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Nintendo Switch 2 Has Sold 2 Million Units in the U.S., 75% Ahead of the Switch 1's Pace

www.ign.com Nintendo Switch 2 Has Sold 2 Million Units in the U.S., 75% Ahead of the Switch 1's Pace - IGN

The Nintendo Switch 2's second month on the market was another explosive one, at least in the U.S., where it surpassed 2 million units sold life-to-date, putting it 75% ahead of the unit sales pace set by the Nintendo Switch 1.

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Nintendo Switch 2 Has Sold 2 Million Units in the U.S., 75% Ahead of the Switch 1's Pace

www.ign.com /articles/nintendo-switch-2-has-sold-2-million-units-in-the-us-75-ahead-of-the-switch-1s-pace

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Also a tad ahead of PS4 first two months.

It wasn't a perfect launch, but I've been surprised at the general availability of the Switch 2. I was convinced you wouldn't be able to get ahold of one for love or money for months and months after launch.
- Both the ongoing strong sales and good availability suggest that Nintendo was prepared this generation and had plenty of consoles in warehouses prior to launch.
- I suspect price was a strong hold.
- Is that how it is in the US? It has been super hard to find even one in Japan. Everywhere I go they seem to be sold out. I'm not looking to buy right now, but even then, all stores have big SOLD OUT signs for it.

That's wild. I loved my switch 1, but some of the stuff (virtual cards, fake game cards with a key, etc) and the price... I'll just stick with my deck for now.

3DS sold well at launch too. Sales nosedived afterwards

This might be the first Nintendo generation I fully skip. The problems with people getting banned for legitimate games (either because they were imported, previously dumped, or falsely flagged), confusing key-cards, and very high prices have put me off.
I could buy a pile of Switch games for the cost of a S2, or i could set up a couple retro consoles with ODEs/Flash Carts and have potentially hundreds of games to play.

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