Sektori recoups living salary on Switch 2

Kimmo Lahtinen, the solo developer behind arcade shooter Sektori, said this week that the game’s early performance on Nintendo’s Switch 2 had generated enough revenue to cover what he described as a living salary. Nintendo Life reported the comments on May 19, citing a May 18 Bluesky post from Lahtinen. The Finnish developer said total sales were at about 30,000 after the Switch 2 release. The update offered a rare public look at how a console launch can change the economics of a small independent game. ### What exactly did the developer say? Kimmo Lahtinen wrote on May 18 that “with the Sektori Switch 2 launch, I’ve pretty much recouped a living salary for myself too,” according to Nintendo Life’s reproduction of the post. In the same post, he said total sales were “about 30000” and thanked players who had “jumped aboard” after the Switch 2 release. (nintendolife.com) The same Nintendo Life report said Lahtinen had previously described the game’s finances in much harsher terms. He said the earlier PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox release had only just covered indirect costs and overheads, while still leaving him with “zero salary for 4.5 years.” (nintendolife.com) ### Why did that comment stand out? Nintendo Life’s May 19 report tied the change directly to the game’s Switch 2 debut. The outlet said the port had “proven to be a big success” for Lahtinen and described the launch as the point at which the developer effectively reached a living wage. (nintendolife.com) Hanafuda Report published an interview on May 14 in which Lahtinen said the original launch “went better than I could’ve ever hoped for,” but also said he had “fully expected to be out of the indie business after the original launch.” In that interview, the outlet said Lahtinen had been open about the game nearing recoupment on costs while still not paying him a salary after four and a half years of work. (nintendolife.com) ### What is Sektori, and who made it? Sektori is a single-player arcade shooter developed by Kimmo Lahtinen and published by Kimmo Factor, according to Nintendo Life’s game page. The Switch 2 version launched on Nintendo eShop on May 14, 2026, at $14.99 in the United States and £13.49 in the United Kingdom. (hanafuda.report) Digital Foundry reported in December 2025 that Lahtinen had spent 13 years at Finnish studio Housemarque before moving into solo development. Hanafuda Report also described him as a former Housemarque developer and said work on Sektori began in April 2021. (nintendolife.com) ### Why was the Switch 2 version important? Hanafuda Report said Lahtinen had originally wanted to bring Sektori to the first Switch, but performance limitations got in the way. The outlet said the original Switch version proved “a bit too challenging,” mainly for technical reasons. (digitalfoundry.net) Digital Foundry reported in December that Lahtinen had managed to get the game running at 30 frames per second on the original Switch, but chose not to release it because he wanted a steady 60 frames per second. That helps explain why the newer hardware became the Nintendo release instead. (hanafuda.report) ### What happens next? Nintendo Life lists Sektori as already available on Switch 2 and says the game is also available on PlayStation 5. The game’s Switch 2 storefront entry shows the current price at $14.99, and Nintendo Life’s May 19 report said early sales momentum on the platform had already changed Lahtinen’s immediate finances. (nintendolife.com) (digitalfoundry.net)