Nintendo Switch 2 sets sales record in boon for games sector
Nintendo has sold 3.5 million units of Switch 2 in just four days, which is a record start in the first new control unit of the company in eight years.
The Japanese company has already sold more than 2.7 million that managed to replace the original during its first month in 2017. The numbers, which the company issued on Wednesday, is well for its goal to sell 15 million units by March next year. It also enhances analysts’ expectations that Nintendo may be able to sell much more if it can increase supply.
The players lined up from Tokyo to San Francisco for hours last week to get their hands one of the most expected tools per year. Switch 2, who is long -awaited, succeeds in the world success in The Origelal, who was a pioneer in a hybrid design that allows playing at home on TV and in this step.
The new Switch version is considered a flat moment for this industry, and the guidance decisions by partners and competitors for years to come. At a time of thinning margins and development budgets, the famous new control unit may swear and provide a budget for the increasing dominance of a handful of live service games.
Annexing the fugitive demand is the first main challenge that Nintendo faces.
president Shuntaro Furukawa apologized after customers came out of the lottery in Switch 2, empty -handed. The Kyoto -based company asked its partners to accelerate the production unit production. It is also guaranteed by agreements from the Japanese market operators online such as Rakuten Group, Mercari and Ly Corp to discourage the sellers to benefit from the scarcity of devices.
The console is mainly manufactured in China by partners including the Foxconn Technology Group. Nintendo shares, who were stumbling due to concerns about how to disrupt the customs tariff, decreased more than 3 % in Tokyo.
“The pace is good,” said Hideki Yasuda, Toyo Securities analyst. “The key will be to keep the assembly capacity and increase production to move forward.”
Chronic deficiency may motivate consumers to rotate anywhere and easy to momentum.
Furukawa told Nintendo’s priority to maintain the launch momentum for as long as possible. This is more difficult due to the high retail price in Switch 2 compared to its predecessor and its increasing and growing global economy.
Vorocawa also warned that the company may be considering raising the price of the console in the future, depending on the tariff measures worn by US President Donald Trump.
This story was originally shown on Fortune.com
2025-06-11 08:43:00
