thicc_girls_are_teh_best
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These numbers do not include my Nintendo store, so it is absolutely over 1million+, and is the biggest launch of any videogame console ever.
Oh wow, I didn't know that!
At first I was thinking it included all sources, and PS2 on record seems to have done 980K in Japan in its first 3 days, so I figured Switch 2 tracked under that very slightly.
But if My Nintendo numbers aren't included, then yeah, it's absolutely surpassed PS2's launch numbers for Japan then, and easily 1+ million in the same period. Nintendo also likely prioritized Japan to an extent for shipments, which would've helped. That also means MK World attach rate is probably even higher than the Famitsu charts indicate, since it wouldn't include bundles from My Nintendo, or digital copies (even if digital ratio is low).
Beast of a launch, truly.
Way higher Switch 2 and Mario Kart numbers than I expected. But pretty terrible software numbers outside of that.
Most of those other launch titles are ports of quite old games that've been readily available on other platforms for years now. And AFAIK, no new compelling content added to the Switch 2 versions.
In the case of Zelda & whatnot, you can also simply buy the upgrades for the Switch 1 version IIRC, but that'd mean those were digital sales (the upgrades). They wouldn't be tracked in Famitsu.
I'm starting to think the $80 Mario Kart was to subsidized the massively stocked discounted Japanese only Switch 2. No way Nintendo was gonna sell millions of Switch 2s that cheap without recouping the costs somewhere.
From the rest of the world, you're welcome.
Where's the new software other than MKW? Switch 2 needs a direct and some new games asap. And I say this as someone who owns two Switch 2s in my house.
DK Bananza is coming soon, and Splatoon Raiders probably later this year in Fall. I'd like to think they'll have a Direct either late Summer or early Fall showing off what's coming in 2026 and beyond.
947K is pretty good. That makes up about 30% of total units worldwide.
Also a roughly 82% attach rate for Mario Kart World!
It's actually higher for both because (apparently) My Nintendo numbers aren't counted with the Famitsu ones.
If that's the case, definitely 1+ million for Switch 2 hardware and potentially even slightly higher attach rate for MK World in Japan.
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