Nintendo has raised its annual sales forecast for the Switch 2 game console from 15 million units to 19 million units, and its software sales forecast has increased from 45 million units to 48 million units.
Nintendo’s latest financial report for the 2025-26 fiscal year (third quarter of the calendar year) recently released shows that as of September 30, 2025, the total revenue for the two fiscal quarters reached 1099.5 billion yen, a year-on-year increase of 110%; The operating profit reached 145.1 billion yen, a year-on-year increase of 19.5%. Among them, the second quarter revenue was 527.2 billion yen, and the operating profit was 88.25 billion yen. By region, Japan and North America contributed over 60% of sales revenue, while other regions including Asia Pacific accounted for 14.8% of revenue.
The significant growth in its performance is mainly due to the strong market performance of the Switch game console and its software.
The latest financial report shows that as of September 30, 2025, the cumulative global sales of Switch 2 gaming consoles have reached 10.36 million units. The global total sales of the first generation Switch climbed to 154 million units, further consolidating its position as one of the best-selling game consoles in history. At the same time, the global software sales of Switch reached 1.45 billion copies.
During the same period, the software sales of Switch 2 reached 20.62 million sets, of which “Mario Kart: World” has sold 9.57 million copies and “Dongqi Gang Jiao Li Quan Quan Quan” has sold 3.49 million copies.
In the second fiscal quarter from July to September, Switch2 sold 4.54 million units and 11.95 million software copies in a single quarter. In contrast, for the first quarter ending June 30th, the total sales of Switch 2 were 5.82 million units, with software sales of 8.67 million copies.
Based on this unexpected performance, on November 4th, Nintendo once again raised its full year operating profit forecast for this fiscal year by 16% to 370 billion yen; Raise the sales forecast for the Switch 2 game console to 19 million units and the software sales forecast to 48 million units. Previously, when announcing its first quarter financial report as of June 30, 2025, the company set its sales target for Switch 2 at 15 million units and its sales target for software at 45 million units.
The sales of the first generation Switch have stabilized, with 910000 units sold in the second quarter; In the first quarter, due to the impact of the newly launched Switch 2, the sales of the first generation Switch decreased by 53.5% year-on-year to 980000 units. The annual hardware sales forecast has been lowered from 4.5 million units to 4 million units. But its software sales are still astonishing, selling 37.16 million copies in a single quarter, demonstrating its huge user base and enduring gaming purchasing power.
Switch 2 is a new game console released by Nintendo in June this year. Within just 24 hours of its release, it sold over 3 million units worldwide, setting a new record in the history of gaming consoles.
On August 1st, Nintendo announced that starting from August 3rd, the pricing of the Switch series consoles and products in the United States will be adjusted based on market conditions, including Switch consoles, Switch OLED models, Switch Lite, and some Switch accessories. Some Switch 2 accessories and Nintendo alarm clock Alarm will also be adjusted in price.
Nintendo stated that the pricing for the Switch 2 console, physical and digital games, as well as Switch Online membership, remains unchanged at present, “but please note that price adjustments may be necessary in the future.
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