Nintendo has informed shareholders that while sales of the Nintendo Switch 2 have met the company’s expectations in Japan, they are weaker than the company had expected here in the west. We know from a report from the Game Business that sales of the console during the all-important Christmas period were less than expected. Here’s what Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa told investors:
“While our forecasted global hardware and software sales volume remains unchanged, the breakdown by region and product is based on different assumptions from the revised forecast announced at the time of our second-quarter financial results announcement,” Furukawa said, via machine translation.
“Furthermore, as you understand, domestic hardware sales volume exceeded our expectations, while overseas sales were slightly weaker than our expectations,” he continued.
“We believe that the reason for the stronger-than-expected hardware sales in Japan is that, amid the continued momentum of the initial launch of the Switch 2 hardware, new titles such as Pokémon Legends: Z-A Nintendo Switch 2 Edition and Kirby Air Riders, released during the holiday shopping season, [leading] to a relatively high trend of existing Switch owners switching to the Switch 2 compared to overseas.”
Is this a joke? Considering that it has far exceeded the sales of the first one in the same time frame…
Haven’t you become greedy, Furukawa-sama?…
The whole tariff and everyone being strapped for cash thing kinda messes up a lot of people’s ability to buy many things yeah
All true. That said. It’s still the #1 console launch of all time, so I’m not sure why that’s a bad thing 😜
Globally, yes. but if you look only at the usa and Europe it sold worse than the Switch 1 in its first months. 30% of its sales where in Japan alone. And i believe the price is the main culprit
Tariffs lol. The price never changed from what it was set at originally and in fact is now cheaper than ever. It didn’t do well because there were no games for it. Mario kart and a stupid dk game.
Nintendo is irrelevant anymore with other handhelds on the market. Plus why would you buy it if there is only one good game for it DK. Not to mention idiotic prices of new game. Nintendo is dead to me. I bough LEGION GO 2 though and have no regrets. Screen is candy on it whereas on Nintendo 2 is worst than on Nintendo 1. Why would you buy it?
lol “I bought a pc, switch sux”
Totally delusional
None of those other handhelds on the market have even sold a fraction of what the Nintendo switch 2 has sold.
The steam deck being probably the most popular one and it only sold 4 million units where is the original switch sold 155 million units.
It has globally, but not regionally. Almost 1/3 of all it’s sales are in Japan alone. In france for example it did sell less than half as good as the switch 1 in the same time period. in the usa 30% less than the switch 1 in it’s first 6 months. but i think the price is the bigger problem here. not the games. in japan its price is identical to the switch 1 launch price. here it’s almost double.
It’s $38 more in 2017 dollars, chill.
Too pricy… me can’t afford…
Tentri, if I were capable of doing so I would give you $400 for a Switch 2. You deserve one.
Ahahah That’s very kind cosmic thank you! don’t worry I haven’t bought it yet cause Kirby air riders and Mario kart world are the only games I’m interested, I can’t miss on smash bros though so once that’s out im gonna buy it, im ok with not having one for now.
I wonder if we’ll get a new Smash soon. Sakurai likely won’t be working on it if it’ll be out soon, but I don’t think that necessarily means it can’t happen. I saw a video recently where the main draw of a new Smash would be a Shonen Jump crossover with Nintendo, and they’d have Jump characters like Dragon Ball, Naruto, and My Hero Academia fighting alongside Mario, Zelda, and Fire Emblem characters. Could be interesting.
Smash would be cool. I saw a video where they explained how the next Smash game could be a Nintendo crossover with Shonen Jump. I thought it was a neat idea
I literally started saving the year the OLED was announced I knew that price tag was going to be heavy. But the economy is the trash, tariffs and social unrest, rising unemployment…. Ppl are worried about bigger things than stolen glass bananas, flaming tennis rackets or whatever else… but I hope they considering all the global factors when saying this about their projected sales
Maybe if the president spent less time villainizing people with his secret police and more time sticking to his campaign promises of making things more affordable we’d be able to buy more recreational items
He’s doing what the American people put him in office to do. Deporting illegal aliens. Something every president before him has done for decades. This is nothing new. It’s gonna hurt ripping the band-aid off, but it will get better with time. It blows my mind how morons think this never happened until Trump took office. Might wanna rethink your name to “Liberals are smooth brained hypocrites”
He auctioned off literal children by sticking his finger in their v*ginas and comparing tightness to figure out who’d be worth the most to them. He’s letting his goons kill legal Americans on our streets and that’s not even mentioning his history with getting kids pregnant, killing off the baby, and dumping the baby in a river. If you want to be a brainless pedophile by association, be my guest, but don’t be surprised if you get your shit kicked in one day.
