Nintendo reports robust early sales of Switch 2, keeps full-year forecast


FILE PHOTO: A man buys a Nintendo Switch 2 gaming device as Nintendo starts selling the new consoles globally, at an electronics store in Tokyo, Japan June 5, 2025. REUTERS/Issei Kato/ File Photo

TOKYO (Reuters) -Nintendo sold more than six million units of the Switch 2 in the seven weeks following its June launch, the gaming company said on Friday, pointing to strong early demand.

The successor to the hit home-portable Switch went on sale in the midst of U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war, testing Nintendo's supply chain management.

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