{"id":1924495,"date":"2026-05-08T09:33:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T06:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1924495"},"modified":"2026-05-08T09:33:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T06:33:17","slug":"nintendo-expects-switch-2-sales-to-decline-year-on-year-but-still-pace-ahead-of-switch-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1924495","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Expects Switch 2 Sales to Decline Year-on-Year, But Still Pace Ahead of Switch 1"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nintendo says it will sell fewer Switch 2<\/a> consoles over the next 12 months, following the device’s explosive launch last year.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

In a financial results briefing<\/a> published this morning, the company said this was because Switch 2 sales “were more concentrated in the launch year in comparison to previous hardware systems”, and indeed, Switch 2’s early sales have been remarkable \u2014 it is Nintendo’s fastest selling console ever<\/a>, despite a sales slowdown in the U.S. and some European countries towards the end of 2025<\/a>.. <\/p>\n

Nintendo now expects to sell 16.5 million Switch 2 consoles over the coming financial year, down from the 19.86 million it has sold since launch. This would still place cumulative Switch 2 sales after 22 months ahead of those for Switch 1 at the same point in its life cycle. Whether the Switch 2 can then go on to maintain Switch 1’s long-lasting success, however, remains to be seen.<\/p>\n

Of course, today’s financial results also included word of Nintendo’s decision to increase the Switch 2’s price by $50<\/a>, raising the console to $499.99 on September 1. A similar price rise will take place in Europe, while Nintendo’s strongly-discounted region-locked Switch 2 model will get a price hike in Japan as soon as this month.<\/p>\n

A report published yesterday by Bloomberg stated that Nintendo was currently selling Switch 2 consoles at a loss<\/a> (the opposite of the Switch 1 era), and was under pressure to raise the platform’s cost to combat a steadily declining stock price. At the same time, the financial burden of making Switch 2 machines is being impacted by the threat of tarriffs, component shortages, and war in the Middle East.<\/p>\n