Nintendo Switch 2 sales reached 26.35 million hardware units worldwide by September 30, 2026, according to Nintendo’s updated lifetime sales figures. The total grew even as hardware sales slowed compared with the console’s launch year.
What the 37.4% decline measures
Nintendo’s November 5 results presentation reports 6.49 million Switch 2 hardware units for April through September, down 37.4% from 10.36 million in the same six months of 2025. The July–September quarter contributed 2.67 million units, compared with 4.54 million a year earlier.
Those figures use Nintendo’s sell-in measure: sales to outside business partners, plus sales made directly to consumers. They are not a count of retail purchases alone, and they should not be read as active-player numbers. The 26.35 million total is cumulative; the percentage decline compares two six-month periods.
Software grows while hardware slows
Switch 2 software sales rose 18.8% to 24.49 million units during the half-year. Nintendo’s lifetime page separately lists 73.21 million Switch 2 software units and 157.20 million original Switch hardware units through September 30.
The company’s financial release reports operating profit of ¥216.5 billion, up 49.1%, despite revenue falling 12.1% to ¥966.0 billion. Net profit attributable to owners of the parent rose 11% to ¥220.9 billion. Nintendo credits the operating-profit improvement to a stronger software share of sales and a first-quarter refund of previously recorded US tariffs, among other factors.
The reporting period ends before the latest releases
Nintendo left its full-year financial forecast unchanged. Its release points to the continuing software lineup, including November’s Ocarina of Time, as part of its plans to expand the Switch 2 audience. Our Ocarina of Time remake launch coverage looks at that game separately.
That timing matters: results ending September 30 cannot measure purchases prompted by a November release. The useful takeaway is narrower than a verdict on the console’s future—Nintendo reported fewer hardware units in this comparison, more software units, and higher operating profit.
