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trunkswd on 04 November 2025

Machina adjusted our Switch 2 and Switch 1 estimates up a little bit following this earnings report.

Switch 2: 9.24m -> 9.30m

Switch 1: 151.93m -> 152.06m



VGChartz Sales Analyst and Writer - William D'Angelo - I stream on Twitch and have my own YouTube channel discussing gaming sales and news. Follow me on Bluesky.

I post and adjust the VGChartz hardware estimates, with help from Machina.

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jvmkdg on 04 November 2025
trunkswd said:

Machina adjusted our Switch 2 and Switch 1 estimates up a little bit following this earnings report.

Switch 2: 9.24m -> 9.30m

Switch 1: 151.93m -> 152.06m

Congratulations Trunks on your work, your estimates were extremely accurate. Looking forward to the Sony report on the 11th.



KrspaceT on 04 November 2025

If no one tries to pretend that ZA bombed like a Sony Hero Shooter for not being on this report from before it releases, I'll be very surprised.

...Let's be honest, someone is going to try that. Someone will be that desperate to find a way to spin this negatively.



The Democratic Nintendo fan....is that a paradox? I'm fond of one of the more conservative companies in the industry, but I vote Liberally and view myself that way 90% of the time?

CourageTCD on 04 November 2025

The Switch has sold 58.98m in the Americas... Do you guys think it can reach 60.0m? I know it seems difficult to reach, since we've had the price increase recently, but think as this as the Switch's possible very last achievment before it being discontinued



Sephiran on 04 November 2025

One interesting thing is that Switch 1 software seems to have gotten a boost from Switch 2 buyers buying Switch 1 games, because Switch 1 software sales is holding up very well when Switch 1 console sales have collapsed this year. Some games like Scarlet & Violet is even increasing in sales year on year, which is probably only due to the free Switch 2 update.



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firebush03 on 04 November 2025

@Bandorr Did you mean to multi-quote that post of mine from a few weeks (or months?) ago? Looking at it again, it seems that comment isn’t even from this thread.



AddRat on 04 November 2025
RedKingXIII said:
curl-6 said:

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.

It's really bizarre how much of a repeat the discourse around the Switch 2 launch was online compared with the first.

Complaints about the high price, third party support, and weak hardware were mostly the same between the two.

Then when both launched and became huge hits the discourse shifted to "it's a success... but it's going to lose momentum soon! It's only the enthusiasts buying it!"

And then the cliff never came for both of them, lol. It's like these people never learn anything.

Hopefully these results put these nonsensical talks to rest, but when the Switch 3 releases, you just know it's going to happen again.

There no escaping it.

People are even conveniently forgetting basic sales trend knowledge to spin what they see negatively.



trunkswd on 04 November 2025

Switch 2 has had an amazing first four months. Going into the release of it I figured it would have the biggest launch in gaming history with it also selling over 100 million lifetime, but falling short of Switch 1 due to the higher price and no COVID boost.



VGChartz Sales Analyst and Writer - William D'Angelo - I stream on Twitch and have my own YouTube channel discussing gaming sales and news. Follow me on Bluesky.

I post and adjust the VGChartz hardware estimates, with help from Machina.

Writer of the Sales Comparison | Monthly Hardware Breakdown | Monthly Sales Analysis | Marketshare Features, as well as daily news on the Video Game Industry.

CourageTCD on 04 November 2025
trunkswd said:

Machina adjusted our Switch 2 and Switch 1 estimates up a little bit following this earnings report.

Switch 2: 9.24m -> 9.30m

Switch 1: 151.93m -> 152.06m

How do you guys do these adjustments? I mean, why 9.30m and not 9.29 or 9.31? or why 152.06 and not 152.07 or 152.05?



Wman1996 on 04 November 2025

Switch is about to surpass DS soon, the units shipped are pretty much identical to the final units sold of DS.



Lifetime Sales Predictions 

Switch: 161 million (was 73 million, then 96 million, then 113 million, then 125 million, then 144 million, then 151 million, then 156 million)

PS5: 122 million (was 105 million, then 115 million) Xbox Series X/S: 38 million (was 60 million, then 67 million, then 57 million. then 48 million. then 40 million)

Switch 2: 120 million (was 116 million)

PS4: 120 mil (was 100 then 130 million, then 122 million) Xbox One: 51 mil (was 50 then 55 mil)

3DS: 75.5 mil (was 73, then 77 million)

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