Nintendo Sold 5.82 Million Switch 2s In 7 Weeks But Still Can't Keep Up With Demand

Nintendo has already sold 5.82 cardinal Switch 2s since nan console went connected waste connected June 6th and still expects to waste 15 cardinal units by nan extremity of its fiscal twelvemonth successful March 2026, nan institution said successful its latest net report. If that pans out, nan Switch 2 would easy outsell nan original Switch, which took a afloat twelvemonth to deed that aforesaid 15 cardinal income number — making it a uncommon agleam spot successful today's gaming world.

Despite those superb income figures, Nintendo notes that request is outstripping proviso successful galore regions and promised to boost accumulation and proviso arsenic soon arsenic possible. A cardinal parameter of that is that its "sell-through" fig (orders from consumers) is presently astatine much than 6 cardinal units, truthful rather a fewer folks that ordered a Switch 2 haven't received 1 yet. Nintendo besides noted that it still sold astir a cardinal of nan original Switches arsenic well.

Switch 2 package income were besides beardown pinch 8.67 cardinal units sold, acknowledgment successful ample portion to nan company's Switch 2 Mario Kart World bundle on pinch Donkey Kong Bananza and games from extracurricular publishers (Nintendo besides just announced a bunch of caller third-party games coming soon). The institution besides sold 24.4 cardinal games designed for nan original Switch, mostly because nan caller console is backwardly compatible pinch erstwhile Switch titles, it said.

All of that meant that Nintendo had a very bully quarter, much than doubling gross complete past twelvemonth to 572.3 cardinal yen ($3.8 billion) pinch a 56.9 cardinal yen profit ($378 million). The institution still expects to bring successful 1.9 trillion yen ($12.6 billion) for its fiscal year.