Nintendo Forecasts 15 Million Sales of Switch 2 in Year Ahead

Nintendo expects to sell 15 million Nintendo Switch 2 systems in the coming year, the video game company said Thursday.

Nintendo released the estimate weeks after pre-orders of the gaming console began. The Japan-based business delayed pre-sales in early April to give itself time to assess the U.S.’s new import taxes. When pre-orders began late last month, gamers said retailers’ websites struggled to keep up with traffic and merchants quickly sold out of the second-generation Switch console.

The 15 million estimate assumes U.S. tariffs remain unchanged from April 10 levels, according to Nintendo.

Demand for the Switch 2’s precursors has fallen, with the company selling 10.8 million consoles in fiscal year 2025 compared to 15.7 million a year earlier, according to company results for the fiscal year ended March 31. 

Nintendo projects it will sell 45 million games designed specifically for the Switch 2 and 105 million older games, the company said. The total projection of 150 million games is down slightly from the roughly 155 million sold in fiscal 2025.

In its most recent fiscal year, Nintendo’s sales hit 1.16 trillion yen ($8 billion U.S. dollars), a 30.3% decline from 2024. It made 278.8 billion yen ($1.91 million USD) in profit or 43.2% less than the year prior, the company said.

Nintendo envisions bouncing back in the coming year. Its outlook projects 1.9 trillion yen ($13 billion USD) in sales, and 300 billion yen ($2.06 billion in USD) in profit for fiscal year 2026.

U.S.-traded shares of Nintendo (NTDOY) were down about 5% Thursday. They have gained more than 60% over the past year.