Switch 2 Sales Spike in Japan Ahead of May Price Hike

Switch 2 hardware sales in Japan totaled 217,922 units for the week of May 11–17. Consumers purchased ahead of a scheduled price increase for the console in Japan on May 25; the price change is planned for Sept. 1 in Western markets.

Top boxed software for the week was Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, which sold 98,092 copies and has a cumulative total of 1,141,649. Pokémon Pokopia for Switch 2 added 22,758 sales during the week and reached a lifetime total of 1,001,464. Mario Kart World for Switch 2 sold 12,651 copies for a lifetime total of 2,938,509. Minecraft on the original Switch moved 3,857 copies (4,207,594 lifetime), and Animal Crossing: New Horizons on the original Switch sold 3,305 copies (8,436,761 lifetime).

Several Switch 2 editions of existing Nintendo titles placed in the top ten. Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition sold 3,229 copies for a lifetime total of 120,098. Kirby Air Riders sold 2,778 copies (530,268 lifetime). Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition sold 2,571 copies (196,983 lifetime). Pokémon Legends: Z-A – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition sold 2,340 copies (1,123,043 lifetime). Pragmata on PS5 sold 2,937 copies (62,455 lifetime).

The Switch 2’s weekly sales brought its lifetime total to 5,585,582 units. The console sold more in that single week than it had across the prior two-week reporting period combined, which totaled 214,438 units. Combined sales for the three current Switch SKUs-the Switch Lite, Switch OLED Model and the original Switch-totaled 21,392 units for the week, with 8,303 for Switch Lite, 7,804 for Switch OLED and 5,285 for the original Switch.

PlayStation 5 hardware variants sold 9,243 units across their SKUs for the week: 6,902 for the PS5 Digital Edition, 1,747 for the PS5 Pro and 594 for the PS5. Xbox Series consoles reported lower weekly figures: 193 for Series S, 191 for Series X Digital Edition and 47 for Series X.

The weekly sales chart provides both weekly unit figures and cumulative totals for software and hardware. No official comment from Nintendo or other platform holders was included.