Japanese Charts: Switch 2 Storms Past 1.5 Million Units Sold

It will be very interesting to see the first year sales.

I love that the switch still has steady sales in light of the switch 2 being the new shiny. Switch family now offers a viable range of price points.

Sonys only opportunity to rival Nintendo in Japan is another handheld. They did that before but are famous for not supporting their products outside the mainline consoles.

I do genuinely think that hardware will be dead in 20-30 years with streaming the norm.

Handheld will be the last stronghold.

Sony and Xbox have hit the ceiling of low end gaming PCs. Their USP rivalry of most powerful hardware is now a moot point. Globally still doing well but in 1 to 2 gens time, I think the picture will be very different.

just give nintendo japan already goodness
jokes aside, im glad to see nintendo thriving and the amount of people experiencing amazing games!

Those Xbox Series numbers are pathetically bad.🥴😂

85 % attach rate for MKW. What was the ratio of bundle to basic consoles ? .. 60 bundle / 40 basic ? 75 / 25 ? 80 / 20 ? Just curious.

Bizarre that Switch One is selling more than double the amount of the Playstation 5 now that there’s a direct successor.

@Duncanballs sony’s now also not supporting their mainline system apart from one game per year. The only ones supporting it are the 3d parties and Microsoft.

PS5 has only sold around 7 million between the 3 SKU's. The PS3 sold 10.7, PS4 9.7m
I would say PS5 will likely finish short of that number. Sony are surely concerned with these numbers.

@Duncanballs Sony and Microsoft need to reinvent what a home console is, but they don't have the creativity to do it.

@AllBLK that's because Japan just don't like the Xbox brand.

Once the holidays and more games roll around, the sales are going to be insane.

@Friendly
Where do you get that percentage from? The Switch 1 has not sold 'more than double the amount' of the PS5. SW1 is 3.3k, PS5 5.2k.

@OorWullie
So you're comparing the current lifetime to date numbers of PS5 versus actual lifetime numbers of previous PlayStations? How's that fair. PS5 still has many years left.

@Shwing i have the numbers from thise exact article.

Switch lite and switch oled are also switch one sku. As is said in the article, switch one sku’s are total 17.7k, ps5 sku’s are 8.6k. Thus, more than double.

I’d love too see SWOLED hit 10 million in Japan. Minecraft is gonna hit 4 million physical in Japan. That’s unreal.

Hilarious that Tamagotchi Plaza outsells Death Stranding 2….

@Shwing ''The PS5 still has many years left" i am sorry but the PS5 has been on the market for years already and for how vocal many people are you would think it would sell just as much as Switch 1 did in that same time span. And not only that the Switch 2 is doing it again. And nothing against the PS5 i play it many times at my cousins house.

Not only that you are taking 'selective facts', how do you try to counterargument @Friendly based on that list but completely dismiss the sales of the other Switch 1 versions (i didnt look at list either so scrolled back) and the og Switch 1 is literally the last of them on the list as well so basically Japan consider the Switch OLED as the 'primary one' based on this sales list being at 8k+ but only the 3k+ for the Switch 1 is what you address.
This is just weird psychology i am sorry...🤣

Huge numbers despite the fact pretty much Mario Kart World being the only major title with the rest as Switch 1 games with technical enhancements.

Makes me curious how much better it will do when more and more first party game finally come out.

People need to understand Sony don't really care about the Japanese market as much as they think they do. They are still selling incredibly well in Europe and America and are getting a bigger market share in China and Korea than they ever have. It's unfortunate as the high end Japanese games still have to rely on Playstation for the majority of their sales as Xbox brings them nothing, but Sony really have moved on from fighting for the Japanese player base. We shall see how Marvel Tokon and Ghost of Yotei do but I don't expect anything amazing sales wise.

Nice to see that the NS2 is doing this good.
Now i really hope third party devs take notice and will reveal their games sooner than later.

So price wasn’t an issue then ? Could have swore people said it wasn’t going to sell well with “
Price being too high “drop the price!” 😉. Good to see it doing well ! And how the next years numbers will be.

1.5 million already in just one country is quite the feat! Here's hoping that over time, the Switch 2 proves itself to be a worthy successor of the original Switch!

@Sanangelo89
Think you are getting yourself a little confused... I talked about the PS5 having years left versus the total sell through of the previous PlayStations - nothing whatsoever to do with Switch.
Also, the original poster should've been more specific then regarding versions of Switch. There is only one Switch 1, then you have Switch Lite, then Switch OLED. Of course these are all the same generation, but there is only one 'Switch 1'. I also accept your sorry apology.

Well, PS5 is still selling in Japan despite only 8K units.
That's all right, some people still prefer more powerful machine and not being portable.

@Anti-Matter it's all about the games.

@DominionGamma People in here judge the general public by their own level of stinginess. Truth is there’s a big old world out there - outside comment sections - that doesn’t think or act like them.

@Shwing lol no… they are ALL Switch 1 in different versions/models
What, you’re telling me the Gameboy OG, Gameboy Lite, and Gameboy Pocket are not Gameboy 1s?

But let’s use another numbered example… aren’t the PlayStation and PsOne not … well PS1s?

Or aren’t the PS3 Phat, PS3 Slim and the PS3 Super Slim not… PS3s??

Or are the PS4 OG, PS4 Slim and the PS4 Pro not… PS4s???

And so on and on and on.

Sorry dude, it’s ok to say you messed up 😉

@Yoshi3 I didn’t mess anything up, I stated how people were complaining about the price being too high but yet the sales numbers, and it being sold out show the opposite. Just the vocal minority trying to be the loudest nothing new here.

