Nintendo has announced that the Switch 2 has become the company’s “fastest-selling” hardware ever globally with over 3.5 million units sold in its first four days.
Nintendo shared the news on Twitter/X, saying, “#NintendoSwitch2 has sold over 3.5 million units worldwide in its first four days, becoming the fastest-selling Nintendo hardware ever globally.”
#NintendoSwitch2 has sold over 3.5 million units worldwide in its first four days, becoming the fastest-selling Nintendo hardware ever globally. pic.twitter.com/JNrl3Z92pv
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) June 11, 2025
This big number was undoubtedly reached in large part thanks to the available stock of Switch 2, which hasn’t always been guaranteed in the past for hardware from Nintendo and its competitors. It also falls in line with Nintendo of America boss Doug Bowser’s comments that Nintendo will have enough Switch 2 units to meet demand in the U.S., and demand there has been.
For comparison, the original Nintendo Switch sold 2.74 million units in less than its first month.
This news arrives shortly after The Game Business reported that Switch 2 was now the fastest-selling Nintendo console in UK history, surpassing the previous record holder, Nintendo 3DS.
In our Nintendo Switch review in progress, we said, “So far this sequel system is about what I was expecting: An iterative upgrade to an already excellent Nintendo console that modernizes many desperately out of date aspects, improves countless design elements in small but noticeable ways, and takes a swing on a genuinely impressive new control option that also doesn’t quite work as smoothly as I’d hoped.”
For more, check out our Mario Kart World review, our Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour review, and our review updates of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild, and Hogwarts Legacy.
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