Switch 2 sells almost 1m units in Japan, making it country’s biggest console launch

Hardware sales for the Nintendo Switch 2 have reached almost one million units in Japan, making it the country’s biggest console launch to date.

As reported by VGC, data from Famitsu showed 947,931 consoles have been sold within the first week of the Switch 2’s release.

In comparison, the original Switch sold 330,637 units according to the Game Data Archive.

Looking at other console launches in Japan, PlayStation 2 previously held the record having sold over 630,000 units followed by the Game Boy Advance at 611,000 and the Nintendo DS at 468,000.

Earlier this week, Nintendo announced that the Switch 2 sold 3.5 million units worldwide, its highest selling hardware within the first four days of release.

The original Switch sold 2.7 million within the same timeframe.

The Japanese publisher forecasts Switch 2 sales of 15 million by March 2026, while Ampere Analysis predicts that over 13 million people will buy the console in 2025.