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Switch Becomes Nintendo’s Best-Selling Console as Switch 2 Sales Top 17 Million

Management kept its full-year outlook, with investor concern focused on rising memory costs.

Overview

  • Nintendo reported lifetime Switch sales of 155.37 million as of December 31, 2025, surpassing the DS and placing second all time behind PlayStation 2.
  • Switch 2 sold 7.01 million units in the holiday quarter, reaching 17.37 million since its June launch and marking Nintendo’s fastest-selling dedicated platform to date.
  • For the nine months to December, net sales rose to ¥1.9058 trillion and profit reached ¥358.8 billion, with digital revenue up 14.7% year over year.
  • Nintendo left its fiscal-year unit and consolidated guidance unchanged, reiterating a 19 million Switch 2 target and flagging Mario Tennis Fever in February and Pokémon Pokopia in March to sustain momentum.
  • Shares fell more than 10% after the results as the company warned that persistent DRAM price increases could pressure margins, though it said the current year’s impact is limited.