Norion on 21 May 2026
Damn Switch 2 sales were of course gonna get a significant boost from panic buying but I did not expect it to surpass the past two weeks combined. Sales will tank after next week but this insane May will help make up for that for a while. I wonder if the new baseline will drop into the 20's. The Switch 1 wasn't impacted much though I imagine it probably would've dropped back into the teens if not for the upcoming price increase and the PS5 is up YoY again so the gap compared to last year might not be that big a few months from now. It'll get bigger weeks 22-24 but 25-35 could see it shrink notably. Also Pokopia hitting a million physical sales is another reminder that Nintendo is having quite a strong year for software sales in Japan.
