Nintendo Switch 2 sales set a record in four days - Lmao

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Nintendo announced Wednesday that it sold more than 3.5 million Switch 2 consoles, marking a new record for the company.

The Japanese company said that it’s the “highest global sales level” for any Nintendo device within the first four days of release and perhaps puts Nintendo in good shape to meet its goal of selling 15 million Switch 2 devices by the end of next March.

Excitement has swirled over the $450 device because it’s Nintendo’s first major console launch since the original Switch arrived about eight years ago. The original Switch ended up selling 152 million units since its 2017 release.

Nintendo released the Switch 2 on June 5, with hardcore gamers lining up for hours for the gaming console and Best Buy stores extending hours to meet demand.

Nintendo has made significant upgrades to the Switch 2 hardware to justify the hefty price increase, including a larger screen, upgraded versions of the Joy-Con controllers and new social features. It also has several new features, including a Game Chat function that lets gamers communicate with other players by tapping a button on the console.

 

[Soggy Floppa]

3.5 million sales to play Mario Kart and that's it

 

[Conan]

They made a second one? I thought the first switch just came out like two years ago

 

[healing rain]

Other companies are gonna use this to push the price of games up to $80 btw

 

[CharlesBarkley]

Niggas be playing Mario Kart with their gay kids? Me. I'm doing more fun things, like drinking alone and rerunning Ultima 7 for the millionth time, wondering why gaming is still so insanely gay and how come every single new game makes me run around a map where I can't do anything except collect homosexual flags or something.

 

[Buttigieg2020]

Other companies are gonna use this to push the price of games up to $80 btw

Take Two already increased the standard price to $70 with 2K and they were going to sell GTA VI at $100.

It was inevitable. Microsoft is already announcing $80 dollar games.

 

[Just Want 2 Read]

They can say whatever they want, but had Nintendo produced as many Switch 1's ahead of launch as they did Switch 2 I guarantee that the first one would have sold more. This is maybe the one of the few times Nintendo didn't try to implement planned scarcity.

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

Niggas be playing Mario Kart with their gay kids? Me. I'm doing more fun things, like drinking alone and rerunning Ultima 7 for the millionth time, wondering why gaming is still so insanely gay and how come every single new game makes me run around a map where I can't do anything except collect homosexual flags or something.

Fuck yeah, Ultima 7!

 

[Soyjak Enjoyer]

I really don't think launch week sales mean too much honestly, it's basically just a count of how many they could put on store shelves at once. If they had a million more ready that number would be a million higher. Same would apply if the ps6 or whatever the fuck they call the next xbox came out this month

 

[Lone MacReady II]

Jeez, I guess I gotta buy one now that other retards are... oh wait, that's not how boycotts work. Scuse' me while I continue emulating Fire Emblem games for free.

 

[dreamworks face]

The new mario kart game sucks. I played it in 4 player mode at a party and the framerate was ass and the controls felt stiff and unresponsive and the levels didn't feel conducive to doing the old school sliding shit. You'd seriously be better off with the gamecube mario kart.

 

[Make Wraith Wraithy Again]

FOMM. Fear Of Missing Mario. It's a real soy condition. I've seen it.

 

[Tanuki Mixed Nuts]

I didn't even know it was out. Wowie.

 

[Forsaken Wanderer]

The switch 2 is the biggest pile of shit I have ever seen. Nintendo died 15 years ago and at this point the bones are so picked clean that they should just move back to the 'love hotel' business.

 

[majob]

The Nintendo cult will always support these slimy japs no matter what they do so no surprise there

 

[gamerweeb1]

The Nintendo cult will always support these slimy japs no matter what they do so no surprise there

I don’t understand how Nintendo haters can still say this after four years of laughing at the massive failure of the Wii U.

If Nintendo fans are eternally loyal sheep, then why did the Wii U fail so hard?

 

[Kim]

I am actually just getting old at this point because I don't understand the hype anymore. It's time to accept my gaming days are well behind me and just keep replaying Chrono Trigger every now and then.

 

[majob]

I don’t understand how Nintendo haters can still say this after four years of laughing at the massive failure of the Wii U.

If Nintendo fans are eternally loyal sheep, then why did the Wii U fail so hard?

WiiU is over a decade old, the cult developed with the Switch

 

[gamerweeb1]

WiiU is over a decade old, the cult developed with the Switch

So, your sample size for “Nintendo fans will buy anything!” is… two consoles? One of which JUST came out?

Also I don’t get why this argument doesn’t apply to Sony fans. The PS5 was infamous for having “no games” for years, and it still set sales records.

 

[LightDragonman1]

I'll just continue to wait until the holidays, when more exclusive games are released for it, before I pick up a Switch 2.

As someone who is more of a casual fan of Nintendo these days, while I still shake my head profusely at their shady practices and such, when it comes to delivering experiences you can't find anywhere else, I can't deny that they are still one of the top developers in that regard.