Nintendo announced that sales of its Nintendo Switch 2 have hit 10.36 million units since it was released back in June.
In its most recent financial report for the six months ending on September 20th, the company shared, “Nintendo Switch 2 hardware sales reached 10.36 million units, and Nintendo Switch 2 software sales reached 20.62 million units.”
The company shared that in its second quarter it sold 4.54 million Nintendo Switch 2s.
With the sales success of the Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo increased its annual sales forecast for it by 26.7% from 15 million to 19 million. It also increased its software forecast 6.7% from 45 million units to 48 million units.
For comparison, the Nintendo Switch sold 4.7 million units in its first four months back in 2017. The PlayStation 5 sold 7.8 million units when it launched in November 2020.
As for software, Nintendo revealed it sold a total of 20.62 million units for the Nintendo Switch 2. The largest seller was Mario Kart World, which sold 9.57 million copies, which includes sales of the game bundled with the Switch 2. Additionally, the company revealed that Donkey Kong Bananza sold 3.49 million units.
The recently released Pokémon Legends Z-A was not included in this financial report given it released in October and the financial report only covered through the end of September. However, The Pokémon Company reported that the game had sold 5.8 million units across both Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch in its first week.
Nintendo also has a number of other new releases planned for the Switch 2 including Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, Kirby Air Riders, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, and Octopath Traveler 0.
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Got one and it is noticeably larger than the 1st but its hard to say it's worth it if you have a Switch 1 already.