Nintendo’s Switch 2 sales are outpacing the original Switch by ~2x

After a booming first month in which it sold 5.82 million Switch 2s, Nintendo on Tuesday reported that it has now sold 10.36 million units of the handheld consoles through September.

That’s well ahead of the original Switch’s pace at the same period in its lifetime — the first Switch model sold 4.7 million units through its first four months, though it went on to become one of the company’s all-time console sales leaders (it’s just a few thousand units short of the Nintendo DS). The Switch 2’s pace in four months has it just 3.2 million units shy of the lifetime sales of the Wii U.

Nintendo appears to be growing more confident in the Switch 2, despite US tariffs. Last month, the company boosted its annual production target to 25 million units by the end of March 2026, according to reporting by Bloomberg.

The new data came as the Japanese gaming giant reported its first-half earnings on Tuesday. Nintendo posted ~$3.6 billion in sales for the three months that ended in September, topping the $3.04 billion expected by analysts polled by Bloomberg.

The company also hiked its full-year guidance to a revenue of ~$14.6 billion, as well as its expectations for Switch 2 sales. The company now anticipates selling 19 million units compared with 15 million units projected previously. Despite the news, Nintendo’s US-traded ADRs were relatively flat in after-hours trading on Monday, suggesting elevated expectations into the print.