Pretty insane that this is all without the Switch ever getting a permanent price drop. With that said 160m will be difficult.

With this many sales in a quarter with only one big game, I think we can put to rest any notion that Switch 2 is in trouble or losing steam.

All that online FUD about it being overpriced/Nintendo's Xbox One moment/etc turned out to count for nothing in the end.

Yeah the complaints about the price of the Switch 2 were quite silly considering that £349/$399 was the realistic minimum for it. Its price will hurt it somewhat in that less households will get multiple compared to the Switch 1 but it won't be a big deal especially once a cheaper model comes out.

Mario Kart World was the Best Selling game of Q2



Nintendo's earnings release for the 2nd quarter of the fiscal year ending March 31st 2026 has been published, this covers the three month period from July 1st to September 30th 2025. Nintendo shipped 4.54 million units of Switch 2 hardware and 11.95 million units of Switch 2 software bringing lifetime totals to 10.36 million units for hardware and 20.62 million units for software.

Nintendo shipped 0.91 million units of Switch hardware and 37.16 million units of Switch software bringing lifetime totals to 154.01 million units for hardware and 1452.79 million units for software.

Two title's sold over one million units this quarter, this was Mario Kart World (3.94 million) and new release Donkey Kong Bananza (3.49 million).

For Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo has increased their fiscal year shipment forecast from 15 million units up to 19 million units for hardware and from 45 million units up to 48 million units for software.

For Nintendo Switch, Nintendo has decreased their fiscal year shipment forecast from 4.5 million units down to 4.0 million units for hardware. Nintendo's Software forecast has increased from 105 million units up to 125 million units.


Switch 2 Hardware

Switch 2 Hardware Q2: 4.54m
Regional Split Q2: Japan 1.08m, Americas 1.60m, Europe 1.06m, Other 0.80m

Switch 2 Hardware Total: 10.36m
Regional Split Total: Japan 2.35m, Americas 3.68m, Europe 2.40m, Other 1.93m

Switch 2 Software

Switch 2 Software Q2: 11.95m
Regional Split Q2: Japan 2.11m, Americas 4.79m, Europe 3.28m, Other 1.78m
Tie Ratio Q2: 2.63

Switch 2 Software Total: 20.62m
Regional Split Total: Japan 3.87m, Americas 8.10m, Europe 5.70m, Other 2.95m
Tie Ratio Total: 1.99

Switch Hardware

Switch Hardware Q2: 0.91m
Regional Split Q2: Japan 240k, Americas 370k, Europe 190k, Other 110k
Model Variants Q2: Standard 320k, Lite 200k, Oled 400k

Switch Hardware Total: 154.01m
Regional Split Total: Japan 37.77m, Americas 58.98m, Europe 39.56m, Other 17.70m
Model Variants Total: Standard 96.99m, Lite 25.91m, Oled 31.11m

Global Shipment History (millions)

Switch Software

Switch Software Q2: 37.16m
Regional Split Q2: Japan 6.85m, Americas 15.38m, Europe 12.19m, Other 2.74m
Tie Ratio Q2: 40.84

Switch Software Total: 1452.79m
Regional Split Total: Japan 285.41m, Americas 630.63m, Europe 423.82m, Other 112.93m
Tie Ratio Total: 9.43

Global Shipment History (millions)

Switch Software Top 10

Total sales followed by the previous total then sales added to the total in Q2

• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: 69.56m (68.86m) + 700k
• Animal Crossing New Horizons: 48.62m (48.19m) + 430k
• Super Smash Bros Ultimate: 36.93m (36.55m) + 380k
• Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild: 33.34m (33.04m) + 300k
• Super Mario Odyssey: 29.84m (29.50m) + 340k
• Pokémon Scarlet/Violet: 27.61m (27.15m) + 460k
• Pokémon Sword/Shield: 26.96m (26.84m) + 120k
• Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom: 22.15m (21.93m) + 220k
• Super Mario Party: 21.23m (21.19m) + 40k
• New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe: 18.53m (18.36m) + 170k

Other

• Super Mario Party Jamboree: 8.64m (7.48m) + 1.16m (Q1+Q2)

Switch 2

• Mario Kart World: 9.57m (5.63m) + 3.94m
• Donkey Kong Bonanza: 3.49m New!

As expected, despite having lower peak sales the Switch will surpass the DS due to it's longevity.

Nintendo DS versus Nintendo Switch

How could this be? There is still plenty of unsold stock in [city].

It is clearly just too front loaded and will quickly drop off after [month].

Early adopters are not price sensitive and after [number in millions], momentum will stop.

If Switch 2 reaches 20M units shipped this FY, i wonder how grifters will try to keep the ''Switch 2 is bombing and is a new Wii U'' narrative going, i imagine they will soon shift to a ''Nintendo is lying about its sales figures'' narrative to try to keep their gravy train going for a bit longer.

By the way, if the current regional ratio of sales for the Switch 2 holds true for the rest of the FY, this will be the sales split for the different markets this FY (19M units)

The Americas: 6,65M units.

Europe: 4,40M units.

Japan: 4,29M units.

Other: 3,54M units.

Very impressive how they can produce so many Switch 2 so fast.

Damn that MKW attach rate lol.

Good numbers!

Continue with a working formula, b/c, etc - imagine that.