Update: Nintendo has since replied to Destructoid about the sales data that was shown on its website. In a short statement, a Nintendo representative said, "The data that was shown temporarily was a test page to check the update process of the web page, and was accessible by accident. The data shown temporarily was merely a placeholder, and is not actual sales data."
As such, we can consider the below article information null and void at this time.
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The Nintendo Switch 2 appears to have sold 5 million units worldwide in June, according to Nintendo's official finance site, which is quite staggering. The image showcasing the sales has since been taken down, which could allude to either a Nintendo mistake or projected sales, but was caught before the update.
When you checked out Nintendo's official finance website and clicked quarterly, total console sales in June 2025 included one million Nintendo Switch consoles and a staggering five million Switch 2 consoles to make six million total console sales for that month across the board for Nintendo.
For comparison, the PS5 was able to sell 3.4 million units in the first four weeks of release during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first month of sales of the Xbox Series X was not publicly revealed by Microsoft. The Nintendo Switch also sold 15 million units in its first year, so the Switch 2 was able to sell a third of the Switch's first-year sales in a single month.
To put that number into perspective, Nintendo has been able to sell over one-third of the Wii U's lifetime sales in a month. The Wii U sold 13.56 million units by the end of its lifetime, and if these figures are to be believed, the Nintendo Switch 2 could outsell the Wii U in three months if these sales patterns continue and stock remains regularly available.
The million Switch 1 sales would also put the Nintendo Switch within one million more sales from the Nintendo DS's lifetime sales (154.02 million DS sales vs the 153.12 Switch sales), but it's still far away from the PS2's record of a lifetime sales total of over 160 million units.
The Switch 2 has also now outsold the Stream Deck, with sales of the portable console estimated to be around 4 million units worldwide for both versions of the system.
Back to the Switch 2, though, the sales are wild. We are talking about a console that launched within a backdrop of tariffs from the US government and with a singular Nintendo launch title in Mario Kart World. July sees the launch of Donkey Kong Bananaza, and there are a slew of new Nintendo Switch 2 games scheduled for the end of the year that could push console sales further as we get closer to the holiday season, including the launch of Pokémon Legends Z-A and Metroid Prime 4.
It's a huge win for Nintendo, and if momentum continues, there's no telling where the Switch 2 will be a year from now due to its strong first-year lineup of games.
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