Nintendo Switch 2 with record sales. This is the best launch in the history of game consoles
Shockingly high sales of the Nintendo Switch 2 are a fact. The Japanese company has released data showing that it is the fastest-selling console in the history of the gaming industry.
Nintendo took place on June 5, 2025.
According to the announcement, this is the best sales of any Nintendo hardware in a similar four-day post-launch period in history.
Nintendo Switch 2 is not only the fastest-selling console in the company's history, but according to analyst Daniel Ahmad, it is also the fastest-selling home console of all time. To illustrate the scale of success, it's worth noting that in just four days, the new console achieved sales that constituted a quarter of the total multi-year sales of the Wii U (over four years, this platform found 13.56 million buyers).
The performance of the Nintendo Switch 2 is impressive compared to other popular consoles from recent years. For example, it took about a month for PlayStation 5 to sell around 3.4 million units, and it reached 4.5 million units in about two months. On the other hand, the first Switch sold 2.7 million units in about a month after its release. PlayStation 4 sold 1 million units in 24 hours, and exceeded the threshold of 2.1 million after 15 days.
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