{"id":1924749,"date":"2026-05-08T10:47:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T07:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1924749"},"modified":"2026-05-08T10:47:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T07:47:03","slug":"switch-2-sales-reach-nearly-20m-almost-one-year-after-release-but-nintendo-has-lowered-the-consoles-forecast-for-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1924749","title":{"rendered":"Switch 2 sales reach nearly 20m almost one year after release, but Nintendo has lowered the console&#8217;s forecast for 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Switch 2 sales reach nearly 20m almost one year after release, but Nintendo has lowered the console&#8217;s forecast for 2027<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Her name is Yoshi-mi.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Switch-2-console.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Switch 2 console\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Switch-2-console.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Nintendo<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1644925423.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1644925423.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/victoria-kennedy\">Victoria Phillips Kennedy<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      News Reporter<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-05-08T10:47:03+00:00\">May 8, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nintendo-switch-2-sales-forecast-fy2027?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          1 comment<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Switch 2<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/switch-2-is-nintendos-fastest-selling-hardware-ever\">Nintendo&#8217;s fastest selling console to date<\/a> &#8211; has now sold a total of 19.86m units. These sales figures were shared as part of the company&#8217;s latest financial results, which ended in March.<\/p>\n<p>However, while the console has sold well &#8211; in February of this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/switch-finally-surpasses-the-nintendo-ds-to-become-companys-best-selling-console-ever\">the company revealed its Switch 2 had sold 17.37m units as of 31st December 2025<\/a>, which means it has shifted another 2.49m consoles in the time since &#8211; Nintendo has lowered its forecast for the upcoming financial year.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Nintendo Switch 2 &#8211; Official Launch Trailer. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=g4kArg6-hGo\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;For Nintendo Switch 2, sales were more concentrated in the launch year in comparison to previous hardware systems,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.co.jp\/ir\/pdf\/2026\/260508_4e.pdf\">Nintendo said in its latest financial report<\/a>. &#8220;Reflecting strong launch-year sales and price revisions, we expect FY27 sales units to decline year-on-year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Even so, we believe this represents a solid level of adoption for Nintendo Switch 2 in its second year after launch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nintendo still expects to shift 16.50m units in the coming financial year, however, and that is even with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nintendo-switch-2-price-increase-may-2025\">the recently announced Switch 2 price rise<\/a>. These newly-announced revisions will impact consumers in the US, Canada, Japan and Europe, and come into effect later this year.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Switch 2 FY2027 sales units forecast slide from financial presentation\" height=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Switch-2-FY2027-sales-units-forcast-slide-from-finacial-presentation.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.434256055363322\" width=\"829\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Switch 2 FY2027 sales units forecast slide from financial presentation\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Switch-2-FY2027-sales-units-forcast-slide-from-finacial-presentation.jpg\" height=\"578\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.434256055363322\" width=\"829\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Nintendo<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In terms of Switch 2 game sales, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/mario-kart-world\">Mario Kart World<\/a> has now sold 14.70m units, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/donkey-kong-bananza\">Donkey Kong Bananza<\/a> has sold 4.52m units (it is worth noting Mario Kart World was included in a Switch 2 bundle, likely bolstering its sales). Meanwhile, since its release in March, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/pokemon-pokopia\">Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia<\/a> has sold over 4m units.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As for the future, upcoming first-party Switch 2 titles include the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/a-remake-of-star-fox-64-is-coming-to-switch-2-this-june\">newly-announced Star Fox<\/a>, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/splatoon-raiders-summer-switch-2-release-date-deep-cut-amiibo\">Splatoon Raiders<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/yoshi-and-the-mysterious-book-switch-2-gameplay-trailer-bubble-blowing\">Yoshi and the Mysterious Book<\/a>. On the third-party docket, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/fallout-4-and-indiana-jones-switch-2-release-dates-leak-ahead-of-nintendo-direct\">Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is set to arrive on Switch 2 next week<\/a>, on 12th May.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Switch 2<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/switch-2-is-nintendos-fastest-selling-hardware-ever\">Nintendo&#8217;s fastest selling console to date<\/a> &#8211; has now sold a total of 19.86m units. These sales figures were shared as part of the company&#8217;s latest financial results, which ended in March.<\/p>\n<p>However, while the console has sold well &#8211; in February of this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/switch-finally-surpasses-the-nintendo-ds-to-become-companys-best-selling-console-ever\">the company revealed its Switch 2 had sold 17.37m units as of 31st December 2025<\/a>, which means it has shifted another 2.49m consoles in the time since &#8211; Nintendo has lowered its forecast for the upcoming financial year.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Nintendo Switch 2 &#8211; Official Launch Trailer. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=g4kArg6-hGo\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;For Nintendo Switch 2, sales were more concentrated in the launch year in comparison to previous hardware systems,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.co.jp\/ir\/pdf\/2026\/260508_4e.pdf\">Nintendo said in its latest financial report<\/a>. &#8220;Reflecting strong launch-year sales and price revisions, we expect FY27 sales units to decline year-on-year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Even so, we believe this represents a solid level of adoption for Nintendo Switch 2 in its second year after launch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nintendo still expects to shift 16.50m units in the coming financial year, however, and that is even with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nintendo-switch-2-price-increase-may-2025\">the recently announced Switch 2 price rise<\/a>. These newly-announced revisions will impact consumers in the US, Canada, Japan and Europe, and come into effect later this year.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Switch 2 FY2027 sales units forecast slide from financial presentation\" height=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Switch-2-FY2027-sales-units-forcast-slide-from-finacial-presentation.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.434256055363322\" width=\"829\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Switch 2 FY2027 sales units forecast slide from financial presentation\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Switch-2-FY2027-sales-units-forcast-slide-from-finacial-presentation.jpg\" height=\"578\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.434256055363322\" width=\"829\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Nintendo<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In terms of Switch 2 game sales, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/mario-kart-world\">Mario Kart World<\/a> has now sold 14.70m units, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/donkey-kong-bananza\">Donkey Kong Bananza<\/a> has sold 4.52m units (it is worth noting Mario Kart World was included in a Switch 2 bundle, likely bolstering its sales). Meanwhile, since its release in March, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/pokemon-pokopia\">Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia<\/a> has sold over 4m units.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As for the future, upcoming first-party Switch 2 titles include the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/a-remake-of-star-fox-64-is-coming-to-switch-2-this-june\">newly-announced Star Fox<\/a>, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/splatoon-raiders-summer-switch-2-release-date-deep-cut-amiibo\">Splatoon Raiders<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/yoshi-and-the-mysterious-book-switch-2-gameplay-trailer-bubble-blowing\">Yoshi and the Mysterious Book<\/a>. On the third-party docket, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/fallout-4-and-indiana-jones-switch-2-release-dates-leak-ahead-of-nintendo-direct\">Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is set to arrive on Switch 2 next week<\/a>, on 12th May.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Switch 2 sales reach nearly 20m almost one year after release, but Nintendo has lowered the console&#8217;s forecast for 2027 Her name is Yoshi-mi. 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