The Swap 2’s reputation has exceeded even Nintendo’s anticipations, with the corporate elevating its gross sales forecast for the console by greater than 25 p.c. In its latest earnings release, protecting April 1st to September thirtieth, Nintendo now predicts that it’ll promote 19 million Swap 2 models by March 2026, in comparison with its previous forecast of 15 million.
The Japanese gaming large stories that 10.36 million Swap 2 consoles have been offered to date following its launch in June, with 4.54 million gross sales falling below its newest earnings interval. 20.62 million Swap 2 video games have additionally been offered since launch, although Nintendo has solely raised its Swap 2 recreation forecast from 45 million to 48 million.
The mixed {hardware} and software program gross sales are driving a 110 p.c surge in income, which elevated to ¥1,099.5 billion (round $7.1 billion) between April and September, in comparison with ¥523.2 billion (round $3.4 billion) for a similar interval final yr. Nintendo additionally elevated its end-of-year gross sales forecast to ¥2,250 billion (round $14.6 billion), and stated it’s taken US tariff measures into consideration for these revisions.
Whereas the Swap 2 is the fastest-selling game console of all time, the primary Swap console can be nonetheless creeping up in gross sales. The Swap has now hit 154.01 million lifetime gross sales, simply shy of the 154.02 million complete models offered for the DS, which nonetheless reigns as Nintendo’s most profitable console. After dethroning the DS, the Swap then simply must surpass 160 million gross sales to turn out to be the best-selling console of all time — a document set by Sony’s PlayStation 2 final yr.
By comparability, the Wii U offered simply 13.7 million models over its complete lifetime, a determine that the Swap 2 is just about assured to surpass earlier than its first birthday.