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Nintendo Switch 2 Sales Projected to Reach 15 Million Units by Next Spring With Impact of Tariffs
Nintendo has projected sales of its highly anticipated Switch 2 console will reach 15 million units by the end of next March.
The Japanese gaming giant says that forecasted figure for the Switch 2, which is set to launch June 5 at a price point of $450, is assuming President Donald Trump’s U.S. tariff rates are maintained throughout that period. The sales projection came along with Nintendo’s latest earning results, which were released Thursday.
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In February, Nintendo had estimated 11 million of its current generation Switch consoles and 150 million games would be sold by the end of its full fiscal year, which runs April 1-March 31. On Thursday, Nintendo reported actual sales of 10.8 million Switch consoles and 155.4 million games over the past 12 months.
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For its fiscal year 2026, which began April, 2025, Nintendo projects 15 million units sold of the Switch 2 and 45 million Switch 2 games. During that same period, Nintendo expects the first edition of the Switch to sell 4.5 million consoles and 105 million games.
According to Nintendo, Nintendo Switch’s global sell-through rate now approaching 150 million units sold in total since it debuted in March 2017, and Switch sales “kept pace even after the first-look trailer for Nintendo Switch 2 in January.” Annual playing users total 128 million over the past 12 months.
In February, Nintendo had forecast revenue of 1.190 trillion in Japanese yen for the year-long period from April 1,2024-March 31,2025. That figure was adjusted down from the estimate Nintendo had made last November, which was 1.28 trillion yen. On Thursday, Nintendo reported full-year revenue of 1.164 trillion yen.
The gaming giant reported net profit of 278.8 billion yen, after projecting income of 270 billion yen.