Nintendo has reported its financials for the end of its 2026 fiscal year, and while we're all still reeling from the official confirmation that the Nintendo Switch 2 will go up in price later this year, Nintendo can celebrate where the Switch 2 has gotten them so far. Per GamesIndustry.Biz, the new handheld hybrid console has officially reached 19.86 million units sold since it arrived last year, and its launch helped push a massive 98.6% increase in net sales compared to last year.
The 19.86 million units sold figure comes from Nintendo's official IR Information site, which now shows the updated numbers since the end of its financial year, which was on March 31, 2026. It's a 2.49 million unit increase compared to the last time Nintendo updated the Switch 2's total units sold number back in February 2026, when it reached 17.37 million units and the Switch 1 officially became the company's best selling console ever, finally supplanting the Nintendo DS.
Digging slightly into the software side, Mario Kart World continues to be the far and away front-runner for first-party Switch 2 exclusive titles, as it has now hit 14.70 million units sold, while the title closest to it, Donkey Kong Bananza, has only reached 4.52 million.
It's a massive gap that is, of course, aided by the fact that Nintendo counts each bundle it sells with Mario Kart World and a Switch 2 console as a sale for the game, but it also shows how the rest of the Switch 2 exclusive lineup is doing well, but is still finding its footing, as there are notable titles missing from the list of top-selling games, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond and Mario Tennis Fever, for example, are both absent from the list, which means they have yet to hit above the last game on the list, Kirby Air Riders, which itself is only at 1.87 million units sold.
Overall, Nintendo's latest full-year financials show that it had an incredibly strong 2025-2026, which is also why its forecast for 2027 is entirely in decline. Paired with the Switch 2 going up in price and the simple fact that Nintendo can't expect the Switch 2 to do just as well as it did in its launch year, its 2027 forecasting for net sales and ordinary profit are down by double-digits at 11.4% and 20.7%, respectively.
"For Nintendo Switch 2, sales were more concentrated in the launch year in comparison to previous hardware systems," the company noted. "Reflecting strong launch-year sales and price revisions, we expect FY27 sales units to decline year-on-year. Even so, we believe this represents a solid level of adoption for Nintendo Switch 2 in its second year after launch."
It'll be interesting to see how the price increase impacts Switch 2 sales in the next few months, as Nintendo gave anyone still holding out for a Switch 2 plenty of time to get one ahead of the price increase in September. It won't be surprising if we see a spike in Switch 2 sales from now until then, with a steady decline to follow.
That said, if Nintendo can deliver on highly anticipated titles like a new 3D Mario game and a new Zelda game in the near future, then it won't be surprising if the price increases barely make a dent in slowing down Switch 2 sales.
About the author: David has been writing about videogames, technology, and culture since 2020, with a focus on reporting daily news across multiple publications, including GameDaily.Biz, GameSkinny, and PlayStation Universe before joining Wccftech in 2025. David started contributing as Canada/US reporter for Wccftech's gaming section in 2025. Besides being up-to-date on the industry's movements, he loves interviewing developers, reviewing games, and writing intricate essays about the symbolism and layered meanings to be found in rich narratives as he's done for publications like GamesIndustry.Biz, LostInCult, and others. Outside of games he loves movies, music, theatre, his hometown, and his family, though not necessarily in that order.
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