Video game analytic firm Ampere is reporting that combined third party software sales on the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 have helped boost third party video game sales in the Switch ecosystem to $2.3billion in Q2 2025 to Q4 2025. The firm also reveals that third party sales are up 76% year-on-year as they were $1.3billion over the same period back in 2024. Warner Bros. has proved to be the biggest third party developer thanks to the ultra successful Hogwarts Legacy and other titles. Warner Bros. was followed by Bandai Namco and EA.
Analytics firm says Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 third-party ecosystem sales up 76% in 2025
It’s true I have been buying a ton of 3rd partys recently. It helps that amazing ports I couldn’t have played otherwise are dropping left and right lol
I am definitely getting Pragmata on my Switch 2!
I’ve been buying a bunch of 3rd party games for my Switch 2 as they go on sale because I don’t have a PlayStation or Xbox. Why are other people doing it? Is it because of light 1st party support, a failing Xbox or something else?
Having mobile versions of my games is always a huge plus, especially if they’re deeply discounted.
What 3rd party support. I dont see hardly any. Its the same as switch 1. So u got RE9
Just on switch 2 (not switch 1) ports:
1) Cyberpunk 2077
2) RE 7,8,9
3) South Of Midnight
4) Final Fantasy 7 remake trilogy all coming this year, day and date for part 3
5) fallout 4
6) hades 2 was a timed exclusive
7) daemon x machina
8) little nightmares 3
9) reanimal
10) Tomb Raider, the others will be ported too
11) Madden
12) oblivion remaster
Not to mention games we already know are coming in the future like pragmata, call of duty in some form, doom, etc.
Third party support hasn’t been this strong for Nintendo since the Wii
I wonder if silksong boosted that percentage rate? People who didn’t even play hollow knight bought it the second it released, which made it chaos to download since all of the shops were down. I had to buy it through my phone one hour after it released, that day was rough.
I also have been buying a good amount of third party games for switch 2 because it’s my main console, and the switch was my main before that so I haven’t had a way to play a lot of them. So far off the top of my head Ive picked up split fiction, Hogwarts legacy, star wars outlaws, SpongeBob titans of tide, mortal Kombat collection (kollection?), ff7 remake, and assassin’s creed shadows I may have forgot one I buy too many games lmao
I love third party games on Switch 2. My most played Switch 2 game is Street Fighter 6.
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