Switch 2 fastest selling US console in first 3 months with 2.4M

Nintendo's Switch 2 sold 2.4 million units in the United States in its first three months on sale, making it the fastest-selling console in the country for that launch window, market researcher Circana reported. The console, which launched on June 5, 2025, reached the figure by the end of August and outpaced the PlayStation 4's comparable three-month total of 2.2 million units by roughly 5 percent.

Circana senior director Mat Piscatella said the Switch 2's U.S. total includes a launch-month rush that saw an estimated 1.6 million units sold in June and roughly 500,000 in the first week. He also noted that time-aligned sales for the Switch 2 are running about 77 percent ahead of the original Switch over the same early period. Global sales had already exceeded about six million units within eight weeks of launch, company reports indicate.

Industry data show the Switch 2's strong start helped lift hardware revenue in August. Hardware spending in the U.S. rose 32 percent year over year for the month, and overall consumer spending on games increased about 11 percent, with contributions from Switch 2 hardware, mobile games and major releases such as NBA 2K26. Piscatella cautioned that...