Nintendo Switch 2 Breaks Records with 3.5 Million Sales in Opening Weekend, Surpassing Switch 1’s First Month by Nearly a Million

So, Nintendo’s gone and done it again, huh? Released the Switch 2 and somehow managed to sell a whopping 3.5 million units in just four days. That’s like—wait, wasn’t the original Switch slower out of the gate? Yeah, it didn’t hit these numbers. I’m not even trying to do math here, but 760,000 more units in way less time? That’s bonkers.

Okay, I read somewhere (was it on an old blog?) that this is the biggest Nintendo launch like, ever. Financial year goals and all that jazz. What’s wild is how they’re already 20% to that 15 million mark for March 2026. Ambitious, much?

Now, brace yourself. ‘Cause not everything went smoothly. I heard horror stories from GameStop in NY—people were having screens punctured by staples! I mean, really, staples? Apparently, they fixed it. But man, imagine the facepalm moments.

In the UK, some folks got Switches that seemed like they’d been unwrapped already. Like, “hello, quality control, are you there?” Blame it on the tape, maybe?

Oh, tech upgrades. The Joy-Con 2s are supposed to be all snazzy now with optical sensors. Not gonna lie, I kinda want to try using them like a mouse. The screen’s bumped up too—7.9 inches, 1080p, and don’t forget the smooth 120Hz, which is nice and all, but the battery life’s taking a hit, apparently. Typical.

And under the hood, it’s packing some serious oomph. Eight ARM Cortex doohickies, a custom Nvidia bit, and loads of memory. Speaking of, did you hear you might be able to hack it up to use M2 NVMe SSDs? That’s geek-level stuff but intriguing.

Anyway, even with the mad sales, you can still find some consoles sitting around at GameStop and Best Buy. Guess they expected this rush, or maybe the scalpers didn’t pounce this time—who knows?

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