the Switch 2 is the fastest-selling console Nintendo's ever made. so why is it bracing for a drop?

19.86 million units in year one, outselling the PS5, best US launch since the Game Boy Advance. and yet Nintendo's own forecast says next year sells…

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Diego Santos · Gaming Editor

It's genuinely outselling the PlayStation 5

This isn't close, in the moment. In the most recent quarter the Switch 2 outsold the PS5 by roughly a million units, and in a single month (April 2026) it sold around 877,000 US units — more than…

So why the forecast for fewer?

A launch year is inflated by pent-up demand — everyone who wanted one on day one buys in the first 12 months. A dip in year two is normal console physics, not a warning sign. But Nintendo…

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