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According to Gamereactor, Spanish gamers have taken home 108,000 Nintendo Switch 2 consoles since Thursday and during the first weekend, a spectacular and unprecedented figure that speaks volumes about Nintendo's work with the Switch and the machine's popularity as a console for more than just playing its own games.
The strategy of including Mario Kart World in a bundle, which the Spanish public overwhelmingly chose, also paid off. Nearly 90,000 machines had the card with the eShop download code, while another 5,000 people took home the (very expensive) red box of the physical game. In total, nearly 95,000 units made it the best-selling game of 2025 in Spain, surpassed only by EA FC 25... if all formats are combined.
The launch of the Nintendo Switch 2 marks a milestone never seen before in Spain. Some had predicted an already ambitious range of 40,000-60,000 units to approach or beat previous records, but reality has shattered even the most optimistic predictions. In fact, the Nintendo Switch 2 has not only surpassed but doubled the PlayStation Portable's record , and even more so the relatively recent PS5.
Nintendo Switch 2 also dwarfs successful predecessors such as the first Nintendo Switch in 2017 or the Wii in 2006, its only two home machines that would end up surpassing the magic number of 100 million worldwide.
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Mario Kart World is now the best-selling game of 2025.
The strategy of including Mario Kart World in a bundle, which the Spanish public overwhelmingly chose, also paid off. Nearly 90,000 machines had the card with the eShop download code, while another 5,000 people took home the (very expensive) red box of the physical game. In total, nearly 95,000 units made it the best-selling game of 2025 in Spain, surpassed only by EA FC 25... if all formats are combined.
Nintendo Switch 2 doubles the PlayStation 5's size at launch in Spain
The launch of the Nintendo Switch 2 marks a milestone never seen before in Spain. Some had predicted an already ambitious range of 40,000-60,000 units to approach or beat previous records, but reality has shattered even the most optimistic predictions. In fact, the Nintendo Switch 2 has not only surpassed but doubled the PlayStation Portable's record , and even more so the relatively recent PS5.
Nintendo Switch 2 also dwarfs successful predecessors such as the first Nintendo Switch in 2017 or the Wii in 2006, its only two home machines that would end up surpassing the magic number of 100 million worldwide.
Top selling launch consoles (units)
- Nintendo Switch 2 - 108,000
- PSP - 54,000
- PS5 - 48,000
- Nintendo Switch - 45,000
- PS4 - 38,000
- PS3 - 35,000
- PS Vita - 22,000
- Nintendo 3DS - 19,000
- Wii, Xbox 360, Xbox Series - 15,000
- Wii U - 9,000

[PRIMICIA] Nintendo Switch 2 se marca el mayor lanzamiento de la historia de España, duplicando el récord anterior
Se trata de la salida de hardware más potente que se recuerda en el mercado español: duplica los récords de PSP y PS5.
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