Nintendo Switch 2 smashes record as company's fastest-selling console

FILE PHOTO: A person in a Luigi hat plays on a Switch while waiting outside the Nintendo Store for the release of the Nintendo Switch 2 in New York City, U.S., June 4, 2025. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper/File Photo

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's Nintendo said on Wednesday it had sold more than 3.5 million Switch 2 units in the first four days after its launch, making the console the company's fastest-selling gaming device to date.

Last month, the Kyoto-based company forecast Switch 2 sales would reach 15 million during the current financial year ending next March.