{"id":137107,"date":"2026-05-08T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-200934"},"modified":"2026-05-08T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T08:00:00","slug":"switch-2-has-sold-just-shy-of-20-million-units-nintendo-lowers-fy27-forecast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/05\/08\/switch-2-has-sold-just-shy-of-20-million-units-nintendo-lowers-fy27-forecast\/","title":{"rendered":"Switch 2 Has Sold Just Shy Of 20 Million Units, Nintendo Lowers FY27 Forecast"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/dac3ef1041254\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/dac3ef1041254\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"dac3ef1041254\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Joy-Con 2\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/dac3ef1041254\/joy-con-2.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/dac3ef1041254\/joy-con-2.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"512\" alt=\"Joy-Con 2\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Damien McFerran \/ Nintendo Life<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nintendo has released its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.co.jp\/ir\/pdf\/2026\/260508_4e.pdf\">end-of-year financial data<\/a>, confirming that the Switch 2 has now sold a total of <strong>19.86 million<\/strong> units.<\/p>\n<p>It managed to surpass the revised 19 million-unit forecast, then, but with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/05\/nintendo-announces-sweeping-price-hikes-for-switch-2\">price rises looming in the distance<\/a>, the company has lowered its forecast for fiscal year 2027, citing that launch year sales were a lot more concentrated than previous hardware.<\/p>\n<p>Even so, Nintendo still expects to shift 16.50 million units with the new prices, so that&#8217;s not too bad.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"b42a0356c11da\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Switch 2 Forecast\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b42a0356c11da\/switch-2-forecast.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b42a0356c11da\/switch-2-forecast.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"553\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Switch 2 Forecast\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.co.jp\/ir\/pdf\/2026\/260508_4e.pdf\">Nintendo<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what Nintendo had to say about the Switch 2&#8217;s performance so far:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Nintendo Switch 2 got off to a good start following its launch in June 2025. We aim to maintain the momentum for the hardware and see it delivered together with software into the hands of a wide range of consumers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;For Nintendo Switch 2, we plan to release <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/yoshi-and-the-mysterious-book\">Yoshi and the Mysterious Book<\/a> in May, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/star-fox\">Star Fox<\/a> in June, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/splatoon-raiders\">Splatoon Raiders<\/a> in July. We intend to work to expand our Nintendo Switch 2 business by continuously introducing new titles while maintaining interest in previously released titles. Other software publishers also plan to release a range of titles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Overall performance is good for 2026, with net sales up. 98.6% at 2,313.0 billion yen, and operating profit up 27.5% at 360.1 billion yen.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:200933 @ 1778252225 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>What do you make of the Switch 2&#8217;s performance so far? Leave a comment in the usual place and let us know.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Damien McFerran \/ Nintendo Life Nintendo has released its end-of-year financial data, confirming that the Switch 2 has now sold a total of 19.86 million units. It managed to surpass the revised 19 million-unit forecast, then, but with price rises looming in the distance, the company has lowered its forecast for fiscal year 2027, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137107\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}