Nintendo reports Switch 2 at 23.68 million

Nintendo said on August 6 that Switch 2 had sold 23.68 million units worldwide, giving the company a new installed-base figure less than a year into the console’s market life. The disclosure came in Nintendo’s quarterly investor materials for the three months ended June 30, published on the company’s investor relations site. (nintendo.co.jp) The same update put lifetime sales of the original Nintendo Switch family at 156.59 million units. (nintendo.co.jp) Mojang, a Microsoft-owned game studio, said a day earlier that Minecraft for Nintendo Switch 2 will launch on October 27. ### Where did the 23.68 million figure come from? (minecraft.net) Nintendo posted its latest earnings release and related financial materials on August 6 on its investor relations site for the fiscal year ending March 2027. The company said its “Dedicated Video Game Sales Units” data had been updated alongside the quarterly report. The investor relations page lists the August 6 earnings release for the three months ended June 30, 2026. Nintendo’s sales-data pages are the company’s standard source for lifetime hardware and software totals. An earlier version of that page, updated as of March 31, had listed Switch 2 hardware at 19.86 million units and the original Switch at 155.92 million units, providing the baseline before the August update. (nintendo.co.jp) ### How does that compare with the original Switch? Nintendo’s August update put the original Switch family at 156.59 million lifetime units, according to the figures referenced in the company’s latest financial materials. That total covers the broader Switch line, which Nintendo’s sales-data notes define as including the standard Switch, Switch Lite and Switch OLED Model. (nintendo.co.jp) The March 31 sales-data page had shown the original Switch at 155.92 million units. That means Nintendo added roughly 670,000 units to the original platform’s lifetime tally between the March quarter-end update and the August 6 reporting cycle, based on the company’s published figures. (nintendo.co.jp) ### What does Nintendo’s software calendar look like right now? Mojang said on August 5 that Minecraft for Nintendo Switch 2 will launch on October 27. The studio said the version will include “Vibrant Visuals” as the default visual experience, with enhanced lighting, shadow effects and improved visuals across supported Marketplace content. (nintendo.co.jp) Mojang also said the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack is being updated for the Switch 2 version. The company said existing Nintendo Switch players will have a digital upgrade path and will be able to carry over their worlds, with more details to come. (nintendo.co.jp) ### Why does Minecraft matter in this update? Minecraft is one of the most widely distributed games in the industry, and Mojang’s October 27 release gives Nintendo another named software milestone to point to as Switch 2’s installed base grows. The Minecraft announcement came one day before Nintendo published its quarterly financial update. (minecraft.net) Nintendo’s investor materials also said its hardware and software sales data had been refreshed on August 6. That timing tied the company’s latest unit-sales disclosure to a fresh round of software scheduling for the platform. (minecraft.net) ### What comes next on the calendar? October 27 is the next concrete date attached to the story, with Mojang scheduled to release Minecraft for Nintendo Switch 2 on that day. Nintendo’s next major public checkpoint is likely to be its subsequent investor update, when the company refreshes lifetime hardware and software totals again on its IR site. (nintendo.co.jp) (minecraft.net)