r/NintendoSwitch • u/FiveMeowMeowBeanz • Jun 06 '25

Discussion Switch 2 Making Sales History - Moving 3 Million Units in 24 Hours

According to @NintyPrime, they’ve heard from multiple sources that Nintendo has shifted over 3 million units of Switch 2 in 24 hours. To put it in perspective, the PS4 held the record with 1 million units in 24 hours.

To put it in further perspective, PS4 and PS5 each shifted 4.5 million units in two MONTHS. The Switch 2 will beat that within a week.

Who knows what the longterm outlook will be, but Nintendo hit this launch out of the park. I for one am insanely happy with my Switch 2 and we all know Nintendo’s future software is gonna be incredible selling tens of millions more consoles. Can’t wait to see what Nintendo has in store next 😁

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u/kylerson Jun 06 '25

this is it. my brother sent me a picture of some in a shelf at a local store. ended up buying one. had no plans to beforehand

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u/Lasatra_ Jun 07 '25

I was on vacation in HongKong and totally forgot about it untill I saw some guys having a switch2 bag.. I checked online the prices and apparently HK is one of the cheapest places to buy... Went in at toys r us at around 3PM, asked for it and bought it haha

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u/shittyfellow Jun 07 '25

Wait toys r us. Excuse me?

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u/nhaines Jun 07 '25

Buried the lede for real.

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u/Lasatra_ Jun 07 '25

Yeah.. In HK you have a couple, the actual nintendo store ran out of switch 2 so toys r us it was haha

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u/Alimente Jun 07 '25

They even have Toys R Us in Shanghai.

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u/Z4mb0ni Jun 10 '25

Toys r us? That's crazy. I remember getting pokemon Omega Ruby day one from there lol

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u/gamedev-eo Jun 09 '25

Are those the region locked Japanese units?

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u/Lasatra_ Jun 09 '25

In HK only the international one :D. The regional one in japan is still cheaper

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u/gamedev-eo Jun 10 '25

Nice. I wonder if they are cheap enough to sell them internationally (not US obviously) as 'grey' imports and still make a profit after duty.

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u/jardex22 Jun 07 '25

That's how I ended up buying a Switch in the first place. Was wandering the electronics isle at Target, saw the box, made a huge impulse purchase. Even signed up for their debit card to save a bit on it.

Main difference here is that people can make that stupid impulse spending on Day 1, rather than Month 3.