Nintendo’s Switch 2 Sales Fell 37 Percent This Year, But Game Sales Are Growing Fast

Nintendo Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch 2 The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time Nintendo released its second-quarter earnings report today, and it’s a fairly mixed bag. Despite strong software sales and an 87.9 percent increase in “IP related income,” hardware sales of both the Nintendo Switch and the Nintendo Switch 2 are down 37.4 percent and 32.7 percent, respectively. Nintendo’s total “unit sales of software” saw a healthy increase in Q1-Q2 2027, with Switch 2 software sales up 18.8 percent on 2025 and Switch software sales up 6.8 percent.