{"id":713567,"date":"2026-01-22T18:06:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T18:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/713567\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T18:06:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T18:06:17","slug":"switch-2-remains-the-fastest-selling-console-in-the-us-at-4-4-million-units","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/713567\/","title":{"rendered":"Switch 2 Remains The Fastest-Selling Console In The US At 4.4 Million Units"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Switch 2\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a3865a73ba47d\/switch-2.large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769105176_661_switch-2.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"521\" alt=\"Switch 2\"\/><\/a> Image: Zion Grassl \/ Nintendo Life<\/p>\n<p>The Switch 2 ended 2025 with a total of <strong>4.4 million units<\/strong> sold in the US, according to Circana&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/matpiscatella.bsky.social\/post\/3mczduu7kxc2b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mat Piscatella<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This means that after its seventh month on the market, Nintendo&#8217;s new system is still the fastest-selling home console in US history. Piscatella noted afterwards that the Game Boy Advance is the overall winner in terms of units sold.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, this means that the Switch 2&#8217;s install base is nearly double that of its predecessor after the same amount of time. It&#8217;s also roughly 35% ahead of the PS4 over the same amount of time, which was remarkably popular when it launched back in 2013.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:bhqrrxt7yyfpwguioa7rwa7x\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mczduu7kxc2b\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreicnpi3vzc4h7wjvxupkttbrtr55cifswm6pnfmucztkvehzz5ogli\">\n<p lang=\"en\">Hardware &#8211; Nintendo Switch 2 remains the fastest selling video game hardware platform in tracked history. Unit sales of Nintendo Switch 2 are 35% ahead of PlayStation 4\u2019s sales pace after 7 months in market.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:bhqrrxt7yyfpwguioa7rwa7x?ref_src=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mat Piscatella (@matpiscatella.bsky.social)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:bhqrrxt7yyfpwguioa7rwa7x\/post\/3mczduu7kxc2b?ref_src=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2026-01-22T14:00:07.510Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Switch 2&#8217;s sales had slowed down somewhat over the Christmas period, falling by around 35% compared to the original Switch during the same period. It seems, however, to have had little effect on the console&#8217;s overall performance.<\/p>\n<p>Concerns around potential price rises persist as the US grapples with tariffs and the rapid rise of AI, but overall, it seems Nintendo&#8217;s new console is off to the best start we could have possibly hoped for.<\/p>\n<p>Good numbers, huh? Have you picked up the Switch 2 yet? Let us know with a comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text source\">[source <a class=\"external\" title=\"External Link: https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/matpiscatella.bsky.social\/post\/3mczduu7kxc2b\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/matpiscatella.bsky.social\/post\/3mczduu7kxc2b\" target=\"_blank\">bsky.app<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743559691_246_avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Ollie Reynolds\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Nintendo Life\u2019s resident horror fanatic, when he\u2019s not knee-deep in Resident Evil and Silent Hill lore, Ollie likes to dive into a good horror book while nursing a lovely cup of tea. He also enjoys long walks and listens to everything from TOOL to Chuck Berry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Zion Grassl \/ Nintendo Life The Switch 2 ended 2025 with a total of 4.4 million units&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":713568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[128,270,53,16,15,978],"class_list":{"0":"post-713567","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-nintendo","9":"tag-nintendo-switch-2","10":"tag-technology","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115940084004194906","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=713567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/713568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}