Another financial update from Nintendo only makes it more apparent it’s quietly preparing a Switch 2 launch for next year.
The Nintendo Switch will be eight years old in March, so it’s not surprise that it’s sales are not quite what they were back in 2017. During its last financial results, this past August, Nintendo said it was aiming to sell roughly 13.5 million Switch consoles by the end of the 2025 fiscal year, which is March 31, 2025.
It turns out this was too optimistic an outlook though and it’s had to lower its forecast after sales dropped by a greater than expected 31%.
As for console sales, Nintendo sold 4.21 million units in the first half of 2024, bringing the Switch’s lifetime sales up to 146.04 million.
If Nintendo does meet its target of 12.5 million hardware sales by the end of March, it’ll bring the total to 158.54, meaning the Switch would surpass the lifetime sales of the Nintendo DS and PlayStation 2, cementing it as the best-selling console ever.