MediaMarkt lists discounted Switch 2 'Choose Your Game' bundle at €479 in Europe

MediaMarkt put a Nintendo Switch 2 bundle online in Germany at a lower entry price than Nintendo’s own newly announced “Choose Your Game” package, offering the console and a selected game for a combined €479. The listing appeared on May 16 on MediaMarkt’s German product page and was marked as valid at MediaMarkt and Saturn stores in Germany through June 1, while supplies last. Nintendo’s latest investor materials, published on May 8, show the company sold 19.86 million Switch 2 units through March 31, 2026. In a financial-results Q&A published in English on May 11, President Shuntaro Furukawa said first-year sales were “far beyond our expectations,” while also saying Europe and the United States had underperformed earlier in the year. ### What exactly is MediaMarkt selling for €479? MediaMarkt’s German Switch 2 product page lists the standalone console at €449 and, lower on the page, a “top recommendation” that combines the hardware with a selected game for a total of €479. The example shown on the page pairs the console with “Pokémon Pokopia,” which MediaMarkt lists separately at €69.99. (mediamarkt.de) The retailer says the offer is valid from 9:00 a.m. on May 15, 2026, through 8:59 a.m. on June 1, 2026, both in MediaMarkt and Saturn stores in Germany and on their websites. The page says the promotion excludes third-party sellers and is limited by available stock. ### How does that compare with Nintendo’s own bundle plan? (mediamarkt.de) Nintendo said earlier this week that it would sell a limited-time Switch 2 “Choose Your Game” bundle that includes the console and a digital copy of one of three games. Third-party reports on May 12 said that package would be priced at $499 in the United States and available in early June. (mediamarkt.de) The MediaMarkt offer differs in two ways visible from the retailer page: it is being sold through a European electronics chain rather than directly by Nintendo, and it prices the console-plus-game combination at €479 in Germany. MediaMarkt’s page also shows alternate console variants on the same product listing, including a Switch 2 + Mario Kart World option and a Switch 2 + Pokémon Legenden: Z-A option. (gematsu.com) ### What did Nintendo say about Switch 2 sales? Nintendo reported on May 8 that Switch 2 hardware sales reached 19.86 million units in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, with 48.71 million units of Switch 2 software sold over the same period. The company’s financial results materials show total net sales rose 98.6% year over year to 2.313 trillion yen. (mediamarkt.de) Furukawa said in the May 11 Q&A that the 19.86 million-unit result exceeded both Nintendo’s initial forecast of 15 million units and its revised forecast of 19 million units. He said the company had expanded production capacity ahead of launch and that consumer interest at Switch 2 experience events helped drive sales “far beyond our expectations” in the first fiscal year. (nintendo.co.jp) ### Did Nintendo say Europe was weaker than expected? Furukawa said in the same Q&A that Nintendo had already told investors at its nine-month earnings release that Japan had a strong holiday season, while “the results were weaker than expected in other parts of the world, particularly in Europe and the U.S.” He said January’s release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition and a free update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons lifted engagement on both Switch and Switch 2. (nintendo.co.jp) March then brought “Pokémon Pokopia” on Switch 2, which Furukawa said performed well in Japan and other regions and helped drive hardware sales. Nintendo said that left the console “entering its second year in good shape” and set a fiscal-year sales forecast of 16.5 million units for the year ending March 2027. ### Is Nintendo still supporting the original Switch? (nintendo.co.jp) Nintendo’s May 11 Q&A tied Switch 2’s early performance in part to continuity with the older system. Furukawa said many people were still playing Nintendo Switch when Switch 2 launched, and that Switch 2’s ability to play Switch software helped make the transition easier. Nintendo has also continued to point investors to software and updates that span both generations. (nintendo.co.jp) In the February 3, 2026 earnings Q&A, Furukawa said Nintendo would weigh any future hardware price change against factors including the installed base, sales trends and the market environment, underscoring that the company is still managing both price and platform transition carefully. MediaMarkt says its German €479 Switch 2 promotion runs until June 1, 2026. Nintendo’s investor relations page lists its next shareholder milestone as the annual general meeting on June 26, 2026, after reporting 19.86 million Switch 2 units sold through March 31. (mediamarkt.de) (nintendo.co.jp)