Overview
- Nintendo disclosed Thursday that Switch 2 has reached 26.35 million cumulative units worldwide while the original Switch totals 157.20 million as of September 30, 2026.
- During the first half of the fiscal year (April–September 2026) Switch 2 sold 6.49 million hardware units and the legacy Switch sold 1.27 million, indicating faster early momentum for the new model.
- Cumulative software totals stand at 73.21 million for Switch 2 and 1,593.87 million for Switch, led by Mario Kart World at 16.48 million and recent Switch 2 million-sellers Splatoon Raiders (about 2.42 million), Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave (1.34 million) and Star Fox (1.17 million).
- Nintendo reported net sales of 966.0 billion yen, down year-on-year, while operating profit rose to 216.5 billion yen and profit attributable to owners of parent reached 220.9 billion yen, helped by higher-margin software, a U.S. IEEPA tariff refund, and equity and interest income.
- The company left its fiscal-year forecast unchanged and plans to expand the Switch 2 installed base through new hardware editions and upcoming titles, with additional October–November releases to appear in future updates.