It’s not surprising that older Nintendo hardware tends to quickly fade away once a replacement is on the market. Ars’ analysis finds that Nintendo consoles usually stay on the market for just one to four more fiscal years after their successors are sharing retail shelf space. Where the Switch’s future in the market will fall within this historic range is a bit hard to project. On the one hand, the Switch 2 sold nearly 20 million units in its first (partial) fiscal year, heavily outpacing the nearly 4 million full-year sales for the Switch in the 2026 fiscal year. This suggests a lot of pent-up
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Famitsu has provided the latest figures for boxed sales in Japan covering the two weeks from 3rd August to 16th August. Surprising no one, Nintendo is still absolutely dominating, with Game Freak…
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Famitsu software sales (7/13/26 – 7/19/26) – Top 30 Posted on July 24, 2026 by Brian ( @NE_Brian ) in News , Switch , Switch 2 The latest expanded Japanese software sales for…
…Get the full sales charts below. Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales) [SW2] Star Fox ( Nintendo , 06/25/26) – 41,680 (New) [NSW] Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream (Nintendo, 04/16/26…
…Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales) [NSW] Rhythm Heaven Groove ( Nintendo , 07/02/26) – 126,073 (519,451) [NSW] Magical Girl Witch Trials ( Re,AER , 07/09/26) – 21,283 (New) [NSW…
…555 (6,589,931) [PS5] Hi-Fi RUSH ( SUPERDELUXE GAMES , 07/16/26) – 1,517 (New) Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales) Switch 2 – 24,928 (6,051,859) PlayStation 5 Digital…
Famitsu software sales (7/27/26 – 8/2/26) – Top 30 Posted on August 7, 2026 by Brian ( @NE_Brian ) in News , Switch , Switch 2 The latest expanded Japanese software sales for…
There is no doubt that the Switch 2 has the strongest AAA third-party support for a Nintendo console in DECADES. Unfortunately for third parties, that support does not seem to be paying off with great software sales. Nin…
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Source is the latest Nintendo IR. Nintendo's software revenue is accounted as follow: Packaged software Downloadable versions of packaged software Download-only software, add-on content, and Nintendo Switch Online, etc. …
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…Living the Dream for Switch returned to the overall best-selling game of the week with an additional 34,957 sales, after being dethroned by the launch of Powerful Pro Baseball 2026…
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