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Sales of the Nintendo Switch 2 nearly tripled those of the Switch 1 in the first 3 weeks (Japan). The Switch 2 has already matched the sales of the Switch 1 in its first 22 weeks. *Nintendo Store not included

Japan Charts | Week 25, 2025 (Jun 16 - Jun 22)

Spain tracker just revised the Switch 2 hardware number down to 73.000 units (quite the correction) Still hold the best launch record, beating PSP by more than 35% • Week 1 - 73.000 units • Week 2 - 9.500 units • Week 3 - 6.200 units

Nintendo Software Schedule Update (DL) • Drag X Drive is now fully confirmed as an eshop only title worldwide, releasing on Aug 14

South Korea Charts | Week 23, 2025 (Jun 2 - Jun 8) 1 [NS2] Mario Kart World (NEW) 2 [NS2] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (NEW) 3 [NS2] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (NEW) 4 [NS2] Bravely Default HD R (NEW) 5 [NS2] Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition (NEW)

Taiwan Charts | Week 23, 2025 (Jun 2 - Jun 8) 1 [PS5] Elden Ring: Nightreign (=) 2 [PS5] Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (=) 3 [NSW] Super Mario Party: Jamboree (=) 4 [PS5] Dynasty Warriors: Origins (=) 5 [NSW] Mobile Suit Gundam Seed: Battle Destiny Remastered (=)

France Charts | Week 24, 2025 (Jun 9 - Jun 15) 1 [PS5] Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (+1) 2 [NS2] Mario Kart World (-1) 3 [PS5] Mindeye (NEW) 4 [NSW] Minecraft (+2) 5 [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (RE)

6 years of sales leaked from SEGA • P5 Royal - 7.25m • Sonic Frontiers - 4.57m • Team Sonic Racing - 3.32m • TW 3K - 3.21m • Yakuza: LD - 2.86m • Sonic Superstars - 2.43m • TW W3 - 2.34m • SMTV - 2.11m • P3 Reload - 2.07m • LD IW - 1.66m • LD Gaiden - 0.96m

Nintendo Switch 2 Software sales are far better than Switch 1 Software at launch in the US (Circana / Mat Piscatella) 3rd party's ratio (retail) : • Switch 2 over 40% of sales (launch week) • Switch 1 over 20% of sales (entire launch month)

In 11 days, Switch 2 sold as many units as Switch 1 did in 20 weeks (Japan).

Japan Charts | Week 24, 2025 (Jun 9 - Jun 15)

France Charts | Week 23, 2025 (Jun 2 - Jun 8) 1 [NS2] Mario Kart World (NEW) 2 [PS5] Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (-1) 3 [NS2] Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition (NEW) 4 [NS2] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (NEW) 5 [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (NEW)

South Korea Charts | Week 22, 2025 (May 26 - Jun 1) 1 [PS5] Elden Ring: Nightreign (NEW) 2 [NSW] Super Mario Party: Jamboree (-1) 3 [NSW] Minecraft (-1) 4 [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (+1) 5 [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (-1)

Taiwan Charts | Week 22, 2025 (May 26 - Jun 1) 1 [PS5] Elden Ring: Nightreign (NEW) 2 [PS5] Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (RE) 3 [NSW] Super Mario Party: Jamboree (-1) 4 [PS5] Dynasty Warriors: Origins (=) 5 [NSW] Mobile Suit Gundam Seed: Battle Destiny Remastered (-4)

If Switch 2 manage to hit near 6m units shipped in a month, I don't know how Nintendo can not revise their forecast at the next briefing. Like 15m units until March 2026 seems really low now.

Nintendo Switch 2 launch week figures (so far) • Between 1.3m and 1.35m units sold in the US (Circana) • Approx. 1.2m units sold in Japan (Famitsu + estimates) • Approx 1m units sold in Europe (estimates) Those 3 regions make over 3.5m units without even the rest of the world.

The record-breaking launch of Nintendo Switch 2 in the US was expected, but that certainly makes it no less impressive or remarkable. Initial projection to total market has US week 1 units at around 1.3-1.35M, but of course it will take a couple weeks to know for sure. Helluva great start.

In 3 days, Nintendo Switch 2 outsold the previous record holder, PS4. Actually, it instantly outsold the first month of the PS4 in the US (3 weeks). Nintendo wasn't lying, they produced a lot of consoles.