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February 3rd, 2026 0

Switch 1 sales top 155 million, making it Nintendo’s best-selling console ever

Author: Peter Glagowski
Categories: News, Featured, Switch

In the new nine-month financial report for 2025 from Nintendo, the company has announced that the Switch 1 has moved 155.37 million sales since being released in 2017. That’s an astonishing number, putting it within spitting distance of the PlayStation 2 and making it Nintendo’s best-selling console ever. Coming off…

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January 9th, 2026 0

Switch 2 Christmas sales were down 35% in US over Switch 1 launch

Author: Peter Glagowski
Categories: News, Switch 2

Nintendo likely isn’t thrilled with this result, but according to The Game Business, Switch 2’s Christmas sales were down 35% in the US compared to the Switch 1’s launch. We already knew that last November was the worst month for console sales in 30 years of Circana data, but it…

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November 18th, 2025 0

PlayStation CEO reportedly pushed for lower cost PS5 to combat Switch 2’s massive sales in Japan

Author: Peter Glagowski
Categories: News, Switch 2

Nestled towards the end of Sony’s “State of Play Japan” stream last week was the announcement of a lower cost, Japanese-only PlayStation 5 system. Taking a cue from Nintendo’s own tactic with the Switch 2 in the region, this version of the PS5 would feature only Japanese language support so…

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November 4th, 2025 0

Updated Switch game sales figures put Mario Kart 8 Deluxe at nearly 70 million units

Author: Peter Glagowski
Categories: News, Switch

The Switch 2 might be the new hotness for Nintendo and the games industry, but that doesn’t mean the previous console has stopped selling games. As part of its financial results report for the latest fiscal quarter, Nintendo revealed updated sales figures for the most popular Switch 1 games and…

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November 4th, 2025 0

Switch 2 sales top 10 million just ahead of the holiday season

Author: Peter Glagowski
Categories: News, Switch 2

As part of its latest financial results report, Nintendo has revealed that the Switch 2 has sold a staggering 10.36 million units as of the end of September 2025. In comparison for time frames, this figure outpaces the original Switch (4.7 million), the PlayStation 4 (7.5 million), and the PS5…

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October 8th, 2025 0

Switch 2 sales have outpaced PS4 and Switch 1 sales for the same three-month period

Author: Peter Glagowski
Categories: Switch 2, News

Much has been written about the explosive success Nintendo has seen with the Switch 2 since it released in June. While it was a pretty safe bet that first month sales would be high after such a long wait between consoles, analysts weren’t sure if Nintendo could maintain that pace…

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August 29th, 2025 0

CD Projekt Red reveals 75% of Cyberpunk 2077 Switch 2 sales were physical

Author: Peter Glagowski
Categories: News, Switch 2

While digital sales of video games have slowly been taking over physical copies for more than a decade now, there are sometimes exceptions where players will opt for the disc or cartridge if given the chance. One such example is with Cyberpunk 2077 on Switch 2, where developer CD Projekt…

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August 1st, 2025 0

Switch 2 moves 6 million+ units in under two months, Mario Kart World sales almost equal

Author: Peter Glagowski
Categories: News, Switch 2

The two month anniversary of the Switch 2 is almost here and Nintendo is likely ecstatic at the success of its latest console. For the latest financial report released this morning, Nintendo has revealed that the Switch 2 has moved more than 6 million units of its console since it…

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June 19th, 2025 0

Third-party games on Switch 2 are reportedly off to a slow start sales-wise

Author: Peter Glagowski
Categories: News, Switch 2

While fervor around the Switch 2 launch is at a pretty big high, it seems as if only Nintendo is really benefitting from the release of new hardware. A report from The Game Business states that other than Cyberpunk 2077, third-party games have had an incredibly slow start on the…

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June 12th, 2025 0

Mario Kart World tops Japanese sales charts for its launch week, Switch 2 sells 947,931 units

Author: Peter Glagowski
Categories: News, Switch 2

With the Nintendo Switch 2 becoming the fastest-selling console of all-time in just one weekend, it should be no surprise that its marquee game, Mario Kart World, has also been lighting up the sales charts. While we don’t have concrete global numbers, Famitsu recently published the Japanese sales charts for…

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June 11th, 2025 0

The Switch 2 has sold 3.5 million units in its first four days of sales

Author: Peter Glagowski
Categories: News, Switch 2

Nintendo has confirmed that over its debut weekend, the Switch 2 moved 3.5 million units globally. That not only makes it the fastest-selling Nintendo hardware of all time, but the fastest-selling video game console ever. A press release from the company doesn’t really detail much of anything, but this achievement…

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February 4th, 2025 0

Nintendo Switch hits 150M sales; Switch 2 launch reconfirmed for 2025

Author: Jason Ganos
Categories: News, Switch, Switch 2

Early this morning, Nintendo released its Q4 2024 report, outlining sales throughout 2024. Now, diving into sales data might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but for data nerds like me, it’s like Christmas came early! Not only has Nintendo officially sold over 150 million Nintendo Switch consoles, but we…

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