Nintendo Switch 2 is now the fastest-selling Nintendo console in UK history.
That’s according to NielsenIQ data, published byThe Game Business. While no specific sales number were shared, Switch 2’s launch sales are said to have beaten the company’s previous best-selling hardware launch, 2010’sNintendo 3DS(113,000 units).
According to NielsenIQ, Switch 2 outsold the originalNintendo Switchlaunch (80,000 units) “by more than two to one”, though it’s worth noting Nintendo Switch was very supply constrained in its opening months.
However, it’s said Switch 2 launch sales didn’t come close to the biggest UK console launch of all time,PlayStation 5.
Nintendo Switch 2is the fourth best-selling console in terms of units, according to the data, behind PS5, PS4 andXboxSeries, and third best in terms of revenue, behind PS5 and Xbox Series.
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It’s worth noting that the UK has traditionally not been the strongest market forNintendo, with Wii having been outsold by Xbox 360, and Switch outsold by PS4, despite leading global sales.
Nintendo has yet to publish sales figures for Switch 2 in any region. However, Nintendo of America presidentDoug Bowserhas saidthe company will have “a steady supply” of Switch 2 consolesmaking their way to US retailers over the coming months.
Following the console’s launch on June 5, most major US retailers are currently out of stock online, although some still have in store availability.