You realize all democrats do the same stuff. ITS ALL OF THEM
I never said democrats didn’t, they’re all corrupt. It just makes it awful that a serial rapist, racist, killer, POS is our president and we’d all be saying the same if he was democrat. All you’ve managed to do here is out yourself as a pedophile defender, so congrats on that I guess.
Settle down. We need to focus on all of them not just trump, then others get away unnoticed. How about mention all of them past and present. Like my PM in Canada Carney who’s seen with ghislaine. Can we spread the blame a little bit?
Everything you’re claiming is made up. If that were true, wouldn’t his opponents have used it against him while campaigning? Wouldn’t it have been blasted all over the news? Making stuff up doesn’t mean it’s true. You’re straying off topic. You can’t blame the inability to afford a Nintendo Switch 2 on the president. Sometimes you have to take accountability for your own actions. Quit playing the victim and blaming all your problems on someone else. Be wise with how you spend your money. Check out Dave Ramsey for some tips. I have no debt other than my mortgage and it’ll be paid off in 5 years. Household income finally reached $70K last year for my wife and I after 20 years of marriage. Raising two children in a 3000 square foot home with plenty in the bank for emergencies, etc. All while putting back 10% towards retirement. Be smart with your money. If I can do it, so can you.
Why buy one when there were no games for it? Mario kart and lame af donkey Kong. The president cannot make anything cheaper. Why do people think that or believe it when everyone of them says it. The power over prices belongs to the business selling it. That’s capitalism and it is beautiful. It can be great for some and bad for others. If you are waiting for any president left or right to change prices…lol…keep waiting.
its even more expensive in europe anyway without tariffs anyway. its only in Japan that ist price is fair. thats why 30% of its sales are from japan alone.
As suspected, Switch 2 sales have been soft in the West and that trend will continue in 2026 unless Nintendo change things up. Hardware and software pricing is a problem, but the top problem is the lack of a must-have game on the console. Mario Kart World is good but infamously flawed. Donkey Kong Bananza is great but hasn’t captured the imagination for whatever reason. I do think Pokémon Gen 10 might be carrying the hopes of this console on its back and considering how bad Scarlet/Violet turned out, that is a worrying thought. If there’s a new 3D Mario game waiting in the wings Nintendo should probably shout about it around about now
It’s true that Scarlet/Violet, which remains the second best-selling episode, is a failure…
And that the Switch 2 sold better than the Switch 1 over the same period, but apart from that, ‘it’s selling poorly…’
What nonsense some people write here!!
Nintendeen, is that you?
A lot of people bought Switches specifically to play Animal Crossing, and I know many people aren’t buying the Switch 2 until/unless a new game is released (not just the game upgrade).
The lack of Smash Bros is the only reason.
There’s not as much sheep here as in Asia.
Air Riders and Prime 4 aren’t system sellers in the west
The main issues facing the Switch 2 right now are as follows:
Lack of games: All we have is Mario Kart World (which most people prefer MK8 over Mario Kart World), Metroid Prime 4 (a desert area with tumbleweed and insane backtracking), DK Bananza (a generic 3D platformer where Diddy is an NPC rather than a sidekick), and Kirby’s Air Riders, which I already played on GameCube and didn’t love.
Lack of innovation: There aren’t any features on the Switch 2 that feel revolutionary. I heard you can watch others play online, but aside from that, there’s no new system hub, no music, and no folders. The layout is exactly the same.
I can see Nintendo hitting an all-time low, similar to the Wii U era. Personally, I have no plans to get a Switch 2. I’m happy with the original Switch until Nintendo brings out a truly brand-new console.The way games are advertised has changed so much since the days of getting monthly news from Nintendo Power; that old charm has been lost to modern internet culture. The Switch 2 just feels like an upgraded ‘Switch 1’ and right now nothing stands out.