My US friends better run and tell everyone: the price for the NS2 will go up very soon due to the tariffs (against Vietnam imports). The talk is 18-20% and it’s assumed that Nintendo will pass this on this time to the customer. Source: BusinessWire and finance.yahoo

Switch 2 bundle at 499.99 with 20% hurts wow... that almost for NA 100$ more added using google search on the percentage calc. If that happens it won't hit the 100+ Mil set by Switch 1.

I'm glad that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is still hanging up there in the top 5 despite its younger sister Mario Kart World holding the crown for the time being.

Incredible. The Switch 2 is a beast and Mario Kart World is the biggest game of the year. Great job Nintendo.

@Anti-Matter Then buy an Xbox Series X. It's more powerful than the PS5.

@DominionGamma People were complaining that the price was too high, and yet that didn't stop it from selling ... in the only market with an sku that was priced significantly lower than everywhere else? Genius.

@Shwing Oh no. Your maths has failed lol. Total SKUs is SW1 at around 15K, PS5 at about 7.5K.

i.e double (just a bit over).

There is no sugar coating it. Playstation is pretty much on life support over there with Wii U type sales.

One thing the Switch 1 managed to do was train everyone into not expecting a price drop. These sales are likely to continue for the forseeable and the holiday period is going to be nuts.

@The_Nintend_Pedant if that question to my comment is just to start an argument, then I don't want any part of it. So don't. Thank you.

S2 growth rate is still ahead of S1 (gap widening) during the same period btw. Still waiting on that crystal ball prophecy “S2 gonna do worse then S1” rhetoric to remotely hint at happening.

Just in case some of you going for the “it’s gonna slow down!” we literally have another likely system seller game about to drop that will continue growth momentum and people already have to drop the “only has one game” nonsense which Sony is way more guilty of to begin with for how slow their first party output is.

@rockodoodle In boxed form.

EDIT: Also it was not always true that Japanese culturally didn't like the Xbox, sales were never spectacular but Xbox 360 had a lot of the best shooter arcade conversions that top players used to score and some big support from dudes like Tomonobu Itagaki and Team Ninja. By the Xbone it was over though.

@Scarmucci I'm gobsmacked by this attach rate, that's insane

@The_Nintend_Pedant Nah it's just that Xbox doesn't had a good track record of success there. There was that one time where the Japanese audience were about to take the Xbox 360 seriously thanks to the many Japanese oriented titles being released for it such as Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey, Infinite Undiscovery, Final Fantasy XIII, and Dead or Alive 4 but then Microsoft introduced Xbox Kinect, hardly work with Mistwalker anymore, and lose exclusivity to the DOA franchise. When taken all that into account, the Japanese audience just don't see any reason to stick with Xbox any longer.

The Japanese audience are attracted to cute and playful contents as well as lively action and adventure titles and RPGs with an anime style story that twist and turns and the Xbox brand just doesn't had many of that. Also even if they do, if the same contents are available on Nintendo and PlayStation, it's likely they rather stick to those two platforms instead due to the ease of access and familiar cultural offerings within those. It's kinda like this, if I'm Japanese and I go to eat out at a restaurant and there's a sushi plate, a tempura plate, a ramen soup, a cheeseburger, a burrito, a pizza, and a sirloin steak on the menu, chances are I'm likely gonna order the sushi plate, the tempura plate or the ramen soup over all the rest.

@The_Nintend_Pedant Labo will return and will take over the industry. Nintendo always returns to its concepts. 😀

Would be more if you could actually buy the thing in Japan.

Didn't know the PS5 had flopped only 5 million sold 🥹

@Shwing the reason why @Friendly wasnt 'specific' is because that is OBVIOUS! And yes i know what you mean with the PS5 still having years left to sell it just shows its not selling as high in the same timespan as both the S1 and S2.

And how you replied to me again shows how you do selective reading. Obviously when talking about the S1 we talk about the accessability to the echosystem and the full installbase.
This goes for all consoles, but suddenly it doesnt with the Switch and only the base console presents the 'amount of sales'.

And apology, from me?! hahahahahaha🤣🤣🤣.
Id rather say you just need to be more honest and less narcistic.
You were obviously looking for something to downplay the Switch's succes.

@Shwing While true the PS5 still has a few years left yet, its weekly numbers suggest it's lost its momentum. Its weekly numbers are fairly consistent. Certain games will offer a slight boost here or there but I think it's fair to say it won't be reaching PS3 numbers. It's at 7 million now, so another couple of million sales is probably the best it can hope for.

@Shwing you could tag the original poster, though.

Anyway, apology accepted. Thanks.

Poor trolls are devastated reading these numbers. All that trolling for nothing! How sad and pathetic.

Thank you @OorWullie for your reply - done in a mature manner and explaining why you came to make the comment you did.
Unfortunately the other 2 posters (@Sanangelo89 & @Friendly) not so much - apparently I'm looking to downplay the Switch's success, even though I have a Switch Lite and a Switch 2 - go figure!
Also, it's funny how the person who mentioned 'narcistic' is the very person showing this very trait - as he's the one that felt he had to jump in and critique my original comment, as well as defending another poster - if ever there was an indication of an 'inflated sense of self-importance' that is it! It's the very definition of narcissism. Look it up, lol! Anyway, it's a warm day out.

@Gaymer90 How much of the attach rate is due to the bundle - especially with the essentially $ 30 discount on the game ? I bought one bundle console for a friend and one basic console for myself. I'm not an MK fan in general and have no interest in playing the game. Don't forget, when the OG Switch launched, there was a better than 1:1 attach rate for BotW because people bought the game at launch who could not buy the console.