Switch 2 sales already beat Wii U with 17.37 million shipments

The Nintendo Switch 2 has already beaten the Wii U's lifetime sales with over 17 million shipments worldwide.

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Nintendo's latest Q3'26 results are out, revealing critical sales figures for the Switch 2's first holiday period on the market. According to the earnings, Nintendo sold 7.01 million Switch 2 consoles during Holiday 2025, which is just a little less than the 7.24 million that the Switch 1 sold during its first three-month holiday quarter.

Altogether, the Switch 2 is now at 17.37 million, beating out Nintendo's beleaguered, the Wii U, which is frozen in place as Nintendo's worst-selling console at 13.56 million units.

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On an aligned basis, which compares quarterly hardware sales, the Switch 2 is currently out-selling the Switch 1's pace by a substantial 9.74 million units. There's a good reason for that, however; the Switch 2's sales figures include a holiday period, whereas the Switch 1's figures do not; the Switch 1 was launched in Q4'17, and we are comparing just the first 3 quarters of sales for each system, so the Switch 1's Q3'18 results that correspond to the Holiday 2017 period are not included.

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Nintendo management says that it expects to ship 19 million Switch 2 consoles, reiterating the downwardly-adjusted target that was published in February.

"We believe we have been able to get off to a good start," Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa said in the results. "Nintendo Switch 2 has been purchased by many consumers around the world, with cumulative sell-through surpassing 15 million units in the six months since the launch."