The Switch 2 has already surpassed Wii U sales. Here are other flaws of your post:
1) Mario Kart World has been well-received and the mechanics are the best they’ve ever been
2) Donkey Kong Bananza is far from a “generic” platformer, it combines impressive game mechanics with excellent level design that’s on par of Mario games
3) Backtracking is a central feature of Metroid games, don’t see a reason to complain about it unless you dislike Metroid as a whole
4) Kirby Air Riders is thought to be by fans an improvement on the original in just about every way
5) The Switch 2 Joy-Cons are very versatile controllers, which confirms Nintendo’s continuation to innovate with controls and gameplay
You’re being very dishonest. Pat yourself in the back for Furukawa acknowledging the minimal boycott.
That’s a weak argument. Nintendo has entered an era of mainstream awareness like never before. In previous generations, the console market was a niche geared toward dedicated gamers, which explains why older Mario Kart titles have lower raw sales numbers. High sales volume doesn’t equate to high quality. Mario Kart World feels underwhelming and hollow compared to how fleshed-out Mario Kart 8 was. I’ve played it at a friend’s place, and the mechanics and gameplay felt virtually identical. It’s just a lateral move, not an upgrade.
Super Mario Odyssey offered a massive variety of abilities and movement options, whereas DK Bananza feels like a chore where you just mash the B-button to break through walls. What really killed it for me was the complete sidelining of King K. Rool. I actually had to look up spoilers just to see if he was even in the game. For a major release, it lacks the soul of the classics.
You’re missing the point on backtracking. Many players have complained that Metroid Prime 4 forces you to spend several minutes trekking just to get a single gate key, only to drive all the way back through empty space. This is the same flaw The Wind Waker had with its aimless sailing. Backtracking is fine when it serves the world-building, but when it’s just padding, it’s a design failure. Without a robust warping system, it’s just tedious.
Improving an old game is the bare minimum, it’s what Nintendo always does, but that doesn’t mean it brings anything “new” to the table. An improved Kirby’s Air Ride is still just a polished version of a game I’ve already played. It isn’t a compelling reason to buy a next-gen console. The only people who seem to care are those who enjoy hours of mindless traveling and more of the same.
How are the controllers innovative? They are fundamentally the same as the original Switch. The only addition is a “Share Play” button, which isn’t an innovation, it’s Nintendo finally catching up to a feature Sony and Microsoft implemented over a decade ago. Magnetic rails might be a nice quality-of-life change for the hardware, but they don’t change how I actually play the games.
I mean there’s not a lot to choose from and still early in the generation here in the states no one really has that incentive in large to buy a Switch 2 they’ll wait for discounts and a larger library to form. I think people woke up with PS5 I think PS6 comes next year if not so be it but these people are crazy saying 2030 and 2029 because they wasted money and got nothing worth it, if it does come out 2027 something to laugh at and many were saying that too on the manufacturing side devs also seem to have been working on games for next gen not PS5
We have more sheep then Asia but we can’t afford because we are currently being priced out of existence by everyone
As a life-long Nintendo fan the game key cards have pushed me away from buying games on the Switch 2. If this is the future of Nintendo i don’t think I’ll be supporting them in the future.
It’s because of extra tariffs we paid; some people are not willing to spend $449, it’s like only $320 in Japan.
I totally understand why it hasn’t stopped as well.
I’m from South African and even though I did get one at launch, it’s more than double the price of what the Switch 1 was at launch so definitely understandable why people aren’t lining up to buy it.
Not to mention lots of people are against game key-cards here in South Africa and that seems to be the default for most 3rd party Devs.
I myself, have only bought two games for my Switch 2 because of this (Mario Kart World and Pokémon Legends ZA), I don’t see myself buying any games unless they are fully in the cartridge and most people in South Africa feel the same, so less people are going to purchase the Switch 2 due to price and the key-cards situation here in South Africa.
Sad that Nintendo sees this trend but in their greed aren’t doing anything about it because they making up for it in their home turf.