The Road to 160m+ for Nintendo Switch (EDIT: See mod note in first post for new rule).

[FlashmanHarry]

trunkswd said:

FlashmanHarry said:

I would imagine the difference between shipped and sold to hover around 0.5m rather then the 2m they usually had during the switches peak years. So nintendos earnings report should give us a better idea of the switches actual sales once its released in February. As I've a feeling its sales were under tracked here after the Switch 2 released. I find it hard to believe retailers kept 6 months worth of inventory kept in their warehouses rather then just ordering what they required.

The gap was over 2 million in March 2025. There was 152.12 million units shipped, while Nintendo said "global sell-through approaching 150 million units" at the time. That would put the gap at 2.13 million at a minimum. We had the gap smaller at the time, but had to increase it to match what Nintendo said.

Page 12 - https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2025/250508_5e.pdf

That gap makes sense for last March as the Switch was the only console that Nintendo was selling then. Plus 2 million was probably only 2 months of sales stock when they were selling 12m a year. Now that the Switch 2 has been released I can't see Nintendo having a difference of 2 million when that's probably going to be around 6 months worth of inventory in their warehouses.