{"rewrite":{"id":"r_31ccab758a1451a2b3c8f6cf","clusterId":"c_242f8e888fa3552eb6846e9a","slug":"nintendo-switch-2-reaches-26-35-million-units-sold","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Nintendo Switch 2 Reaches 26.35 Million Units Sold","summary":"Nintendo's second quarter results for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027 put Switch 2 hardware at 26.35 million units as of September 30, with 6.49 million sold this fiscal year. Switch 2 software totals 73.21 million units, 24.49 million of it this fiscal year. Original Switch hardware stands at 157.20 million, and Mario Kart World leads Switch 2 software at 16.48 million copies.","whyItMatters":"Six months of reported sales have already put Switch 2 software at 73.21 million units, and the title chart is dense enough that Nintendo's release slate, not the hardware number, is now the thing to watch.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eMario Kart World sits at the top of the Switch 2 chart with 16.48 million copies, ahead of Donkey Kong Bananza at 5.05 million and Pokemon Legends: Z-A - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition at 4.04 million, or 13.31 million counting the Switch version. Pokemon Pokopia also reached 4.04 million, a figure limited to sales outside Japan. Splatoon Raiders follows at 2.42 million, Kirby Air Riders at 1.94 million, Fire Emblem: Fortune\u0026#39;s Weave at 1.34 million, Super Mario Party Jamboree - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition at 1.28 million (12.01 million with the Switch version), and Star Fox at 1.17 million.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the original Switch, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe leads at 72.00 million, with Animal Crossing: New Horizons at 50.63 million and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate at 38.50 million. Digital games were 60.7 percent of combined Switch and Switch 2 software sales so far this year, up 6.2 percent year on year.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Mario Kart World alone moved 16.48 million copies on Switch 2, roughly a quarter of all software sold. Nintendo's hardware number and its attach-rate number are two different measures of the same launch.","twitterPost":"Mario Kart World sold 16.48 million copies on Switch 2, about a quarter of all its software. One title is carrying the attach rate.","threadsPost":"Mario Kart World accounts for 16.48 million of Switch 2's 73.21 million software units, roughly a quarter of everything sold on the system. Nintendo's hardware figure gets the attention, but a single kart racer is doing most of the heavy lifting on the software side.","newsletterBlurb":"Nintendo's second quarter report puts Switch 2 at 26.35 million units sold as of September 30 and 73.21 million units of Switch 2 software. Mario Kart World leads the Switch 2 chart at 16.48 million copies. 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