Nintendo raises Switch 2 sales forecasts

The Switch 2’s popularity has even exceeded Nintendo’s expectations, with the company raising its sales forecast for the console by more than 25 percent. In it Latest earnings releasewhich covers the period from April 1 to September 30, Nintendo now expects that it will sell 19 million Switch 2 units by March 2026, compared to its previous sales. Previous forecast of 15 million.

The Japanese gaming giant reported that 10.36 million Switch 2 consoles have been sold so far following its June launch, with sales falling by 4.54 million during its latest earnings period. There have also been 20.62 million Switch 2 games sold since launch, although Nintendo raised its forecast for Switch 2 games from 45 million to just 48 million.

Combined hardware and software sales drive a 110% increase in revenue, which rose to 1,099.5 billion yen (about $7.1 billion) between April and September, compared to 523.2 billion yen (about $3.4 billion) for the same period last year. Nintendo also raised its year-end sales forecast to 2,250 billion yen (about $14.6 billion), and said it took US tariff measures into account for these revisions.

While key 2 is The fastest selling gaming console of all timesales of the first Switch console are still increasing as well. The Switch has now reached 154.01 million lifetime sales, Just shy Of the total 154.02 million units sold for the DS, it is still considered Nintendo’s most successful console. After dethroning the DS, the Switch then needs to surpass 160 million sales to become the best-selling console of all time — a record held by Sony’s PlayStation 2 last year.

By comparison, the Wii U sold just 13.7 million units over its lifetime, a number the Switch 2 is sure to surpass before its first birthday.