Switch 2 Likely Cleared 1M Units In Japan Alone

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ByGabriel Stanford-Reisinger

Nintendo’s latest console launched earlier this month has been an undeniable success, selling three times the units of the original Switch at launch, making it the fastest-selling console in Japan.

Famitsu (via VGC) shared data in the console’s first four days, it sold 947,931. Now, that’s not a whole week and we suspect that it’s already surpassed that million threshold since in Japan. This also doesn’t account for Nintendo’s My Nintendo Store, which also sold Switch 2 units.

According to Game Data Library, the console most close to the Switch 2 in terms of launch sales was the release of the PlayStation 2 at over 630,000. Within Nintendo’s ecosystem, though, the Game Boy Advance’s 611,000 takes that spot.

All that is to say Nintendo’s killing it this generation.

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For over half a decade, Gabe has been at the forefront of covering video games, finding a love for news thanks to PSX Extreme, choosing to revive Xbox Nerds, and now serving as Switch Yo!'s Managing Editor, offering (near) daily content.

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