nintendo reported 3.82 million Switch 2 unit sales for the three months ended June 30. That brought cumulative Switch 2 sales to 23.68 million units a little over a year after launch, according to the company’s August 6 earnings release and reporting that cited the figures. IGN, citing Nintendo’s results, said that quarterly sales were down by more than a third from the 5.82 million units sold in the launch-period quarter ended June 2025. GameSpot separately reported the same quarterly comparison. (nintendo.co.jp) ### Why is the year-on-year comparison weaker now? June 2025 was the Switch 2 launch quarter, which makes the comparison unusually hard. The earlier period included the console’s debut on June 5, 2025, and Nintendo sold 5.82 million units in that first burst of demand, according to Variety’s 2025 report on the company’s results. (nintendo.co.jp) Nintendo said the newer machine still compares well with the original Switch on a life-to-date basis. IGN reported that Nintendo described adoption as comparing “favorably” with the first Switch even as quarterly sales normalized after launch. (in.ign.com) ### How does Switch 2 stack up against the original Switch? Nintendo’s August results put the original Switch at 156.59 million units sold lifetime. That means the older platform remains Nintendo’s much larger installed base, while Switch 2 is still in its second year on the market. (variety.com) Nintendo Everything’s roundup of the results also listed 58.17 million Switch 2 software units sold and 1,561.95 million software units for the original Switch family. Those figures show the gap between the mature platform and its successor, which is still building its hardware base and software catalog. (in.ign.com) ### What else stood out in Nintendo’s results? Nintendo said digital sales accounted for 61.5% of software sales in its dedicated video game platform business. GameSpot highlighted that increase alongside the hardware figures in its coverage of the quarter. (nintendoeverything.com) Nintendo Everything reported net sales of 517.8 billion yen for the quarter, down 9.5% year over year, while operating profit rose 150.5% to 142.5 billion yen. CNBC separately reported that Nintendo’s fiscal first-quarter revenue and profit beat analyst estimates even as Switch 2 hardware sales declined. (nintendoeverything.com) ### What is Nintendo counting on next? GameSpot said Nintendo still has major first-party releases scheduled for the rest of 2026, including Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave on September 17 and Switch Sports Resort on October 22. Mojang separately said Minecraft for Nintendo Switch 2 is due on October 27. (gamespot.com) September 30 is Nintendo’s next dated investor milestone, when the company lists the record date for its interim dividend on its IR calendar. The company’s August 6 results page also lists the quarterly earnings release and explanatory materials that carried the new Switch 2 sales figures. (nintendo.co.jp) (gamespot.com) (nintendoeverything.com)