Overview
- Nintendo reported 10.36 million Switch 2 units sold from June 5 to September 30 and raised its fiscal-year target to 19 million by March 31, 2026.
- First-half results surged, with net sales up about 110% to roughly ¥1.1 trillion and operating profit up 19.5% year over year.
- Switch 2 software reached about 20.62 million units, led by Mario Kart World at 9.57 million sales, including approximately 8.1 million from bundles.
- Nintendo trimmed the original Switch outlook to 4 million units for the year as lifetime sales hit 154.01 million, roughly 10,000 shy of the Nintendo DS.
- Q2 Switch 2 sales totaled 4.54 million; media reports say suppliers were asked to prepare higher output, and new titles such as Pokémon Legends: Z-A, Kirby Air Riders, and Metroid Prime 4 could bolster demand.