Switch 2 hits 26.35 million as first-half sales drop 37%

Nintendo reported its first-half results on November 5, 2026. Switch 2 has now sold 26.35 million units as of September 30, but first-half hardware sales fell 37.4% to 6.49 million as the launch-year surge cooled. Operating profit still rose 49.1%.

How many Switch 2 consoles has Nintendo sold?

Metric (April to September 2026)	Units
Switch 2 hardware, first half	6.49 million (down 37.4%)
Switch 2 hardware, July to September	2.67 million
Switch 2 software, first half	24.49 million (up 18.8%)
Switch 2 hardware, lifetime	26.35 million
Switch 2 software, lifetime	73.21 million
Switch hardware, first half	1.27 million
Switch hardware, lifetime	157.20 million

These are sell-in figures, meaning units shipped to retailers rather than sold to players. Mario Kart World remains the console's top seller at 16.48 million units, according to Gamereactor.

How did Nintendo make more profit on lower sales?

Financials (first half)	Result
Net sales	966.0 billion yen (down 12.1%)
Operating profit	216.5 billion yen (up 49.1%)
Net profit	220.9 billion yen (up 11.0%)
Digital sales	249.6 billion yen (up 60.5%)

Gamereactor attributes the profit growth to a larger share of software in the sales mix and a first-quarter refund of US tariffs.

The rest of the first-half numbers: ordinary profit rose 27.4% to 300.6 billion yen, and 78.9% of net sales (762.4 billion yen) came from outside Japan. Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, a Switch title, sold 8.81 million units, making it one of the period's biggest releases. The original Switch is still selling, with 1.27 million consoles and 65.73 million games shipped in the half, down 32.7% on hardware year on year.

Did Nintendo change its forecast?

No. Nintendo left the full-year forecast it published on May 8, 2026 unchanged. In investor materials released the following day, president Shuntaro Furukawa said Pokémon games have historically played a vital role in hardware adoption and pointed to Pokémon Winds and Waves, due in 2027, as a key title for the console.

What comes next?

The October to December quarter will include The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, which Nintendo says sold more than 5.2 million copies in its first four days after launching November 5.